Shell Tools
Aston Shell is a powerful, fast, stable and flexible shell replacement application. Aston, running with its most feature-packed Eye Candy Themes, usually consumes about half the RAM that Windows XP Desktop normally needs. It is known to be one of the most stable Windows shells ever. You do not have to own a powerful computer to run Aston. You can easily tweak any parameter of your Aston Desktop using a simple GUI interface.
Turn Off Monitor is a Utility by which you can Turn Off Monitor using either a shortcut Key or a shortcut icon or an Icon in System Tray.Turning Off Monitor when not in use saves electricity which is not the same as running a Blank Screensaver.The Utility allows to Turn Off Monitor or Start / Launch ScreenSaver after n minutes or after computer remains idle for n minutes.Trial version does not have any Nagging Pop-Ups / Reminders.Free Upgrades to Registered Users.
Have All Programs In Your Start Menu Become Enormously Numerous? The program Start Menu Tuner will easily solve your problem. Use it to create program categories you need and sort your programs by them. You will do it easily and visually. You will spend minimum effort even if you are new to computers.
DirDate is a command line tool that can easily be automated to change file or folder last modification date, creation date or last access date. Change dates using a reference file, the current date/time or a series of YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, MIN, SEC and MSEC commands. It can process files in subfolders, handles read-only files, and has a preview mode so that you can see which files will be modified.
No more "Kill task" via Task Manager to kill Explorer (which is the improper way); no more fidling around in the "Turn off computer" screen. ShellDispenser allows you to restart the shell with the press of a key! If restarting the shell is a part of your job, then ShellDispenser is the tool you have been looking for. * Close and (re)start the shell with the press of a key * Closes the shell the proper way * Complete command line support
Handy Folders knows a quick way to folders. Simple and usable interface of the utility makes it easy to keep your folders at hand. Simply use the system tray icon or the Windows Explorer toolbar and you'll get to a wanted location in a moment. The program allows you to make a list of your favorite folders and save your time. What's more, now you can access a folder you want right from the Open/Save File window, which has been long time longed for
DeskTool is a desktop toolbar designed to give you easy access to frequently used applications by displaying an organized row of buttons from which to choose. DeskTool is tightly integrated into the desktop shell of Windows 9x and Windows NT/2000. DeskTool has some nifty features that you might have come to expect from a modern Windows application. Drag and Drop is supported for adding, deleting and moving buttons around on the toolbar.
EscapeClose Pro is a tiny utility, allowing you to close or minimize or hide the active window by pressing the Esc button. Thus you can see it neither in the TaskBar nor in the Task Manager list (Ctrl+Alt+Del) nor in the list opening by pressing Alt+Tab. And now you can hide active window in the tray. Now you can use a mask to select files in standard Windows Explorer by pressing the keys *, + and - on the numeric keypad! (like old NC or FAR).
PS Tray Factory is a system tray icons manager that will allows you to: hide low-activity icons from a system tray into menu, get fast access to hidden icons, change the order of icons in the system tray (sort system tray icons), protect tray menu with password, minimize any application to tray, restore icons in system tray area at crash or restarting Explorer.exe, change original tray icons with your own icons
Many users are willing to reduce their energy use and costs, but some time standard stand-by functions are too annoying. For instance, computer monitor can change to stand-by mode when user is watching movie or reading a long article and simply don't move mouse or press any keys. It is easy to fine-tune WatchOverEnergy program, telling it not to activate monitor stand-by mode when you are running specific programs or some files are opened.
