Taskbar Alternatives

Actual Window Minimizer was created to bring more convenience in window management, offering new ways for optimizing your workspace that standard Windows functions don't provide. It lets you minimize any window to the system tray, thus leaving the taskbar empty and your workspace more organized....

Catfood Quote tracks your stock portfolio from the Windows taskbar. A taskbar icon indicates the performance of your stocks - you can see at a glance if your portfolio is up or down for the day. Quotes are pulled from the Amex, LSE, Nasdaq, NYSE and TSE markets. New markets can easily be added by...

Type International Characters is a useful taskbar icon that allows quick access to hard-to-find non-English letters. Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Finish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish,...


Platforms: Windows

Sarbyx TrayClock is the replacement for standard Windows clock, it builds itself right into the taskbar and doesn't eat any desktop space.


Platforms: Windows

Apivision QTbar (Quick Toolbar) is Taskbar Utility for Windows Desktop. Quick Toolbar gives a user quick access to their computer's resources (files, folders, subfolders, applications, documents...) and Internet resources (Internet links, Favorite links, Your Personal Internet pages,...


Platforms: Windows

- Show multiple time zone clocks in Windows taskbar. - Time converter for time calculations across timezones - Powerful reminder feature. - Query more than 250 countries and 3000 cities time zone information around the world. - Calculate and display the working time overlap for people in...


Platforms: Windows

DesktopForecast puts current local weather in your taskbar. It is easy to use and does not get in the way with advertising or a complex user interface. Just glance at your taskbar to see current conditions and temperature for your zipcode. Download the free trial version and see if you don't...


Platforms: Windows

CustomBar is a bar that is always visible, much like the taskbar. Unlike the taskbar, you can place almost anything you want on it. This is accomplished through a scripting/plugin/skinning system that is powerful enough to create some basic apps in. C++ plugins can be used to further extend...


Platforms: Windows

ObjectBar is a program that can replace or extend the Windows taskbar. It provides the functionality of the Start bar while adding a vast array of new features and benefits. Because it is so flexible and skinnable, it can be made to look like any sort of toolbar, menu, dock, etc. found on any OS,...


Platforms: Windows

EZShellExtensions.Net is a set of components for fast, painless development of any kind of Windows shell extensions including context menu, property sheet, infotip, thumbnail, icon, overlay icon and drag-drop extensions as well as taskbar bands and IE toolbands and horizontal/vertical explorer...


Platforms: Windows

Phantom Desktop Screen Saver, when activated, hides all application windows, desktop icons and the MS Windows taskbar, replacing them with an empty desktop. This empty desktop can be the standard wallpaper image, or a custom bitmap and can also be optionally configured to dissolve to a simple...


Platforms: Windows

Stardust Screen Saver Control 2003 is a free taskbar accessory that lets you launch and configure all your screen savers. Launch the default screen saver with a single click, or easily enable/disable it. Select from a list to launch/configure/disable any installed screen saver. Or, set Windows to...


Platforms: Windows, Windows CE

Hide Window Hotkey is a utility which allows you to hide the windows, and programs which are running on your screen.It will instantly hide or close all (or some) programs on your screen through Mouse Hotkey or Keyboard Hotkey in order to prevent uninvited persons from seeing them.It will serve...


Platforms: Windows, Windows 7, Other

TClockEx enhances the standard Windows taskbar clock, adding the ability to display the date, time and lots of other information in any format you like. TClockEx is highly customizable, from the format to the font and colour, and even the tooltip information. Many people have wondered why this...


Platforms: Windows

WindowSwitcher is an application that allows you to quickly switch between all open documents, workbooks, and/or presentations using the Windows TaskBar and Microsoft Word, Excel, and/or PowerPoint. If WindowSwitcher is enabled, and you have more than one document, workbook, or presentation open,...


Platforms: Windows

RBTray allows you to minimize windows to the tray area on your taskbar by clicking the right mouse button on the window's minimize/close box. It also allows you to set any window in "Always on top" state from the window's system menu. RBTray is Open Source, distributed under the terms of GNU...


Platforms: Windows

Give transparency to almost every visible window of your running applications, or make your taskbar transparent to a user-selectable level. TransApps is a systray application with two features: The Transparent Applications feature - you can make any visible, running application's window,...


Platforms: Windows

XNeat Windows Manager is an easy-to-use FREEWARE Taskbar, Titlebar AND System Tray Utility that Extends Windows' features. XNeat extends windows functionality through extra items added to the Windows Taskbar right click context menu. TaskBar Sorter allows you to re-arrange the open-window-buttons...


Platforms: Windows

Resides in the Notify area of the taskbar in Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0. Fast left-click operation (configurable). Features right-click menu with all common CD actions and a Tracks menu including the names of all tracks on the current CD. Artist, title, track and time (optional) displayed in...


Platforms: Windows

Winamp Controlband is an extention for Windows that allows you to control Winamp from your taskbar. It includes the necessary buttons and shows the current playing song title. It also allows you to change the volume or skip to a position in the song.


Platforms: Windows