DESKTOP PROGRAMS
ActivIcons
Makes it simple to change properties for various icons on your desktop and in explorer.
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Periodically changes your background wallpaper.
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Create a hot-key to switch between desktops and flip between them instantly with a single keypress.
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A remake of the toolbar shipped with the old 16-bit MS-Office, with some improvements. Features include menu app launchers, auto-hide, paste to clipboard, and more. BBar is freeware as long as not more than 10 buttons, 20 items in the main menu and 5 items in each clipboard menu are used.
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A virtual keyboard designed for disabled and injured people that can't use a computer keyboard. If you can control a mouse, trackball or other pointing device, you can use this. It's easy to use, has a customizable layout options, and more.
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Control the look and feel of your graphical user interface by customizing and installing windows desktop themes.
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Doubles the width of your Windows desktop. Just click on its icon or hit a keystroke combination to switch between left and right sides of the desktop. This lets you easily rearrange all your application windows between the two desktop parts. Returns your main desktop back to its normal state, with all programs intact.
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Remembers the icon position on your desktop, once you save the desktop settings. If the icons get mixed up, open EzDesk, and it will restore them. You can use it to remember settings at different resolutions, if you switch often. Shareware, but there is no time limit.
EzDesk FloatMenu
Places a very small, stay-on-top menu on the Desktop. Use it to launch up to 66 of your favorite programs or folders. Options to resize it, change its color and save preferences and position.
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Double click on a window's caption and the window rolls itself up so that only its caption (or title bar) is visible. You can see window shading on apple macs, various window managers for x-windows (unix, linux, etc).
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App that removes icons from the win 3.1 desktop. Works with win 95 taskbar also.
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A simple to use application launcher. It behaves like the taskbar in that it can be docked on any edge of the desktop, and has an autohide feature. It's purpose is to let you access your favorite applications quickly and easily without taking up a lot of real estate or system resources.
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Virtual mouse designed for anyone that has a problem clicking a regular mouse. As long as you can move a mouse, trackball or other pointing device, you can use this to do the clicking. Good for people with disabilities or injuries and those who are new to computers and can't double click properly.
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Will allow the user to have transparent background color in the icon caption area, thereby getting rid of the irritating one-colored rectangles covering your nice background image. The program also allows the user to set the icon text color.
TransText Home Download TransText TraySaver
An advanced system tray management utility. It gives you a more compact and manageable taskbar by allowing you to hide system tray icons. Tray icons can be moved into a separate floating window, which can then be moved around or hidden as you please.
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