Actual Window Manager is a desktop productivity suite of over 50 tools, letting users change their interaction with windows in many new exciting ways: minimize windows to tray or screen, apply transparency, roll up, pin on top, auto-align windows, resize, etc. Any of these operations (and many others) can be done in a click on the title buttons, which are added to the standard Minimize/Maximize/Close buttons after the installation. In addition to buttons, users can set up specific settings to be applied to predefined windows automatically (for example, 50% transparency for Winamp).
Installation and getting started is remarkably easy. Once installed,
Actual Window Manager adds its own buttons to the title bar of each window. By default the program has profiles with the settings for the most popular Windows applications, but users can change these profiles to their preferences or make a profile of their own, which is a breeze to do. To make such changes, one needs to bring up the Configuration window and modify or set up a rule for a particular program, which can be done in a simple, point-and-click manner.
Actual Window Manager is particularly useful when you are simultaneously working with several applications. Switching from one window to another distracts attention, reducing the productivity of work. Moreover, the taskbar becomes packed with minimized windows. But it is not the case when you have
Actual Window Manager on your computer. You can set it up to minimize windows to tray or on the desktop, roll them up, set up the appropriate level of semi-transparency. If you need to multitask in several applications at once, you can pin all necessary windows on top without the need to bring each one up several times.
And the last but not least:
Actual Window Manager is the only window manager that provides the fully featured support for command prompt windows and native 64-bit applications running on any x64 edition of Windows.
Type :
Shareware ($49.95) »
EULA
OS Support : Windows All + Vista
Date stamp / Size : Feb, 27. 2010 / 5001 kBytes
Asked : P-III 600+ CPU, 128+ Mb RAM, 10+ Mb free space on HDD
Update history of Actual Window Managerv6.7.2 (December, 18. 2011)
1) Windows 7: Improved the quality of multi-monitor wallpaper pictures. 2) Vista/7: Improved the Multi-monitor Taskbar's color in Aero. 3) Scroll Inactive Windows restored. 4) Activating the maximized windows from secondary taskbars fixed. 5) Crashes in dwm.exe fixed.
v6.7 (October, 28. 2011)
1) Individual taskbar settings per monitor. 2) Window icon/caption in preview thumbnails. 3) Edgeless desktop with new Wrap the Desktop mouse tool. 4) Indonesian language added. 5) Reboot-less update to new version on Windows Vista/7. 6) Better tracking of multi-window programs.
v6.6 (August, 2. 2011)
1) Individual taskbar settings per monitor. 2) Window icon/caption in preview thumbnails. 3) Edgeless desktop with new Wrap the Desktop mouse tool. 4) Indonesian language added. 5) Reboot-less update to new version on Windows Vista/7. 6) Better tracking of multi-window programs.
v6.5 (May, 29. 2011)
1) Display cloning and rotation in Windows 7. 2) Independent lists of virtual desktops on different monitors. 3) Hard/soft mouse lock in a current monitor. 4) Custom mouse click actions with adjustable parameters. 5) Control buttons in preview thumbnails. 6) Context menu for Jump List items.
v6.4 (February, 12. 2011)
1) Desktop mirroring: area around the mouse pointer, window, monitor, arbitrary part of desktop, zoom in/out, fixed/variable scale. 2) Custom hotkeys with adjustable parameters. 3) Pin documents to Jump Lists on secondary taskbars. 4) Close button in live previews. 5) Back up/restore configuration.
v6.3 (November, 23. 2010)
1) Jump Lists on secondary taskbars under Win 7. 2) Per-monitor background slideshow. 3) Scroll inactive windows. 4) Switch the mouse between monitors via hotkeys. 5) Maximize to selected monitors. 6) Move to Monitor preview dialog. 7) Classic and Aero Snap combined. 8) Aero Glow on title buttons.
v6.2 (August, 6. 2010)
1) Grouping buttons on secondary taskbars. 2) Regular expressions to detect a target window by its caption. 3) New hotkeys: Lock Mouse and Ignore Deactivation. 4) Snapping a window to other windows from inside. 5) Maximize to Desktop fixed. 6) Title buttons compatible with MS Office 2010.
v6.0 (February, 12. 2010)
1) System tray and toolbars (Quick Launch, etc.) on secondary monitors. 2) Console windows support on Win7. 3) Snap windows to desktop and to each other. 4) Easy drag/size windows by any point. 5) Customizable clicks on title bar and regular title buttons. 6) Many fixed bugs/stability issues on x64.
v5.4 (August, 2. 2009)
1) The Windows 7 Aero Snap emulation is added. 2) Buttons re-ordering on the primary Taskbar is improved. 3) Virtual Desktops Switcher window is added. 4) Windows Thumbnails feature is added. 4) Multi-monitor Taskbar extension is now compatible with Windows 7 RC.
v5.2 (October, 20. 2008)
1) The feature to display the Taskbar on secondary displays in multi-monitor configuration is added. 2) The feature to display the Task Switcher window on secondary displays is added. 3) The new Quick Settings dialog is added. 4) Now the title buttons look fully native under Windows Vista Aero.
Distribution permissions for Actual Window Manager
Actual Tools allows and encourages all websites, online services, shareware disk vendors, CD/DVD-ROM vendors, bulletin board systems, and end users to freely distribute the shareware version of this program. You may always obtain the most recent version of our program from our website (http://www.actualtools.com/download/). It is generally not necessary to contact Actual Tools for authorization, and you may begin offering the shareware version immediately. For more information visit www.ActualTools.com.