Desktop Tools

Free&Easy Fonts Viewer 1.0 (349 KB)
Browse through and preview any installed fonts - Scalable Font Size - Choose any Font Style (Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikeout) - Very simple and intuitive interface. For Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

Download Express (220 KB)
A program that allows you to download individual files from Web and FTP sites at the maximum possible speed. Multiple downloading channels technology significantly decreases time. For Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP.

WallMaster 2.4E (1.1 MB)
A superb wallpaper changer utility for Windows. Program your desktop wallpaper to change at a predetermined time interval and easily customize the wallpaper position. Win9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP.

XP Skins 1.0 (55 KB)
A great tool for making your old Windows Programs look great. For Win XP.

IconFilter (488 KB)
Create your own collection of Icons in seconds. Icon Filter is able to extract icon images from EXE, DLL, OCX, CLX or even BMP files on your hard disk. Store images as Icon (*.ICO), Cursor (*,.CUR) files or convert them into Glyphs (Bitmap , *.BMP).

Awesome Tropical Reefs (1.3 MB)
A screen saver with photos of sea life in tropical reefs. All photos are 800x600 high-quality images (a 1024x768 version is available). For Windows 95 and above.

Iconoid 3.09 (360 KB)
Iconoid is a Windows desktop icon manager. Hide your desktop icons when your cursor is not on the desktop so that you can see your desktop wallpaper. Make your desktop icon backgrounds transparent or change the color of the text or background. Save and restore icon positions and Hide windows quickly. Iconoid can be hidden or it can live in the system tray. For Win9x/NT4/Mill/Win2k/XP.

1st Impression 2.4.1(2.0 MB)
1st Impression automatically replaces Windows startup and shut down logos each time your system restarts. A collection of 20 or more logos is included , but you can add your own images, digital photos, 3D renderings, etc. Also comes with dozens of funny messages that are displayed over the images. Add your own quotes, to-do lists or jokes. Supported formats include JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIF, PCX, TGA, XPM and more. Features include configurable font, text style, foreground and border colors, real-time preview, resize modes to prevent distortions and more.
For Win9x/ME.

Effective Desktop 1.01 (1.0 MB)
Effective Desktop is a set of utilities to extend your Windows desktop and make it cleaner and easier to use. Hide unused tray icons and change the logo and text of the Start button, have small modules like calendar and clock running in the taskbar and create multiple virtual desktops. For Windows 98/ME/2000.

H-Menu (594 KB)
A fully configurable launcher that remains invisible until it is mouse-activated. Say goodbye to the START button and a cluttered Desktop. Animated Toolbars appear on contact with the screen’s edge, up to two per side. Supports the use of Cascading Menus and has Multimedia capabilities. For Win 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.

Screen Magnify V2 (2.46 MB)
A full featured screen magnifying program to assist those with poor vision using computers. Features include full screen automatic scrolling, User configurable size, magnification adjustment, and more. For Windows '95 or later.

RDR Icons Blue collection (30 KB)
A collection of eighteen 256 color icons. The RDR Icons are designed to replace folders of Windows operating systems. The folders come in two shades of blue. Very high quality design. For Win 9x/ME/2K/NT.

VAMP Media Center Beta 3.10 (6.2 MB)
Listen to MP's, Create Greetings, Mix & Edit clips, Build Screen Savers, Wallpaper and enjoy online games! Requirements: Display adapter with at least 2MB memory (800x600 resolution and 16 bit color support required), Sound card, Windows 95/98/Me/2000, DirectX v6.0 or higher installed, DirectShow v6.0 or higher installed (or Windows Media Player) and I.E. v5.0+.

MyCorkboard 1.00.098 (2.2 MB)
An Interactive PC Screen Saver. Pick from hundreds of drag-and-drop items to create your own personal design. Add clocks, photos, calendars, sticky notes, to do lists, name plates, phone dialers, animated pets and dozens of amazing gizmos. Add-ons available. For Windows 95/98/NT/2000.

VirtuaWin 2.5 (290 KB)
A small, fast and easy to use virtual desktop manager for Windows 9x/NT4/ME/2000 with no unnecessary features. It shows the current desktop in the system tray and offers a number of configuration options for both mouse and key control. Supports modules for new features and uses less than 1% of the CPU.

