AutoSizer. Wonderful Icon. TrayMin. Put program icons into the system tray—even if they're not designed for it—to save space on your taskbar. Today's huge hard disks and massive amounts of RAM enable you to open many programs at once. The result, however, can be an extremely cluttered taskbar. Some programs are designed so they can be minimized to the tray, and many people prefer this because it takes up less space. But what if an application was not designed with this capability? PC Magazine's TrayMin utility can solve the problem. TrayMin installs in the Windows Startup Group and runs under Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0. WorldTV. Push the Freakin' Button. XpanDesk. Say the Time. WinTidy 2. WinTidy 2 lets you organize your Desktop and keep it organized. Don't you hate it when someone sitting at your desk moves the pencil jar or hides the stapler? If things aren't where you expect them to be, you can't work as efficiently.
It's the same when the icons on your Windows Desktop are moved out of place. When you switch to a smaller screen size, for example, Windows shoves the off-screen icons into view, but doesn't put them back off-screen when you revert to a larger screen size. This issue's utility, WinTidy 2, remembers your Desktop layout and restores it for you. You can place the icons by hand or use one of a dozen predefined layouts to arrange icons in the order you choose automatically. Save the arrangement as a named layout that you can restore at will, or associate the arrangement with the current screen size. This version of WinTidy supersedes the earlier WinTidy95 utility, which was incompatible with Windows NT-based operating systems. Weather Watcher. RapidRes. Change color depth and resolution, even toggle your screen saver—all from a tray icon. Computer monitors can operate in many different video modes.
In most cases, the decision about how many pixels and colors to display is yours—but not always. You may, for example, want to run some particularly picky programs (games mostly) that require your system to be set to a particular resolution and color capability. The standard way to change the video mode in Windows is rather clumsy. Before you can set the desired resolution and color depth, you have to open the Display Properties dialog box—the same dialog box you use to change your wallpaper and screen saver ( Figure 1 ).
To do so, you must either go through Control Panel or right-click on the Desktop and select Properties from the pop-up menu. Whichever you choose, the process is unnecessarily awkward. RapidRes lets you make video-mode switches with much less fuss. RapidRes runs under Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP. PersonalReminder. Tray Pilot Lite. SplashKiller. StickIt. TrayBar. Yankee Clipper III. RefreshEm. UNLOCK. TapeCalc 2. Quick Menu. Transparent. Memento. Memento is about 345k and does pretty much everything with little desktop notes that I want it to do. The emphasis is on being convenient, unobtrusive, and easy to use. I hope you find it useful too.
If you have comments or questions about Memento, please leave a message in the Memento forum. How to Use From the How to Use note that appears the first time you run Memento: Opening a new note Double click on the Memento icon in the notification area. Google Desktop Search Integration Starting with version 1.10, Memento now integrates with Google Desktop Search (GDS) automatically. If you click on the link in the Google window, then Memento will open the specified note (assuming it still exists).
Issues Amount of text you can put in a note under NT/XP is essentially unlimited, but don't take the piss. Download: Memento v1.12 Platforms: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP License: freeware Copyright: Tim Browse, 2002-2005 Status:Completeness: 9/10, Reliability: 9/10 Version History Version 1.12 (01/07/2005) H-Menu. Hot Corners. FastRes. OneButton. ButtonBoogie. Macro Recorder. Desk Marker. ArtTray. KeyWallet. HelioBar XP.