ActiveXplorer is an ActiveX control manager for Windows. It lists, registers, unregisters, analyzes, documents, and backups ActiveX files. It is useful in solving installation problems and learning to use undocumented controls. It detects all ActiveX control versions installed on the system. Present in Windows Explorer's context menu, it lets the user install and uninstall ActiveX files with a mouse click. Batch register and unregister is available for larger control collections.

The analysis feature reveals the functionality of any ActiveX control. It generates a document with all the classes, properties and methods available in a file. Backup and restore functionality ensures that a working set of file versions is always available. If the system suffers from "DLL hell", i.e. installation and version problems, it can restore the original working state.

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TopDesk gives you an overview of all open windows, including minimized windows. With a single key press, you can instantly view thumbnails of all open windows, display windows belonging to the current application, or hide all windows to quickly access the desktop.

Pressing the F9 immediately scales down all your windows, including your minimized windows, and tiles them all on-screen in an easy to navigate layout. Window scaling is animated in real-time - a trick that'll really impress your mates. Choosing a window to switch to is simple - just move the mouse over the window you want to select, or navigate to it using the Arrow or Tab keys. Once you've chosen your window, a single keystroke or mouse press zooms all of the windows back to full size and makes the window you selected the active window.

Pressing the F11 key will clear your screen of windows in an instant, and another press calls them right back. Want to check out that document you just downloaded to the desktop, quickly drag and drop a file from the desktop into an application, or get rid of that Solitaire window before the boss walks past? With TopDesk, it's a breeze.

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Neutron is a very simple and small time synchronizing program that retrieves the accurate time from one of several specialized time servers on the Internet. Once the network time has been retrieved the program can set your computer's clock to match it.

Options in the program enable you to automatically obtain the time from the time server and set your clock appropriately at program startup. It is also possible to have the program automatically exit after the time has been set and so is ideal for placing a shortcut in your Startup folder to sync your clock when your computer is started.

Neutron uses the standard Time protocol (TCP or UDP port 37). See RFC 868 for more details. The time retrieved from the network time server is given as the number of seconds since midnight on January 1st 1900. Since the protocol only allows accuracy down to the second you may not get the most accurate time possible but it is usually good enough to always be within about half a second of "true" time. Network latency is accommodated in the calculations involved in setting your computer clock.

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AutoSizer automatically resizes any window you specify. For instance, some web browsers open up in a non-maximized window. Using AutoSizer, you can set those windows to automatically maximize every time they’re opened. It works with almost any program, including web browsers, Notepad, etc. AutoSizer stays running in the system tray (next to the time), so it stays out of your way while it works.

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HyperHide allows you to take control of your desktop by making any window instantly hidden or visible with the press of a key. You can hide programs like Internet Explorer, Excel, Word, Windows Media Player, along with virtually any other utility.

Then with the press of a key you can make any of these windows reappear right where you left it. HyperHide acts as a computer privacy shield, allowing you to control exactly what others can see on your computer monitor.

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Time for another customization to your desktop? Here's a handy task switcher that will give you the same functionality as Mac's Exposé. Simple to use, it will display thumbnails of every open window you are working on and you can pick which you want to maximize on your screen.

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Draw a zigzag on your screen with your mouse and Zigzag Cleaner will hide applications and documents. To restore, just draw another zigzag.

With Zigzag Cleaner you don't need to click and hold down the right mouse button then draw the mouse gesture. Simple move your mouse anywhere on the screen. The program traces the mouse movement. Several symbols are then instantly recognized.

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With today's huge hard drives, which can store millions of files, accessing a particular document on your computer can be a tedious job. The Windows' START menu is meant to alleviate this, with features such as the Recent menu, the My Documents menu, etcetera... but we all know that's not enough.

Most of the time, accessing a particular file can represent several dozen of mouse clicks navigating several folders or menus. With KeyLaunch and just a couple of keystrokes you can access any document like you have never done before!

You will be surprised of how fast you locate documents you don't even know where they actually are! KeyLaunch will sit hidden on the top of your screen. Then, when you need it, simply press the Scroll Lock key and start typing a couple of letters from the document you're looking for.

It doesn't matter the type of document; whether it is an MP3, a Word document, an Internet shortcut or even a program KeyLaunch will find it for you in a matter of seconds. Then... the next time you type those same letters again KeyLaunch will access that document for you automatically.

Or you can even assign shortcut keys to access your favorite applications or documents by simply pressing the Scroll Lock key plus one of the functions keys.

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Is your computer running slower then it used to? This powerful program will show you what is really running on your computer. You'll be able to stop any program that you don't recognize. If a program is gobbling up your computers speed and you don't know what it is, Program Sleuth will look it up for you.

Program Sleuth has our exclusive Know-It technology so you don't have to worry about the technical details; it will show you in a clear way only the suspicious programs. Program Sleuth gives you full control to eliminate problem programs running on your machine.

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Zorro is a utility to completely blank the screen except for a rectangular area selected by the user. This is especially useful for watching videos on your computer without being distracted by other programs.