AbsoluteControl 1.72 (156 KB)
Offers a wide range of OS control tools available on single click. Set your screen resolution with highest possible refresh rate, open\close your CD drives, reboot, shutdown, power off, hibernate and send to standby mode your system. Web-search available with one click! Runs in background and works with Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.

Dolphin World Screensaver (1.3 MB)
Underwater fun with dolphins and their friends in the sea. Optional music. For Windows 95/98/NT.

Desktop Architect v2.11 (2.1 MB)
Easily create, customize, and install desktop themes. Preview themes and customize them by selecting the settings you want and then applying them. DA has support for selecting a screen saver, appearance of desktop items such as scroll bars, menus, title bars, scheme, startup/shutdown/wait screens, icons, cursors, and sounds for different events. For Win 9x/NT4/ME/2000.

Verve 2.5 (806 KB)
A full featured wallpaper manager which extends on the base features provided by Windows. Skinnable and customizable. Requires the VB6 runtime module. For all Windows versions.

1st Impression 2.50 (2.5 MB)
Automatically replaces Windows startup and shut down logos each time your system is restarted. A basic image collection of 20 or more logos already included with the package, but you can also add your own. Supported formats include JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIF, PCX, TGA, XPM and more. For Win 95/98/Me (not NT/2000/XP).

Dialog Box Assistant 1.01 (395 KB)
A small program that helps you to deal with the standard Open and Save As dialog boxes. It places 2 buttons in the upper-right corner of the dialog box. Press the left button and you see a drop-down list that contains most recently used files. Press the right button for the recent folders. For Win 95/98/Me/NT4/2000 and XP.

Font Viewer 1.01 (65 KB)
Shows all the installed True Type Fonts on your system. The sample text output can be changed in type, size and style. If you leave the option in the system menu checked, changes you make (text string, size, font) are saved into an INI-file.

IconMan 2.0 (831 KB)
A small useful program that will search all icons on your drives and optionally display them in one screen. You can export them to icon or bitmap format. Search executables, libraries, screensavers, etc. For Windows 9x/2000/XP.

Windows Navigator 1.27 (1.4 MB)
A 32-bit Norton Commander clone. Features include parallel file operations, integrated local network handling, archive support, search, multiple language support, favorites, drag & drop, context menu, clipboard support, configurable viewer, editor associations, customizable look and feel, built-in AVI, rtf, txt and picture viewer command line. For Win 95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000.

Vital Desktop 1.3.8 (108 KB)
A desktop animation utility that gives you the option of running your favorite screensaver as your desktop background. For Windows 9x/ME/NT4+/2000/XP.

3D Dissolve Classic 1.5 (185 KB)
One of the most beautiful screen savers ever with 44 3D objects and speed control. Runs on any Windows 32-bit version of Windows.

ToolBox v1.81 (368 KB)
A very small yet powerful Application Launcher to organize your Desktop. Resizable buttons, fully configurable, drag & drop interface, Explorer Shortcuts, System Monitors and Mouse Travel Meter! For Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000.

RUNit 2.0.1b (38 KB)
A simple yet powerful launch pad. RUNit gives you quick access to applications, documents, folders and shortcuts. Doesn't occupy any space on your screen - you only see it when you actually use it. For Win95/98/ME/NT4.0+.

OpenOffice 1.0 (50.1 MB)
The Open Source successor to Sun's Star Office. A complete suite of office applications. Includes Writer, a word processor; Calc, a spreadsheet program; Draw, a drawing program; and Impress, a presentation application with slide transition effects. Compatible with documents and templates from other popular office suits like Microsoft's and Corel's. Available for Linux, Solaris and Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP platforms. Requires at least 250 MB of HD space.

Chaotic Chance 1.05 (470 KB)
Allows you to manage screensavers that are installed on your system. Choose your favorite screensavers and make them follow the desired order or run randomly. For Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP

Spiderman Screensaver (1.6 MB)
Spiderman Movie Screen Saver. A great selection of movie images that rotate when the screensaver activates.

