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Chameleon Folder is a handy utility that provides fast access to your most often used and favorite folders. It allows you to make your own menu that consists of your favorite folder paths. Open a Save As/Open dialog or Windows Explorer and click the middle mouse button or rotate mouse wheel in dialogs. Select the appropriate menu item to jump to the corresponding path.

Chameleon Shutdown allows you to switch off, restart, hibernate the computer and perform other operations both immediately and when certain conditions are met (specific time, delay, idle time, CPU usage, closure of a certain program).

You can add multiple conditions without limitation.

The interface supports skins and is very easy to use.

Actual Title Buttons is a suite of the most essential and popular tools for desktop windows control and manipulation: minimize them to tray, set up priority, apply transparency, make them stay always-on-top of other windows, align, resize, roll up and even "ghost" them! You can do any of these advanced operations in a mouse click on the title bar icons that are added to standard Minimize/Restore/Close buttons immediately after installation. Furthermore, users are welcome to make up and apply their own window settings which are also done in a mouse click.

Installation, as well as the use of the program, is extremely easy and does not require much time. Once installed, Actual Title Buttons adds its own buttons to the title bar of each window (each button represents a particular function – for example, roll up or align) and provides the list of predefined functions. Actual Title Buttons is useful for those who favor the mouse over the keyboard and want to improve their work’s efficiency. The special design of the program makes it quick and convenient to operate desktop windows in a mouse click (nevertheless, there is an opportunity to use the hotkeys).

Actual Title Buttons is irreplaceable when you have to work with numerous applications at once switching from one to another, which is very annoying and frustrating. Moreover, it becomes quite difficult to distinguish between minimized programs as they get the taskbar piled up. Actual Title Buttons enables you to forget that chaos and proceed with your work not being disturbed by windows mess on the desktop.

[ 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 which you want to hear after your typing or clicking.If the Microsoft Speech API and TTS Engine have been install on your computer, The program can vocalise the text you are typing at the completion of each character or each word or each sentence. No programming skills needed. It is very easy to use. [ www.softboy.net ]

VanDyke ClientPack is a suite of tools for automating file transfer, shell, and public-key administration tasks, saving you time on routine administration and configuration tasks. VRALib, a key component of the ClientPack, is a COM and .NET API that enables custom scripting of SSH2 connections in Windows. ClientPack command-line utilities include: vsftp, an interactive SFTP command-line utility for secure file transfer; vcp, a command-line file transfer utility; vsh, a command-line shell utility; vkeygen, a public/private key generator utility; and vpka, a command-line tool for uploading keys to Secure Shell servers. All utilities support password, public-key (RSA, DSA, and Smart Cards using X.509), Kerberos v5 (via GSSAPI), and keyboard-interactive authentication when connecting to SSH2 servers. ClientPack provides Secure Shell encrypted logon and session data, including vsh port forwarding to secure TCP/IP data, X11 forwarding, and vcp and vsftp for secure SFTP file transfers. VanDyke ClientPack includes a 30-day evaluation license for the fully-functional application and technical support.

Thumbico displays the thumbnail or icon of any file, image, document, video or program from your Desktop or computer. But unlike Windows, which shows you small, standard sized images, Thumbico gives you the large, any size "uncensored" version. Thumbico offers image saving and copying, a Glass Mode for screenshot or screencast purposes, custom or standard sizes, and drag and drop support.

No installation is required. Simply download Thumbico to a location on your computer (e.g. your Downloads folder) and open/run the program from there.

TPC – Total Power Control – puts at your mouse and fingertips a well-designed tool to help you get your work done quickly and easily. TPC provides everything you need to fully control the power functions of your computer. No more crawling around and clicking through layered menus!