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The HotKey QL system gives the ability to keep all the keyboard shortcuts in one central place, this is very different to the way shortcuts are implemented by Windows. The option to add a description to each of the key combinations provides a better understanding of the action performed by the key combination. As the list is in a central system, there is no need to track application shortcuts or any need to keep shortcut files just so that a key combination can be used to perform the action.

In addition to standard shortcuts, HotKey QL can run scripts in the forms batch, Visual Basic scripts and Java scripts. These can be controlled using key combinations or just run from the editor.

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Annoyed by the repeated assaults of spurious messages and confirmation prompts on your desktop? Would you like to get rid of Internet cookies or pesky “Are you sure you want to do this or that” questions? Don't let these or any other windows stress you, interfere with your productivity, or freeze your computer while you are away. Get rid of them with Buzof!

Buzof enables you to automatically answer, close or minimize virtually any recurring window including messages, prompts, and dialog boxes. Simply teach Buzof how to click the button that you would normally click to get rid of the annoying window. From this point on, Buzof will periodically scan the desktop and take care of the window whenever it shows up again. Teaching Buzof how to click buttons is a snap; it can be done either by dragging an icon from the Buzof window to the targeted button, or by positioning the cursor over the button and pressing a hot key.

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Using Windows Command tool is still a very basic experience. It's one of the few aspects that has never really been revamped by Microsoft. Take Command is an enhanced command tool which supports all the same commands available in the original but many more. These include, command line editing, aliases for frequently used commands, new and enhanced commands, batch file programming enhancements, third-party plugins, and much more, Most importantly however, it's presented in a fully graphical GUI that you expect from Windows.

This means it features a graphical environment like pull-down menus, dialogs, application controls, and cut and paste support. This makes life so much easier than having to know all the commands which most basic PC users don't. You can simply use your mouse to execute commands in the way you do with any other Windows application.

This is a brilliant enhancement to Windows command tool that should be standard in Windows.

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This program can be used as a replacement for your autostart folder.

Simply create a link to this program in your autostart folder. Then move the previous content of your autostart folder to the X-ecutor window via drag&drop and you are ready to go.

Features of X-ecutor:

• Runs programs at system startup or shutdown
• You can specify different conditions under which your programs should be started
• You can activate programs at specific times or on specific days of the week.
• Runs programs only once a day if you want to
• Shutdown the system automatically to a specified time
• Shutdown the system automatically if it is idle for a specified amount of minutes

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"No Alt-tab!" is an intuitive interface that simplifies access to active applications on your desktop. It is also meant to be a substitute for the legacy Alt+Tab keyboard combination which enables the user to switch between the open windows.

One Advantage of "No Alt-tab!" over its counterpart keyboard combination is that the user can always have quick access to active programs without having to physically press any keyboard buttons.

Nevertheless, always-on-top feature of this product - in addition to decorating the desktop with its simple yet intuitive interface - enables the user to easily visualize which programs are running and therefore provide even more control over them.

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Command Line is a tool to run programs from a small shell next to your tray. So you don't have to use the Start Menu to run it and keep a clean desktop. For example to start the microsoft calculator you have to enter calc. This is much quicker than Start-Programs-Accessories-Calc. Command Line can also open directories.

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Captain Tray allows you to easily minimize active windows to the system tray, taskbar or hideboard. Working with Captain Tray Pro is similar to working with file managers. The program's interface was specially designed to let its user manage the contents of the desktop with the same ease as he manages the contents of his computer's disks.

Many users need several applications running simultaneously. Some of those applications are used quite frequently, others - only when they are needed. So, the Windows taskbar can once get fully packed - everything seems to be necessary, and you have no desire to close any programs. Some applications can be minimized to the system tray (the area by the clock in the bottom right corner of the screen), but what shall we do about 'Notepad', 'Calculator', 'Microsoft Word', 'Microsoft Excel', and other our favorite programs? Captain Tray Pro is right there to help you.

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This utility displays the list of opened windows on your system. For each window, some useful information is displayed: the title, the handle of window, location, size, class name, process number, the name of the program that created the window, and more...

In addition, you can easily hide, show, close or set to top-most mode the selected windows, or save the windows list to text or HTML file.

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Actual Window Manager is an innovative desktop organization application which introduces unconventional window controls and automatic general window operations making your work more productive, convenient and enjoyable. It has more than 40 handy tools to help you in your daily routine and window operations.

Like a well-trained assistant, accurate and unobtrusive, being instructed once Actual Window Manager will do all the required actions for you automatically all the time you are having it running in background:

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Keyboard Launchpad (KLP) is a program that allows you to quickly and easily assign hot keys to launch programs, visit URLs, paste saved clipboards, control individual programs, perform system commands, and more.

What makes KLP special is that it works system wide. No matter what program you're in, no matter what you're doing, you can always access the hotkeys of KLP. It also has an open plugin format so that if there is a specialized program you wish to add your own hot key support to, you can do so.

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