NowBox v.2.0 (1.0 MB)
A cool new way to get exciting info, trivia, and special offers on a variety of topics. Fresh real-time news and info, exclusive contest and sweepstakes alerts, chances to win great prizes from trivia/polls and more. Customize with your preferences. For Win 98/ME/2K/NT/XP.

NewStart 3.0 (4 kb)
Collapse the taskbar down to a small button. Simple program for Windows users with minimal screen space. Instructions included with program. For Win9x/NT4/ME/2000/XP.

JS Pager Virtual Desktop 2.5 (701 KB)
JS Pager solves the problem of insufficient desktop space, providing up to 100 times more screen space. The program creates a grid where each square of the grid corresponds to a screen surface where windows can be placed. Run multiple applications outside the visible desktop and switch between them easily. Comes with a skin-able interface which gives the user total control over size and appearance. Can be configured to have different desktop wallpapers on every desktop and users can assign hotkeys or use the mouse scroll feature for desktop switching. For Windows 95/98/NT4/2000.

XP-AntiSpy 3.51 (27 KB)
A small utility that let's you disable some built-in update and authentication 'features' in Windows XP such as Automatic Updates. Disables all the known 'Suspicious' Functions in Windows XP. It's customizable, but the default settings are recommended.

TurboNote 3.3 (510 KB)
A handy little program that lets you "stick" notes to your screen and send them to others. Use them for reminders, to-do lists, messages, telephone notes, Web and email addresses, etc. You can change the color and size of your notes, set them to ring an alarm at a given time, and hide them. You can also open Web addresses, programs and files which appear in notes, simply by clicking on them. For Win95/98/NT.

ExeLock Express v1.01 (527 KB)
Take any Windows program and lock it with a password. Once the program is locked it cannot be run without the password. Protection is enforced with ExeLock executable encryption and execution control technology. For Win W9x/2k/XP and personal, non-commercial use only.

PaperQuote (1.0 MB)
Uses your Internet connection to give your desktop a new look, and a famous quote, every day of the year. Comes with two free wallpaper and quote channels that deliver 365 stunning 800x600 images in each channel, and innovative features like automatic daily downloads, desktop matting colors, a favorite quote list, a favorite quote screen saver, support for third party channels, and more. For for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

MWSnap 2.00 (410 KB)
A small, powerful program for capturing images from selected parts of a screen. Current version can capture a whole desktop, a highlighted window, an active menu, or a fixed or free part of the screen. Supports BMP, JPG, TIFF and GIF formats, with user selected color depth and quality settings. Also includes a zooming tool, screen ruler and a color picker as well as system wide hotkeys and preset selection sizes. For Win 9x/NT/ME/2K/XP.

Invisible! 2001 (515 KB)
A powerful utility that gives you complete control over your desktop. Get rid of the ugly colored blocks behind your icon labels by making them invisible and change icon text color to your taste. Other features include fast exit from windows, a hide all icons function, current time/date in active window title bar, hotkeys and more. For Windows 95/98/NT.

Desktop Manager .060 (506 KB)
A virtual desktop program and Windows shell. Instead of hunting for windows hidden behind other windows on one cramped screen, you can setup additional virtual desktops, each with its own applications. Each desktop can have it's own display resolution, system colors, and wallpaper image. Desktop Manager is modular, extendable and customizable. For Windows 95/98/NT/2000.

Desk Buddy Lite (1.57 MB)
Designed to replace a desk top blotter pad by providing you with a Diary, Task List, Notepad, Alarm Clock, Calculator, and Address Book. For Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP.

Gab's Calculator 0.2.2 (75 KB)
The perfect desktop calculator for everyone. Whether you need a simple standard calculator or one with high-powered trig functions, this tool fits the bill. Switch from simple to complex operations easily. For Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME.

QuickLaunch 2.0 (598 KB)
A little system tray tool which allows you to launch programs, open files with the associated programs and display explorer windows of certain folders. The shortcut editor supports shortcut copying and drag&drop with windows explorer as well as import/export of your personal shortcut list. You can also assign hotkeys to all shortcuts to launch your applications. For Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME.

