Shell Tools Category
Winfilter
Winfilter is software that hides/unhides desktop, start menu, and quick launch icons, hides/unhides files, folders and drives on your computer, and restricts others’ behavior on your computer, for example, prevents your friends or your children from changing the desktop wallpaper. Read the rest of this entry
WallPaperPlus
Is your PC suffering from ‘Dull Desktop? Then pump new life into your PC with WallPaper Plus desktop wallpaper changer!
Make your Desktop Active… Simple to use. Easy to handle. This desktop wallpaper changer keeps your desktop in a steady state Read the rest of this entry
UserInfoTip
If you want to know the contents or usefulness of a file, but you don’t want to open it or create long file names, this program is what you need. UserInfoTip allows you to add your own files descriptions, as Read the rest of this entry
Transparent Window Manager
This software helps you to manage your windows settings. You may set transparency of any window required. You may place any window to the top of others. Moreover you may disable input for any window. This gives you opportunity to Read the rest of this entry
TransWin
TransWin is a tiny yet powerful tool to help you to set any or all of the windows on your desktop to be transparent. You can set any window to be transparent or to be disabled the transparent, you even Read the rest of this entry
True Eraser
TrueEraser is an advanced security tool for Windows, which allows you
to completely remove sensitive data from your computer.
Deleting a file using standard Windows delete function
does not physically erase the data.
It just marks the corresponding disk blocks as Read the rest of this entry
Tweaki…for Power Users
Designed for *all* Windows operating systems, Tweaki is your Swiss Army knife of utilities. Configure, secure and optimize Windows, MS Office and Internet Explorer. Add productivity enhancements like right click functions that allow you to print the contents of a Read the rest of this entry
UIFriend
UIFriend is a handy Windows utility that makes it easy to change screen settings to fit each user’s needs and whims. With just two clicks, you can change your monitor’s screen resolution, color depth, and refresh rate.
With UIFriend’s customizable menu, Read the rest of this entry
TIFF To PDF Convert Command Line
Supports virtually all TIFF compressions, including ZIP,LZW,CCITT G4/G3, JPEG, Packbits.
Outstanding compression.
Can combine multiple tiff files into one PDF file.
Can merge and split single or multipage tiff files to pdf.
Supports Multi-page tiff file to PDF conversion . Read the rest of this entry
Tooler
Tooler is a unique program that allow you to create special type of shortcuts. What’s so special about them ? They have all features of the typical shortcuts, so you can move them, rename them, or change their icons. But Read the rest of this entry
Take Command
Take Command offers a new approach to working in Windows, bringing users the power of the command line and the ease of use of the Windows interface. Take Command supports existing CMD.EXE commands and batch files, and adds thousands of Read the rest of this entry
Sounding Keyboard and Mouse
[ softboy.net ]! Sounding Keyboard and Mouse will bring you great enjoyment when you operate computer. It Lets you hear magic sound when you press keys or click mouse. The program allows you to hear the sound or the words Read the rest of this entry
PS Tray Factory
PS Tray Factory is a powerful and handy tool meant to flexibly control ALL the other icons in the system tray of the taskbar. PS Tray Factory will help you to manage all the applications that place their icons in Read the rest of this entry
QuickIT .NET
QuickIT .NET is a small application used to simplify the navigation and organize your shortcuts, your folders and your favorites. Create, edit, remove shortcut file or assign an hot keys to get your application started quickly. Filter favorites, folders or Read the rest of this entry
On-Screen Keyboard Magic
On-Screen Keyboard Magic is a utility that controls the behaviour of Microsoft Windows On-Screen Keyboard on the screen and adds many elegant features. On-Screen Keyboard is a utility that displays a virtual keyboard on the screen and allows users with Read the rest of this entry
Image To PDF Command Line
Supports TIFF, JPG, PNG, PCD, PSD, TGA, BMP, DCX, EMF, WMF, etc. image formats.
Supports virtually all TIFF compressions, including ZIP,LZW,CCITT G4/G3,JPEG, Packbits.
Outstanding compression.
Can combine multiple image files into one PDF file.
Can merge and split single or Read the rest of this entry
I Hate This Key Deluxe Edition
One day I came into our office and found that a keyboard on the table of one of our leading developers was broken. Several buttons were missing. Horrible black gaps where keys used to be. We all were astonished. Who Read the rest of this entry
Hide Window Hotkey
Hide Window Hotkey is a utility which allows you to hide the windows, and programs which are running on your screen.It will instantly hide or close all (or some) programs on your screen through Mouse Hotkey or Keyboard Hotkey in Read the rest of this entry
Folder Guide
Folder Guide is a free handy utility that provides fast access to your frequently used and favorite folders. It can operate as the part of your context menu in your Windows Explorer. After quick install it will appear in context Read the rest of this entry
Folder Marker - Changes Folder Icons
Folder Marker is one of those little utilities that once you have it you wonder how you ever did with out it. It lets you mark your Windows Explorer folders in a couple of different ways, either using the context Read the rest of this entry
Folder Marker Pro - Changes Folder Icons
Folder Marker Pro is your smart assistant, an ardent fighter for your convenience and comfort. This handy shell extension is especially designed for office work. It lets you mark out important folders with color-coded or image-coded icons in order to Read the rest of this entry
FolderHighlight
FolderHighlight is a tool, that makes the management of your folders’ appearence more flexible and handy.
With FolderHighlight you can mark out important folders with a color or an icon.
