xNeat Windows Manager Alternatives

xNeat Windows Manager is described as 'XNeat is a windows enhancement utility. With the free version you can change any windows transparency, hide it, make it always on top, send it to tray, change the process/thread priority, Shuffle the taskbar etc' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to xNeat Windows Manager for Windows, PortableApps.com and File Explorer. The best xNeat Windows Manager alternative is SmartSystemMenu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like xNeat Windows Manager are RBTray, Actual Window Manager, KDE Mover-Sizer and DM2.

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  1. SmartSystemMenu icon
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    SmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system. It appends next custom items to menu:

    44 SmartSystemMenu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Windows alternative to xNeat Windows Manager.

    • SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to xNeat Windows Manager.

    • SmartSystemMenu is Free and Open SourcexNeat Windows Manager is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. RBTray icon
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    Allows almost any program to be minimized to the system tray by right clicking its minimize button.

    45 RBTray alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    Total Windows® Facelift!.

    39 Actual Window Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Actual Window Manager is the most popular commercial alternative to xNeat Windows Manager.

    • Actual Window Manager is Paid and ProprietaryxNeat Windows Manager is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. KDE Mover-Sizer icon
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    KDE Mover-Sizer is a lightweight program enabling KDE-style alt-click moving and resizing for Windows XP, 7, 2000, 2003, Windows Server, and Vista.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. DM2 icon
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    DM2 provides several Windows enhancements that may help in every-day work. One of the nicest and most popular features of DM2 is minimizing windows to floating icons® (unique feature!) freeing both task bar and tray bar space.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  6. eXtra Buttons icon
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    eXtra Buttons lets you add up to 10 additional buttons to the title bar of each window, which allow you to minimize the window to the tray, keep it on-top, send it to the background, adjust the window's transparency and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
     
  7. Ghoster icon
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    Dims all windows except the active one.

    Features:

    • Place a transparent image across the screen.
    • Highly configurable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. winlayout icon
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    WinLayout is a program with keyboard hotkeys to move, resize, and snap windows all around the desktop area.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. FreeSnap icon
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    Ever try to size a window so it just touches the edge of the screen? It’s tedious (at least for me). FreeSnap allows you to instantly resize any window edge to the corresponding screen edge. Want that window to touch the right edge of the screen?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Chameleon Window Manager will allow you to control the windows of your programs using customizable buttons added to the title bars of the windows (Always on Top, Minimize to Tray, Minimize to Caption, Specify Transparency, Position window at left/right of screen).

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
     
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    Sometimes a lot of deskop clutter can hide a window (eg, open file, programs, files-explorer, dialogs)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. TrayIt! icon
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    TrayIt! - minimize to the system icon tray any program (Outlook Express, Notepad, Word, Internet Explorer, Sunbird, Thunderbird, Opera, OpenOffice etc.) and get more room in the Taskbar!

    36 TrayIt! alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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