Wallpaper Changer 1.9 (812 KB)
A wallpaper manager that can change your background images on every startup, once a day or at regular intervals. Features JPEG, PNG, GIF and BMP support. Several options are provided, including the ability to change your images in random order. The program can also analyze your picture and determine the best matching background and the most readable icon caption color for your transparent icons. For Windows 9x/NT.

Lightsaber Cursors (13.2 KB)
A professional looking set of cursors, some animated, some static. All of them are various arrangements of light sabers. For Windows 95/98/ME.

Webshots Desktop (1.5 MB approx.)
The most advanced screen saver ever created. Combines high quality, easy to use software with stunning desktop images from around the world. Get access to thousands of downloadable photos and screen savers. Breathtaking photos are automatically optimized and sized to fit your desktop. For Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

Ace Talking Jokes and Quotes 2.053 (10.5 MB)
Watch small animated cartoon characters recite jokes and quotes on the corner of your screen. Choose a joke or quote from the large database and import new ones from the website. For Windows 9x/ME/2K/NT.

Dave's Quick Search 3.0 (247 KB)
A toolbar that launches Google, Yahoo and other searches straight from your desktop taskbar. Offers a variety of commands that can be added to your search term and enables you to look up phone numbers, email addresses, translations, maps, stock quotes and more. Customize the toolbar by editing the source files, adding or removing resources as you like. For Windows 9x/NT/ME/2000/XP

DesktopShield 2000 (3.6 MB)
A security utility that prevents people from trespassing on your computer. The program locks your system and renders it completely unusable. The taskbar disappears and Windows hotkeys are disabled, so data cannot be accessed. Sits quietly in the system and can be activated by double-clicking the icon. Supports multiple users, and can be securely controlled by an administrator. For Windows 95/98/NT.

Wizmo (36 KB)
A multi-purpose utility that provides an array of single-click functions missing from Windows. It can power down your system's displays, activate your screen saver, change or mute the audio volume, restart, reboot, or shutdown your system, and much more. For Windows 95 and above.

Hamsin Clipboard 3.03 (49 KB)
A three-in-one easy-to-use clipboard extension utility that allows: tracking clipboard history of the last ten clips which can be later returned back to the clipboard or directly pasted into applications; pasting several copied clips automatically one after another or merged together; saving favorite or commonly used clips for future pasting. For Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000.

DoubleDesktop 2.0 (205 KB)
A smart, elegant system tray utility that effectively doubles the width of your Windows desktop. Simpler to use than many similar programs - just click on the icon or hit a keystroke combination to switch between "left" and "right" parts of the desktop. Lets you easily rearrange all your application windows between the two desktop parts. For Windows 9x/NT/ME/2000.

Notesbrowser 1.20 (2.1 MB)
A planning tool suitable for both business and personal use. It can store your to-do-lists, appointments, bookmarks, project files and even your MP3 play lists. The latter can be launched directly from within Notesbrowser. An integrated search function allows you to quickly locate entries. A number of attractive skins are also available to modify the interface design. For Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP.

Folder Style 1.3 (570 KB)
An easy-to-use shell extension which lets you customize Windows folders with any icon you like. Every single Windows folder can be different. Quick access available from any folder's shortcut menu. Customization takes only four mouse clicks. A huge collection of high-color icons designed for folders is included. For Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.

ClickTray Calendar 2.58 (2.58 MB)
A powerful calendar and reminder program you can access from the system tray. Use almost unlimited notes (up to 2 GB!), colorize each day individually, enter repetitive tasks and more. Offers searching options, the ability to display pictures with fiscal weeks and months, a To Do list, holiday handling, automatic data backups function, a yearly overview display, the ability to create wallpaper from a calendar, the option to use your own set of pictures, and a variety of color, font, and sound settings. For Windows 95 and above..

Apivision QTbar 1.3 (874 KB)
A small application bar that can be docked to any edge of your Windows Desktop and that gives you single-click access to your hard disk and internet resources. Access custom-defined Internet links and open every Web site in a new browser window. Open local folders, subfolders, favorite applications, documents or send e-mail. Easily copy, move, compress, and decompress files using drag and drop. Features auto-complete, a "go" button, and folders. For Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP.