Winspector Spy Alternatives
Winspector Spy is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are four alternatives to Winspector Spy for Windows. The best alternative is Window Detective, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Winspector Spy are WinSpy, WinID and XWinspector.
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.
WinSpy is a tool for retrieving details of an open window in the Windows desktop environment. It appears that it has superceded WinSpy++.
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.
Discover hidden features of other software with XWinSpector. It works like Spy++ but has many other features!
DiscontinuedThe official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.0b Build 37, released in February 2012, can be still downloaded from SoftPedia