WinID Alternatives

WinID is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are four alternatives to WinID for Windows. The best WinID alternative is Window Detective, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WinID are WinSpy, Winspector Spy and XWinspector.

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    Window Detective is a programmer's tool used to "spy" on an application's windows and allows you to view and even modify some of its properties.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Window Detective is the most popular Windows alternative to WinID.

    • Window Detective is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to WinID.

    • Window Detective is Free and Open SourceWinID is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    WinSpy is a tool for retrieving details of an open window in the Windows desktop environment. It appears that it has superceded WinSpy++.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Discover hidden features of other software with XWinSpector. It works like Spy++ but has many other features!

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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