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TrayAccess is an utility that allows you to put in the system notification area ("system tray") icons for any programs, documents, folders, or system objects (for example, printers). Taskbar icons created by the program have context menus, which allow you to perform common tasks on items for which those icons was created, including opening, printing, and more.

This shell enhancement allows you to access your files quicker. Click on a folder icon, hold mouse button pressed for a while, and a menu will appear displaying the folder's contents. Navigate this menu and its submenus, and locate even a deeply buried file. CTRL+click the title bar of any Explorer window and browser the entire hierarchy. The two included plug-ins enables previewing graphics files and playing pack WAV sounds right from the menu!

One of the problems running scandisk is that if it finds FAT chains or MFT records without any corresponding files, it creates its own set of files, typically in the format File0001.chk file0002.chk etc in the folder named FOUND. When there are only a few files it is possible to guess what they are and rename the extension accordingly, however when there are several hundred or thousands of these files the task becomes a nighmare

Virtual Desktop is a desktop manager to create many virtual desktops and switch among them. With Virtual Desktop, your computer screen seems being enlarged many times. You can organize your windows and put related windows into one desktop and keep your screen clear and well organized. Virtual Desktop provide you three methods to switch among desktops: switching window, shortcuts and hotkeys. Additionally, skin and many features are configurable.

Taskbar Button Manager is a simple utility that helps you arrange the buttons on your Windows taskbar in any way you want by using drag and drop. Moving your task buttons is very easy, no hotkey needed. In addition to drag and drop you can also use a special program window for moving the taskbar buttons. You can hide running programs too, so they don't show on your taskbar.

Why do you have only one desktop, if you can have as many as you wish? If you have installed a lot of applications, surely your desktop is full with icons and shortcuts to different archives and folders. The result is that you do not find anything. FK Desktop will help you to order your screen. With FK Desktop you can create as many desktops as you wish. On each one you can create up to 48 shortcuts to applications, folders or archives

WindowStudio is desktop customization suite that includes many powerful tools such as: Change Window Title Bar Text/Icon, Save Window Icon Into File, Set Window Transparency, Enable/Disable Window Close Button, Make Window Float, Disable Clipboard, Permanently Change IE Text, Change Taskbar Transparency, Resize Unresizable Windows, And More!!

Vista Visual Master is a free application that will help you to customize your Windows Vista easily. With a clean and simple interface it brings you an All-in-One set of powerful and neatly classified tools, settings and tweaks. Now You can change the look of the windows and buttons, change the system icons and hundreds of file icons, reconfigure the boot and logon screen, patch and apply your new themes.

If you are frustrated by the limitations of the Windows command line, then TCC/LE is the one command line tool you truly need. By adding thousands of features that Microsoft omitted, TCC/LE makes the command line easy to use, giving you more power and flexibility than you ever imagined. TCC/LE replaces the Windows command processor, (CMD.EXE) the brains behind your command prompt.

This command line application can change your desktop width, height, color depth, and refresh rate temporarily or permanently (via command line switches). You can have ResolutionChanger run another application in a specific display resolution and return to the previous resolution when the application finishes. The command lines switches let you alter only certain dimensions and choose the best refresh rate (or a specific one).