With only two clicks you can: Change to any power plan (including custom user plans), shutdown, restart, sleep, hibernate, turn your screen off, lock your workstation, switch users or log off, run screen saver and more. With the Timer Manager you can execute any power-related function or start any user application at specified time. With the CPU Load Manager you can execute a specified action when CPU load reaches a specified low (idle) level of activity. With the Hot Key Manager you can execute power actions or any applications from the keyboard instantly using customizable hot keys (keyboard shortcuts).

TPC’s bonus features include: Indication of your laptop battery charge state. Real-time CPU load information right on your desktop. Customizable visual clues (images) for each power plan. A Screenshot Manager to save screenshots as JPG/BMP, one or in a series, using a timer or by hot key. A built-in HTTP Server to shut down or restart your system from a remote workstation via Internet or LAN. Full command line support for all power actions.

How can you use TPC? Here are some examples: Change from power saver to high performance power plan (or any other power plan) instantly. Shutdown your computer automatically at midnight. Hibernate your computer after your defragmenter or backup utility has completed. Run your web-browser with Ctrl-Shift-W or turn off the screen instantly with Win-S.

TPC runs on Windows 7 (32 or 64bit), Vista and XP (limited functionality). TPC installs as an icon in the Windows notification area and provides functions Microsoft left out. TPC is powerful, simple and the easy way to control all aspects of your system’s power.

Aml Maple is a new point of view at keyboard layout indicators: simple, modern, flexible.

It’s easy to find – just look at the typing place or mouse cursor.
It’s easy to understand – current layout can be indicated with colored symbols and/or national flag icon.
It’s easy to use – indicator is compatible with absolutely most of the programs: both windowed and console.
It’s easy to setup – 9 interface languages, 30 language layouts are supported out-of-box.

Just try. Just buy. Just use.

Keystroke Converter is a tool to exchange the keys on the keyboard. With it, you can say goodbye to any keyboard layout you dislike. With it, you can make the broken key function again. With it, you can disable any undesired key. With it, you can change your common 102 keyboard into a multifunctional one without costing much money. The basic functions of Keyboard Transformation are as follows: 1. Change one key for another. 2. Change one key for a sequence of keys. 3. Change a sequence of keys for another sequences. 4. Accomplish text input with one or a sequence of keystrokes. 5. Accomplish Macro with one or a sequence of keystrokes. 6. Disable one or a sequence of keystorkes. 7. Key to Mouse. 8. Control volume from keyboard. 9. One press to lunch web browser or program or sepecial file or folder.

Key Transformation can customize your keyboard layout, change any key on the keyboard to other keys. Its on-screen-keyboard ( soft keyboard ) is very easy to use. Want the F1 key to type B? Want the D key to type f? Want the Shift+Enter key to press Table? Want Shift+1 to type a Sentence? Want an exchange between Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V? Key Transformation can do these easily.The program allows you to redefine system keys, such as , Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Table, and Win keys. You can also disable desired key. It can extend your keyboard function. By using it, the input method of special language can be accompished easily.Now you can set your own keyboard layout and enjoy easier, faster and less painful typing.

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 a normal keyboard. If the current soft on-screen-keyboard can not fulfill your requirement, please access our homepage http://www.softboy.net/osk/ and send us your requirement. We will design it for you.

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 a normal keyboard. If the current soft on-screen-keyboard can not fulfill your requirement, please access our homepage http://www.softboy.net/osk/ and send us your requirement. We will design it for you.

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 all windows or to only target window titles that contain specific text. MaxMonkey can maximize your windows on system start up and maximize new windows as they open.

Window visibility manager:
View hidden or stealth programs or viruses that maybe running without your knowledge. Detect applications that are hidden and still running but no longer in use.

Program launcher:
MaxMonkey can launch programs on system startup in any order that you specify. You can also send parameters to your programs as they launch.

Taskbar Organizer:
MaxMonkey can organize and re-arrange the order that windows appear on your taskbar.

Version 2 contains added support for Windows XP, minor bug fixes, minor improvements and new features.

