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 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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WinID

Free Personal • Proprietary
Windows

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Window Detective
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Free • Open Source
Windows
4 alternatives to Window Detective
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.

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WinSpy
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Free • Open Source
Windows
4 alternatives to WinSpy
WinSpy is a tool for retrieving details of an open window in the Windows desktop environment. It appears that it has superceded WinSpy++.
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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 alternatives to Winspector Spy
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.
XWinspector
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Window Manager
Windows
7 alternatives to XWinspector
Discover hidden features of other software with XWinSpector. It works like Spy++ but has many other features!

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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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Window Detective

WinSpy

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Winspector Spy

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