eXtraButtons: add up to 9 window control buttons on your program or folder title bars
eXtraButtons is a free Windows Explorer tweak that adds a number of buttons to your windows title bar. Among the function provided: minimizing windows to the tray area, minimizing to a single common icon in the system area, or minimizing to “box” (i.e. a floating icon on the desktop). Other buttons provide the following: always [...]
Toolbox: keep your shortcuts organized
If you have a cluttered desktop, consider this: one reason why many of us keep so many objects on the desktop, aside from the fact that we have too many projects going on, is to avoid the “out of sight, out of mind” phenomenon. If you want to keep many icons within sight but are [...]
Animated Christmas Trees for the Desktop: ho, ho, ho!
’Tis the season to be jolly again, apparently, and what better way to celebrate than by giving to your favorite freeware site? (for example). Or you could place one or more animated Christmas trees on your desktop to infuse your every moment with that festive holiday cheer! These trees hover on your desktop, lights flickering, [...]
FilerFrog: add a slew of useful functions to your context menu
FilerFrog is a free program that can install a wide array of useful tools into the Windows context menu, in the vein of such useful context-menu based apps as Lammer Context Menu and Freewaregenius favorite FileMenu Tools. It works with both 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows This program offers a wide range of commands, [...]
SE-DesktopConstructor: embed a clock or calendar into your desktop, and delineate sections of your workspace with colored or semi transparent shapes
Ever wanted to embed a clock or calendar into your wallpaper, or overlay shapes on your wallpaper to delineate areas or sections of the screen (for the purposes of icon organization, naturally). SE-DesktopConstructor is a free program that does all of that. It lets you draw shapes of various colors and transparency into your wallpaper. [...]
HTC Home: place a stylish, animated clock and weather widget on your desktop
HTC Home is a free widget that can display the time and 5-day weather forecast on the desktop. The stylish-looking widget emulates the animated clock and weather conditions displayed on HTC phones. The widget features optional animations, such as raindrops coming down over the the widget itself and other parts of your monitor, as well [...]
7Conifier: cutomize your Windows 7 taskbar icons en-masse
Do you like to customize your operating system’s look and feel? Do words like “sleek”, “minimalistic”, and “metallic” turn you on? If so then read on: 7Conifier (pronounced “iconifier”) is a free tool that can customize your Windows 7 taskbar and start menu icons by replacing them with any of a number of sleek-looking icon [...]
