Window Detective Alternatives

Window Detective is described as 'programmer's tool used to "spy" on an application's windows and allows you to view and even modify some of its properties' and is an app in the development category. There are four alternatives to Window Detective for Windows. The best Window Detective alternative is WinSpy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Window Detective are Winspector Spy, WinID and XWinspector.

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Window Detective

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Window Detective is a programmer's tool used to "spy" on an application's windows and allows you to view...

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WinSpy
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Free • Open Source
Windows
4 WinSpy alternatives
WinSpy is a tool for retrieving details of an open window in the Windows desktop environment. It appears that it has superceded WinSpy++.
- - WinSpy is the most popular Windows alternative to Window Detective.
- - WinSpy is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Window Detective.
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WinSpy Features
1. PortableWinSpy can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightWinSpy consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Command line interfaceWinSpy either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Winspector Spy
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
4 Winspector Spy alternatives
Have you ever used Spy++ that comes with MSVC? If you have then you know what Winspector is - but take out all of the annoyances of Spy++ and add in a big bag of handy tweaks and features.
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Winspector Spy Features
Hardware Monitoring
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available, but last version of Winspector Spy, 1.0b Build 37, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.
WinID
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Windows
4 WinID alternatives
WinID is controls & windows identification utility that is both powerful and compact. Its main purpose is to give an easy way to retrieve information about Microsoft Windows controls visually right off the screen.
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XWinspector
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Window Manager
Windows
7 XWinspector alternatives
Discover hidden features of other software with XWinSpector. It works like Spy++ but has many other features!
XWinspector has no features, suggest some!
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.0b Build 37, released in February 2012, can be still downloaded from SoftPedia

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WinSpy

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Winspector Spy

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WinID

XWinspector