#Desktop toys windows windows#
The tools in this set were available as separate downloads rather than in a single package.Īs of November 2009, the following PowerToys for Windows XP were available: PowerToys for Windows XP was the second version of the PowerToys set and brought major changes from the Windows 95 version.
#Desktop toys windows drivers#
Conventional Memory Tracker to track and break down the amount of memory being allocated by virtual device drivers.Logo Key Control configured MS-DOS games so that Windows would ignore the Windows logo key while games were running.Keyboard Remap reassigned functions to keys on the keyboard.MS-DOS Mode Configuration Wizard Customization Tool allowed users to configure Windows startup files without having to manually edit CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT.Six tools were included in this package: Windows 95 Kernel Toys Īfter the success of the Windows 95 PowerToys, the Windows Kernel Development Team released another set of tools for power users called Windows 95 Kernel Toys. Some of the tools work on later versions of Windows up to Windows XP, but others may interfere with newer built-in features on Windows 98, ME, and XP. PowerToys for Windows 95 were developed by the Windows Shell Development Team. Xmouse 1.2 made the window focus follow the mouse without requiring to click the window to make it active.TweakUI allowed the user to customize the more obscure settings of the operating system's UI.Telephony Location Selector allowed mobile computer users to change their dialling location from the Taskbar.Shortcut Target Menu allowed users to access the target file a shortcut is pointing to from the context menu or directly cut, copy, delete the target, create shortcut to the target or view its properties.Send To X consisted of Shell extensions which added several commonly accessed locations such as clipboard, desktop, command-line or any folder to the Send To context menu in Explorer.Round Clock added an analog round clock without a square window.Quick Res allowed users to quickly change the screen resolution.FlexiCD allowed users to play an audio CD from the Taskbar.FindX added drag-and-drop capabilities to Find (later called Search) menu.Explore From Here enabled users to open Windows Explorer view from any folder such so that the folder acts as the root level folder.Desktop Menu allowed users to open items on the desktop from a menu on the Taskbar.Contents Menu allowed users to access folders and files from a context menu without having to open their folders.Command Prompt Here allowed the user to start a command prompt from any folder in Windows Explorer by right-clicking (native in Windows Vista onwards).CDAutoPlay made AutoPlay work on any non- audio CD.CabView opened cabinet files like ordinary folders.The following PowerToys for Windows 95 were available:
In most cases, Tweak UI exposed settings that were otherwise only accessible by directly modifying Windows Registry. It included Tweak UI, a system utility for tweaking the more obscure settings in Windows. PowerToys for Windows 95 was the first version of Microsoft PowerToys and included 15 tools for power users.
#Desktop toys windows for windows 10#
The PowerToys for Windows 10 and Windows 11 are free and open-source software licensed under the MIT License and hosted on GitHub. PowerToys are available for Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows 10 and Windows 11. These programs add or change features to maximize productivity or add more customization. Microsoft PowerToys is a set of freeware system utilities designed for power users developed by Microsoft for use on the Windows operating system. Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows 10, Windows 11ĭocs.
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