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 new features, giving you more power and flexibility than you ever imagined. And CMD and PowerShell users will love Take Command’s tabbed console windows and Windows shell integration. Take Command adds features such as extensive context-sensitive online help, shell monitoring commands, plugins, aliases for commonly used commands, a powerful command line editor, history recall, filename completion (even across a network), popup command and directory history windows, and extended directory searches that can take you to any directory on your system by entering only part of its name. Take Command expands the Windows file handling commands, giving you the ability to copy, move, delete, or list multiple files with a single command, and adding FTP and HTTP support (including SSL and SSH) . You can select or exclude files from any command by their date, time, size, and extended wildcards for extraordinary flexibility. Batch file users will be amazed at the power and speed Take Command adds to Windows batch files, with an array of new batch commands and a powerful batch debugger with single stepping, breakpoints, syntax coloring, popup variable windows, and editing. The extended batch language in Take Command includes subroutines, DO statements, IF THEN ELSE statements, SWITCH statements, error handling, more than 170 internal commands and 440 internal variables. And if you don’t like the default behavior, Take Command allows you to adjust its configuration either through interactive dialogs or on the command line.

If you are frustrated by the limitations of the Windows command prompt, TCC/LE is the one 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 CMD.EXE, the Windows command processor, and adds features such as extensive context-sensitive online help, plugins, aliases for commonly used commands, a powerful command line editor, history recall, filename completion (even across a network), popup command and directory history windows, and extended directory searches that can take you to any directory on your system by entering only part of its name. TCC/LE expands the Windows file handling commands, giving you the ability to copy, move, delete, or list multiple files with a single command . You can select or exclude files from any command by their date, time, size, and extended wildcards for extraordinary flexibility. Batch file users will be amazed at the power and speed TCC/LE adds to Windows batch files, with an array of new batch commands. The extended batch language in TCC/LE includes subroutines, DO statements, IF THEN ELSE statements, SWITCH statements, error handling, more than 110 internal commands and over 240 internal variables. If you don’t like the default behavior, TCC/LE allows you to adjust its configuration either through interactive dialogs or on the command line. And if you want even more power, try our Take Command professional version, which adds FTP and HTTP support, an interactive batch debugger, and more than 50 additional internal commands and 150 additional internal variables and variable functions.

Aml Maple is a new point of view at keyboard layout indicators: simple, modern, flexible.

It’s easy to find – just look at the typing place or mouse cursor.
It’s easy to understand – current layout can be indicated with colored symbols and/or national flag icon.
It’s easy to use – indicator is compatible with absolutely most of the programs: both windowed and console.
It’s easy to setup – 9 interface languages, 30 language layouts are supported out-of-box.

Just try. Just buy. Just use.

Folder Marker Home is a powerful helper specially designed for home work. It enables you to quickly change folder color or mark folders to indicate priority (high, normal, low), project completeness level (done, half-done, planned) by work status (approved, rejected, pending) and type of information stored in folder (work, important, temp and private files).
The icons in Folder Marker are self-explanatory and include many colors, both dark and light, many categories, and they carry letters and numbers. Of course, the default set of icons can be expanded with the unlimited number of new icons that you may download from the internet, or create yourself in the icon editor.
How to change folder icons by using Folder Marker?
Select an icon from the right-click menu of a folder.
That’s it! Only one step to change a folder icon! Is that cool or what? Using Folder Marker Home couldn’t be simpler. The application’s designers wanted to make the ability to change a folder icon or a folder color as painless as possible and they’ve done an outstanding job. Folder Marker is #1 folder color and icon changer on the Internet!
Users can take advantage of great customization flexibility. You can, for example, modify a right-click menu of a folder by adding new menu items and categories and assigning icons to them. The user can choose to make folders, customized with Folder Marker Home, distributable. This means a color-coded icon remains unchanged even if the folder is copied onto a new computer or the system has been
re-installed. Also, you can apply a selected icon for all subfolders in a given folder.
Folder Marker Home is a cute desktop enhancement tool that is worth it’s virtual weight in gold due to the agony and frustration it may save you when you find it difficult to locate the folder you need. Many people use the program to change folder icons just because Folder Marker Home made it fun.