It is a fact that human’s brain accepts information firstly as visual Read the rest of this entry
Fast Folder Access
Fast Folder Access is a shell enhancement that gives you quick jump to your favorite folders in Common Open/Save dialogs, in Windows Explorer, the desktop and the Start Button.You access the Fast Folder menu by right-clicking anywhere in the File,Directory,directory Read the rest of this entry
EscapeClose Pro
EscapeClose Pro is a tiny utility, allowing you to close or minimize the active window by pressing the Esc button. Or, to work more carefully, it can position the mouse cursor in the upper right-hand corner of the active window, Read the rest of this entry
ExeDesk, Professional Edition
The ExeDesk is a skinable (theme enabled) virtual desktop manager that replaces standard Windows desktop. There is up to nine desktops, each with its own user-defined content. Windows opened on each desktop can be simply moved to other Read the rest of this entry
DDFileCatcher
Copy file names and much other file infomation to the Clipboard, and into Microsoft Word tables and Excel spreadsheets. DDFileCatcher catches files, shortcuts or folders dropped onto it from programs such as Windows Explorer, My Computer or Windows dialogs. It Read the rest of this entry
DesktopPlus
DesktopPlus allows you to more effectively organize your Windows Desktop by splitting it up into upto 9 ‘Virtual’ Desktops. A Virtual Desktop is like an independent copy of your standard Windows desktop.
Each Virtual Desktop can have its own Applications Read the rest of this entry
Display Resolution Manager
Disputing display resolution and brightness settings with your colleagues or kids? Stop the squabbles with this program!
Display Resolution Manager is a utility that allows multiple users sharing a computer to set their own display resolution, gamma, brigtness and contrast preferences.
Display Read the rest of this entry
Bee Icons
Since picture is worth a thousand words, visit www.BeeIcons.com before reading this description. Bee Icons 4.0.2 offers more than 200 pizzazz artistic images to replace your boring Windows system icons. You can spice up Desktop, Start menu, Drives, Folders, Files Read the rest of this entry
AudioShell
AudioShell is a freeware MS Windows Explorer shell extension plugin which allows you to view and edit music file tags directly in Windows Explorer. AudioShell supports MP3 (all ID3v2 tag versions), WMA, ASF, WMV, Apple iTunes AAC (M4A and M4P), Read the rest of this entry
MaxMonkey
Windows state manager:
MaxMonkey is a windows maximizer, minimizer, restorer and closer. With one easy left-click, double-click or middle-mouse-button click from the system tray, MaxMonkey can automatically maximize, minimize, restore or close multiple windows. You can configure MaxMonkey to target Read the rest of this entry
What’s This File Type
What’s This File Type? tells you what a file is, and what program created it. All you have to do is right-click on the file, and select ‘Bloody Hell! What’s this File Type?’ (other text available if you’re sensitive).
If you Read the rest of this entry
Talisman Desktop
Talisman Desktop is a desktop manager and shell-replacement for Windows 9x/ME and NT/2000/XP/Vista. The program lets users design their own desktops and interfaces or choose from hundreds of downloadable themes, which work either atop or as complete replacements for the Read the rest of this entry
CDBF Shell
The CDBF Shell extension allows you to view content or structure of DBF files in the Properties window without opening them. CDBF Shell allows you: copy to the clipboard selected records. copy to the clipboard structure Read the rest of this entry
KO Approach
This shell enhancement allows you to access your files quicker. Just click on a folder icon in Windows Explorer, hold mouse button pressed for a while, and a menu will appear displaying the folder’s contents. Navigate this menu and its Read the rest of this entry
Tweaking Toolbox XP
The utility for any serious Windows tweaker! Change hundreds of registry settings from Windows XP, improving appearance, performance and functionality. Prevent others from changing your settings, increase Windows security. Lock down Control Panel applets, Internet Explorer options, even choose which Read the rest of this entry
TweakWindow
Even though TweakWindow has many analogs currently available for download on the Internet, no other window enhancement utility comes close to TweakWindow in terms of usability and number of features offered. In addition to standard features, like hiding a window Read the rest of this entry
Tidy Start Menu
Are you tired of searching for programs in a long “Start Menu” list? If so, this program is for you. It allows you to arrange all the shortcuts in the Start Menu. Your Start Menu looks neat, and you can Read the rest of this entry
System ScreenSaver
This small and simple software allows one effortlessly to run any DOS commands, or applications during the time that one would normally run the Windows built-in screen-saver. For example, if you wish to start your anti-virus check or system optimisation Read the rest of this entry
Taskbar Button Manager
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 Read the rest of this entry
TaskSwitchXP Pro
TaskSwitchXP is an advanced task management utility that picks up where the standard Windows Alt+Tab switcher leaves off. It provides the same functionality, and adds visual styles to the dialog and also enhances it by displaying thumbnail preview of the Read the rest of this entry
Start Menu Tuner
Have All Programs In Your Start Menu Become Enormously Numerous?
You bought a computer and started turning it into a habitable thing by installing various useful programs for work and entertainment. But then you opened the Start menu one day and Read the rest of this entry
SOCKShell
The Windows Explorer’s File menu and context menu (the menu displayed when you right click on an item in the Explorer window) display the options that operate on the selected object. These operations include the standard Cut, Copy, Delete and Read the rest of this entry
Softboy.net On Screen Keyboard
Softboy.net On-screen-keyboard can be useful if you have mobility impairments, if you are using a tablet PC, or if your keyboard goes down. And it can works well on touch-screen. This a demo keyboard which includes the main keys on Read the rest of this entry
Send To Toys
Send To Toys is an enhancement of the Send To system menu.
- Send To Toys Control Panel Applet allows you to manage the Send To system menu content, and configure the various Send To Toys settings.
- “Add to Send To Read the rest of this entry
ResolutionChanger
This command line application can change your desktop width, height, color depth, and refresh rate temporarily or permanently (via command line switches). It also supports multi-monitor configurations. You can have ResolutionChanger run another application in a specific display resolution and Read the rest of this entry