1) The core engine has been slightly improved. 2) The Windows 7 Aero Snap emulation is added. 3) Windows Thumbnails feature is added. 4) Conflicts with several remote control utilities are resolved. Version 5.1 - Jun 23, 2008
------------------------------ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Actual Window Menu 5.1 (23.06.2008) ------------------------------ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [+] Now you can edit multiple specific settings at once in the Configuration Module (use Ctrl+<left mouse click> to select several items). [+] Now you can specify a custom icon for a window minimized either to the system tray or on the screen. [+] The custom hotkeys for standard Windows "Minimize"/"Maximize" commands are added (by default Win+<Down arrow>/Win+<Up arrow> accordingly). [+] The compatibility mode for moving maximized windows between monitors is added: if you have troubles when trying to move a maximized window to another monitor then try to activate this mode to fix the problems. [*] Window menu is slightly improved: additional options of AltMin and Roll Up actions are grouped into a separate submenu. [*] Now you can remove or reposition special "Pin to desktop" and "Restrict placement" window menu items as well as any other menu items. [-] The compatibility with applications written in Visual Basic is improved (in particular, with WorkCentrics and NCSS 2007). [-] The bug is fixed: enabling the Command Prompt Windows Support when Tiny Personal Firewall is running led to system crash. [-] Now window size can exceed the size of a single monitor in multi-monitor configurations when resizing window in pixels and the "Keep window within the desktop boundaries after resizing" option is enabled. Version 5.0 - Feb 7, 2008
1) The support for command prompt (or console/CMD/DOS) windows in Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista is added. 2) The full support of native 64-bit applications running on any Windows x64 platform is added. Version 4.5 - Jun 20, 2007
[!] Windows Monitoring Log tool is added into the Control Center. It allows detecting newly appeared windows and check, which window rule has been applied in each particular case. Now you can easily solve any configuration ambiguities and detect properties of short-living windows (like tool tips, popup menus etc.). Be careful using this feature: turned on it may slow down your system! [+] The ability to hide the mouse pointer, while it is floating over the specific window, is added. [+] The ability to copy settings from a selected window rule to others is added. [+] The new hotkeys are added: - "Reapply settings" action (Win+F5 by default) - Configuration Module's launch (Win+C by default) - "Unhide" submenu that shows the list of currently minimized/hidden windows (Win+H by default) [+] Now the hotkey status is displayed in the "Hotkeys" panel of the "Options" window: when defining a new key combination, you can see, if the defined combination is already in use with another application or assigned to another action. [+] When minimizing to screen, now you can make screen icons semi-transparent. [+] Now the balloon tip is shown over the Control Center's tray icon at first start after the installation. [*] The internal mechanism of hotkeys processing is significantly improved. [*] The long-awaited improvement for permanent tray/screen icons is made: now permanent icons behave like buttons in the Taskbar (i.e. active window is minimized, inactive window is activated, minimized window is restored). [*] The options structure is redesigned: new "Triggers" and "Actions" grouping nodes are added. [*] The "Hide Configuration Module while using Window Finder" option has been moved from General to User Interface. [*] "Custom Position" and "Custom Size" dialogs now display current window position/size values in their captions. [*] The "Alignment" window menu's submenu now displays the current window position. [-] Compatibility conflicts are solved with: - Quattro Pro X3 menus - GrabIt internal windows - MS Office XP CTFMON.EXE service - X-NetStat application [-] Now the "Configure..." item of Control Center tray icon's context menu is displayed correctly in Windows Vista. [-] Transparency effect conflicts are solved with: - CDArtdisplay application - Emerge Desktop application - Windows Vista Start button [-] The bug of the "minimize-to-screen" feature is fixed: sometimes screen icons used to go out of visible area after minimization. [-] Sometimes windows used to freeze in the rolled state and needed to be resized manually instead of unrolling - now the Unroll function works always as expected. Version 4.4 - Apr 21, 2007
[!] The long-awaited feature of "smart saving" is added: now only relevant windows will re-apply their settings when the configuration has been saved. [+] The long-awaited feature is added: now all the minimized windows can be restored via "Unhide"/"Unhide All" items of Control Center's tray icon context menu. [+] The ability is added to adjust the font used by the Configuration Module (refer to the "User Interface" property sheet in the "Options" window). [+] The ability is added to turn on smooth transitions between different transparency levels (refer to the "Make Transparent Action" property sheet in the "Options" window). [+] The ability is added to turn on the smooth rolling up/unrolling of windows (refer to the "Roll Up Action" property sheet in the "Options" window). [+] The ability is added for the "Send Configuration to Tech Support" main menu command: if the automatic e-mail creation is failed then you can save the archive with the configuration files somewhere to send it manually later. [+] Translations to Brazilian Portuguese, Serbian (both Latin and Cyrillic) and Polish languages are added. [*] Run-time memory consumption is slightly reduced. [*] All property sheets for window rule settings are significantly redesigned; the new window rule features' Index panel is added. [*] Now the Configuration Module remembers its main toolbars' placement and column widths in most of list boxes. [*] The transparency effect compatibility with Stardock WindowBlinds is improved. [*] The Resize Action Options property sheet is improved: now you can copy items and adjust the height of Sizes list box. [-] The bug with Microsoft Project 2002/2003 is fixed. [-] The bug with command shell extenders (like 4NT) is fixed. [-] Transparency effect's conflict with Rainlendar 2, RocketDock, Samurize and Y'z Shadow is fixed. [-] The bug is fixed: XP Remote Desktop client was crashed if minimized to the system tray, and then the configuration was saved. [-] The bug is fixed: now multiple instances of Excel 2003/2007 workbooks and Acrobat 7 documents can be correctly minimized to the system tray. [-] The bug is fixed: if in multi-monitor configuration some windows were placed to a secondary display, and it was unplugged during the session then such windows are moved automatically to the primary display. [-] The bug with Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar's hang is fixed. [-] Conflicts with Microsoft Office 2007 tool tips and popup menus are fixed. [-] The bug is fixed: Mozilla applications (Firefox, Thunderbird) left their taskbar entry if they were minimized to the system tray via the standard Minimize button. [-] The bug of incorrect window placement to a primary display while it's resized on secondary display is fixed. [-] The bug of adding a new rule to the empty Specific Windows list is fixed.
Actual Window Menu 5.4 Actual Window Menu is an innovative suite of the most popular and essential tools that enables users to operate windows on the desktop in some advanced ways: minimize them to tray, set up priority, apply transparency, roll up/unroll, resize, align, etc. Once installed, the application embeds its extra commands into each window's system menu. These new commands are easy to use and significantly enhance windows management abilities.... [read more] [download now]
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