Folder Marker Pro is your smart assistant, an ardent fighter for your convenience and benefit. This handy shell extension is especially designed for office work. It lets you mark important folders with color-coded or image-coded icons in order to make them easier to spot among the hundreds of other similar-looking yellow folders. You can mark folders by priority (high, normal, low), project completeness level (done, half-done, planned), by work status (approved, rejected, pending), and type of information stored within (work, important, temp and private files).
Folder Marker Pro is the most functional version of all the Folder Marker’s editions. It supports all functions of Folder Marker Home and Folder Marker Free plus allows customizing Network folders and contains additional icons for office work.
The icons in Folder Marker Pro are self-explanatory and include many dark and light colors, many categories, and they also can carry letters and numbers. Of course, the default set of icons can be expanded with an unlimited number of new icons that you may download from the net.
People use different ‘organizational’ tricks to make their work more efficient. One of the tricks is putting paper documents into folders of different colors. This is convenient because they can find a document instantly when it is needed without having to spend time looking for the document in similar-looking folders standing on the shelf! If this trick works well for paper, why not use it to organize electronic documents and files as well?
If you frequently review files and folders and would like the ability to highlight folders in Windows Explorer, Folder Marker Pro is for you. Just right-click a folder, Mark Folder, and choose the icon or color for the folder (there are many). Simple! Done!

If your computer is your workplace, with this virtual desktop manager you will be able to increase your productivity sufficiently – work on multiple tasks simultaneously and stay focused on just those that you need at the moment. Plus, you won’t be distracted by what’s not currently urgent or necessary and by the crowd of windows on your desktop and icons on the taskbar, as you’ll see just those that are related to your current job.

Actual Virtual Desktops is a virtual desktop manager that allows creating an activity-focused work environment and remove the unnecessary distraction by scattering the multitude of piled up application windows over a number of independent virtual desktops and grouping the applications on the desktops by activities they involved into. With Actual Virtual Desktops, you can create as many virtual desktops as necessary, replacing the single, often overcrowded Windows desktop, and utilize the full power of your operating system, including Windows system utilities, in any window on any of your numerous virtual desktops.

You can arrange your applications on your desktops by hand or have the program do that automatically. To arrange application windows automatically, simply define the rules telling the program on which desktop the certain window is to be sent whenever it’s launched.

The program installs seamlessly, doesn’t require extensive configuration or in-depth computer expertise. To quickly identify each of your virtual desktops, you can set custom wallpaper on each desktop. To quickly switch between desktops, you can assign custom hotkey to each virtual desktop. And to manage your windows manually within the virtual desktops infrastructure, you can use the typical window control elements like extra caption button, special item in each window’s system window menu, customizable hotkeys, etc.

Actual Window Rollup fills up the functionality gap that users, familiarized with Unix/Linux/MacOS window managers, notice while managing workspace in Windows. The program allows you to roll up and down windows by clicking on the special Roll Up button added to window’s title bar. This feature has proven to be a more efficient way of organizing your workspace while working with multiple windows. Now it will only take a single click or keystroke to hide a window and move to the information in the underlying window or on the desktop.

Besides the default Roll Up button and ability to enable this function from the system menu of the program offer several ways of rolling up your windows automatically. It’s possible to set the program to instantly roll down active and roll up inactive windows. You can also manage windows via keyboard using the Hotkey feature. Easy access to features comes along with great compatibility. It means that Actual Window Rollup recognizes and works with all kinds of windows, including the command prompt type (also known as console/CMD/DOS windows).

Actual Window Rollup is a tiny utility that will set you free from a huge amount of redundant manipulations, such as searching in the taskbar, minimizing and maximizing windows.