Actual Window Manager 7.2 / 7.3 Beta 2


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7 MB / Windows 2K / XP / 2003 / Vista / XP X64 / 2008 / Vista64 / 7 / 7 x64
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Actual Window Manager is a technologically advanced utility tool that interacts with the Windows operating system's shell to bring the extended manipulation functionality to every window in the system.

It allows you to roll up/unroll windows, hide them to the Windows notification area (system tray), keep them always-on-top of others, make them semi-transparent - and many other advanced window actions available both in the automatic way (upon startup, activation/deactivation, minimization etc.) and in the manual way (via extra buttons added to each window's title bar or via extra options added to each window's system window menu).

Actual Window Manager keeps track of all the configuration changes you make to each individual window and applies the changes automatically on-the-fly! In addition, Actual Window Manager operates semi-automatically, therefore you will not be required spend a lot of time trying to understand how it w orks.

Here are some key features of "Actual Window Manager":

Window Settings:
· Provides advanced abilities to manipulate windows in various ways (both automatic and manual).

Virtual Desktops:
· Extends general window management with the ability to group windows within virtual desktops.

Multiple Monitors Extensions:
· Enhances common WindowsĂ‚® user interface for multiple display environments.

Requirements:

· P-III 600+ CPU
· 128+ Mb RAM
· 10+ Mb of free disk space
· Internet Explorer 5.0 minimum

Limitations:

· 60 days trial
· Nag screen

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Actual Taskbar now works natively on 64-bit systems.
· Minimize-to-Screen icons now can display window preview thumbnails instead of window icons (in non-Aero visual themes, the "Enable preview thumbnails" option must be activated).
· Now, when you minimize a window to a screen icon, drag the icon somewhere and then restore the window - it will be restored under the mouse pointer.
· Windows 8: Start Screen options has been added (see the "Multiple Monitors - Taskbar" panel).
· Now it's possible to pin/unpin items in the Actual Taskbar's Jump Lists in the same manner as in the system taskbar's Jump Lists.
· Now the Recent Folders and Favorite Folders lists can be in voked via grouping button's context menu (i.e. when the title buttons of the same name are disabled).
· Windows 8: The look of preview thumbnails in Actual Taskbar is improved.
· Start button in Actual Taskbar now looks correct in higher screen DPIs on Windows Vista and higher.
· Group preview in Actual Taskbar now reacts on drag-n...


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