The window header has not changed a lot in the past decade. It still shows the minimize, maximize and close buttons next to the window title. That’s it usually which often leaves lots of white space on the title bar. Extra buttons is a convenient solution that uses the space to add functionality to those [...]

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It happens every now and then that you need to perform an operation on several programs or windows at once, for example to minimize them, close them or display them side by side. Most Windows users perform the same operation for every program or window individually. A far better solution for this is to select [...]

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Microsoft is aiding new features to the Windows 7 taskbar. One of the features is the ability to move taskbar items around on the taskbar easily. Not every user might find it useful to move taskbar items but it could be appreciated by users who want to make sure that certain programs and folders appear [...]

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Win Layout is another Windows desktop management software like Maxto, Taekwindow or Freesnap. The software program is completely portable and should run on most versions of the Windows operating system. The software program is placing an icon into the Windows System Tray that contains information about its functions and possibilities to kill the application if [...]

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Windows can be resized with the mouse, why would anyone need a software program to perform the operation? That’s probably the first question that comes to mind when looking at Move Me, a software program for Windows that provides the functionality to resize windows. Think of notebooks and especially netbooks for a minute. Their small [...]

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Taekwindow is a lightweight portable Open Source window management software which combines several much needed window management features. The tool uses about 1.7 Megabytes of computer memory while running. It requires the Microsoft .net Framework 2.0 and should be compatible with most versions and editions of Microsoft Windows. The window management software adds three configurable [...]

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There is usually no way to store information about window positions and sizes in Windows. When you open the application or window anew you need to use the mouse to move and resize it so that it fills the part of the screen that you want it to. Winsize2 is a Open Source software program [...]

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Virtual Screen Maximizer is a small portable software program that can be used to maximize the screen estate of the active software application. You might think of using the maximize button in the window’s title bar instead which also has the effect of maximizing the screen. The main difference between both methods is that Virtual [...]

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Fourth day of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway. We already handed out Kaspersky Internet Security 2009, Newsbin Pro, Giganews Accounts and MediaMonkey Gold licenses. Today’s giveaway is Display Fusion Pro, one of the better, if not the best, multi-monitor desktop wallpaper and window management applications. Display Fusion can be downloaded as a free version from the [...]

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