Actual Window Menu 5.1 is a Shell Extension product from actualtools.com, get 4 Stars SoftSea Rating, Actual Window Menu is a suite of the most popular innovative tools letting users operate windows on the desktop in some advanced ways: alternatively minimize to Windows notification area (system tray) or to a floating icon on the screen, alter the execution priority of Windows processes on-the-fly, apply semi-transparency effect, roll up/unroll, resize, align, easily move windows between different displays in a multiple display environment, etc.
Installation, as well as the use of the program, is extremely easy and does not require much time. After installation, the software embeds its extra commands into each windows system menu. These new commands are as easy-to-use as common Move/Size/Minimize/Close ones, and they significantly enhance windows management capabilities. The set of commands can be customized for particular applications so that you can select just features which are really necessary there and, thus, form a handy and flexible working environment.
Actual Window Menu 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 Window Menu enables you to forget that chaos and proceed with your work not being disturbed by windows mess on the desktop. System window menu is the standard windows management facility - its simple, convenient and functional. Enhancing it with Actual Window Menu will turn it into a magic wand - strong and unobtrusive.
Actual Window Menu Features:
Minimize to Tray command:
The 'Minimize to Tray' feature lets you save taskbar space while providing access to minimized applications via the system tray icons. Make your own taskbar less cluttered and more convenient!
Rollup\Unroll command:
The 'Rollup\Unroll' feature lets you minimize windows so only the title bars remain visible.
Stay on Top command:
The 'Stay on Top' feature helps you place the selected windows on top of other ones, so that it were always accessible and couldn't be hidden by other windows. Don't let these windows annoy you when you busy!
Send to Bottom command:
The 'Send to Bottom' feature sends the desired window to the bottom of others. In other words, this button hides a window under other windows, but leaves it on the desktop.
Make Transparent menu:
The 'Make Transparent' feature lets you apply transparency effect from 0% (fully transparent) to 100% (solid) rate to any software in Windows 2000/XP.
Change Priority command:
The 'Change Priority' feature allows changing the desired window's software priority. This command has a submenu that allows you to set the one of the pre-defined levels of the window's software priority: Low, Below Normal, Normal, Above Normal, High and Real-Time.
Align Window menu:
The 'Align Window' feature lets you get any software window aligned with any of the 9 positions on the desktop - upper-left, upper-central, upper-right, etc. Clicking 'Align Window' button displays a popup menu where you can choose one of the nine types of alignement
Resize Window menu:
The 'Resize Window' feature allows you to set the size of any selected software window to have it always opened at the size you want. You can choose any Default Window Size from the list which includes exact window sizes in pixels (e.g. 640 x 480; 800 x 600; 1024 x 768) or in percents from the desktop size (e.g. 100% x 100%; 50% x 50%). Moreover you can set the width and height of any window on your own by using Custom Window Size option.
Hotkeys support:
Now you can minimize programs to the system tray, always keep them on top, roll up windows, make them semitransparent, etc. by means only one keystroke combination. Such a possibility lets you manage the same actions much quicker on condition of using keyboard.
Individual window settings:
You can configure every program's windows to different options, leave them that way for a while, or change the options whenever you wish! Your configuration for each window will remain set after every bootup until you change it.
Multilingual support:
Actual Window Menu English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional languages.
Possibility to improve almost each program:
Actual Window Menu is useful for working with Email clients (Microsoft Outlook, MS Outlook Express, Eudora, Incredimail etc.); messenger programs (MSN / Windows Messenger, Yahoo Messenger etc.); office tools (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe PhotoShop, Corel Draw etc.); developer tools (MS Visual Studio, Borland Delphi etc.); and many other kinds of programs. The license of this windows utility software is Free Trial Software, the price is $19.95, you can free download and get a free trial before you buy. If you want to get a full or nolimited version of Actual Window Menu, you can buy this windows utility software.