Taskbar Alternatives
Actual Window Manager is a desktop productivity suite of over 50 tools, letting users change their interaction with windows in many new exciting ways: minimize windows to tray or screen, apply transparency, roll up, pin on top, auto-align windows, resize, etc. Any of these operations (and many...
Platforms: Windows
License: Shareware | Cost: $49.95 USD | Size: 7.17 MB | Download (2960): Actual Window Manager Download |
Project Timer is a simple but powerful windows application in the taskbar notification area to manage how much time you've spend on your projects. The use of colour will give a fast overview of which timer is running in the taskbar notification area (tray icon). This way you can quickly but...
Platforms: Windows, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server
License: Freeware | Size: 6.46 MB | Download (1715): Project Timer Download |
This program allows you to terminate applications quickly, ie. you may "kill" a frozen application by clicking on the taskbar's Task Killer icon and choosing it from the list. You will forget clumsy key combination Ctrl-Alt-Del forever!
Platforms: Windows
License: Freeware | Size: 326.53 KB | Download (1708): Task Killer Download |
Make your taskbar in Windows more informative. If you have many Chrome windows, opened in same time, it is enough hard to find certain window only by its caption.
You can set the icon of program button on taskbar, same as on tab for this page. Using IconToTaskbar you can do this by one mouse...
Platforms: Windows, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server
License: Free | Cost: $0.00 USD | Size: 432 KB | Download (1665): IconToTaskbar Download |
Easy Window & System Tray Icons Hider is a window hide tool that allows you to hide any window or hide all windows in the taskbar instead of closing or minimizing the program to the taskbar or sending it to the system tray, you can also hide any system tray icon.
Key Features:
Hide any...
Platforms: Windows
License: Shareware | Cost: $19.90 USD | Size: 2.35 MB | Download (1183): Easy Window & System Tray Icons Hider Download |
trimDesk is a smart desktop tool, which can help to handle easily the Windows desktop.
trimDesk can hide or show desktop icons, gadgets, taskbar and wallpaper, or start applications with your favorite desktop settings. You can define also keyboard shortcuts for all the functions.
trimDesk...
Platforms: Windows
License: Freeware | Size: 2.22 MB | Download (1071): trimDesk Lite Download |
AlphaXP Lite is a great Windows transparency program. With it, you may change a window's transparency with a customizable keyboard shortcut. Also included is support to change the taskbar to any transparency you wish (theres even a cool Fade In option with settable speed which performs a smooth...
Platforms: Windows
License: Freeware | Size: 419 KB | Download (863): AlphaXP Lite Download |
With Taskbar Hide you can fully control the taskbar.As a hide windows tool,it could hide windows program (hide applications,hide program) completely through a hotkey,also you can minimize them to the system tray instead of an icon on your taskbar.You also can close windows program anytime.For...
Platforms: Windows
License: Shareware | Cost: $19.95 USD | Size: 721 KB | Download (810): Taskbar Hide - hide windows program Download |
Skinny Clock is a freeware utility helping you to show date and time in the way you like. One way to watch the time is a clock window, whose look can be adjusted via a skin. There are several pre-made skins available within installation, or you can even design your own skins. Each skin can...
Platforms: Windows
License: Freeware | Size: 1.82 MB | Download (781): Skinny Clock Download |
ObjectDock is a program that acts as both a task manager and a program launcher. It lets you organize your short-cuts and running tasks onto an extremely customizable dock that sits on your desktop. Users can customize the look of each item on the dock and set various animation options for when...
Platforms: Windows
License: Freeware | Size: 7.85 MB | Download (777): ObjectDock Download |
If you are a web designer or website creator, or need to change the resolution of your screen to test various designs, then you are obliged to constantly change the Windows resolution, which can get tedious and tiring.The best solution to this problem is Frix QuickRes 3.1.1, which lets you change...
Platforms: Windows
License: Freeware | Size: 1024 B | Download (638): Frix QuickRes Download |
SysCheckUp is software designed for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista (32-bit only) to keep your computer running at maximum performance. The innovative repair tool can repair multiple problems including: missing desktop icons, missing taskbar, missing drives, no audio, and denied access to the task...
Platforms: Windows, Other
License: Shareware | Cost: $29.95 USD | Size: 1.57 MB | Download (629): SysCheckUp Download |
Taskbar Timer is a simple countdown alarm that nicely sits in you system tray.
The timer can be configured via command line parameters which makes it very convenient to create shortcuts for default timing tasks such as "coffee is ready", "water bubbling", etc. There are three preset timers...
Platforms: Windows
License: Freeware | Size: 3.96 MB | Download (622): Taskbar Timer Download |
Ancient Egyptians used the shadow clock (gnomon) to determine correct time. The Greeks used the water clock, or clepsydra. The first mechanical clock appeared in the fourteenth century. Then, in 1929 first electronic timepieces appeared.
As time changes, so do the time-keeping devices....
Platforms: Windows
License: Shareware | Cost: $19.00 USD | Size: 2.04 MB | Download (600): AlfaClock Download |
WinPersonalizer is an integrated tool to customize your Windows look,The all-in-one customizing application for Windows XP/98/ME/2000.
This program allows you to change desktop wallpapers,icons,cursors,IE skins,folders,visual styles, the transparency of your taskbar and put your name in system...
Platforms: Windows
License: Shareware | Cost: $14.95 USD | Size: 2.72 MB | Download (598): WinPersonalizer Download |
What does Taskbar Control do? Taskbar Control is a simple (and free!) way to arrange the buttons on your Windows taskbar by simply dragging and drop them. Who needs Taskbar Control? Anyone who uses a computer really. If you ever wanted to arrange to buttons on your Windows Taskbar without having...
Platforms: Windows
License: Freeware | Size: 665 KB | Download (596): Taskbar Control Download |
Tray Task lets you delete any program from the Windows taskbar and store them in a drop down menu from the icon on the system tray. You can access it through the system tray contextual menu. With this program you can save space on the taskbar and speed up your work above all if you are working on...
Platforms: Windows
License: Freeware | Size: 1024 B | Download (589): TrayTask Download |
Titanium Taskbar is an effective, simple and very flexible substitute for the Windows taskbar. In addition to changing the look of this popular element, Titanium Taskbar also lets you make some modifications to it, as you like. So, it not only gives you a new look, but you can also personalize...
Platforms: Windows
License: Freeware | Size: 7 KB | Download (570): Titanium Taskbar Download |
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and lots more. There's a version of TweakUI for every version of Windows, XP & Itanium™-based (64-bit)system versions are...
Platforms: Windows
License: Freeware | Size: 80 KB | Download (546): Tweak UI Download |
PS Tray Factory is a powerful and handy tool meant to flexibly control ALL the other icons in the system tray of the taskbar. PS Tray Factory will help you to manage all the applications that place their icons in the taskbar tray. When you have installed PS Tray Factory, you will forget about the...
Platforms: Windows, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server
License: Shareware | Cost: $24.95 USD | Size: 1.33 MB | Download (541): PS Tray Factory Download |