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By: Eric G

Eric G — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:00:31 +0000

What entice you to post an article. This article was extremely interesting, especially since I was searching for thoughts on this subject last Thursday.

By: Gadget Catalog

Gadget Catalog — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:13:46 +0000

This is awesome. Being a programmer i always wanted to keep a window at the top and rest is at Don’t Care state. This will help me a lot…

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Ability Mail Server 2.61 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:21:12 +0000

Ability Mail Server 2.61…

What Is It?DeskPins is a program that will “Pin” any window to keep it “Always on Top” of other windows. While there are many other programs out there with this facility and some programs have this as a built in option for the…..

By: Barry Cleave

Barry Cleave — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:26:09 +0000

Hi Zach L,

I agree with you, FileBox eXtender is a really great tool. I have been using it for quite some time on my main PC’s and laptops. In fact if you look at many of the screenshots in the ProReviewer posts you will se the 2 extra buttons (Triangle and pushpin) in the top right corner of each Window that FileBox eXtender adds.

I was going to post on it sometime, so now I will move it up the list

Regards,

Barry Cleave

By: Zach L.

Zach L. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:19:48 +0000

I was searching for a program of this functionality and stumbled upon a free GPL program called FileBox eXtender which is absolutely amazing! In addition to the ability to pin any window to the top, you can also ‘roll up’ any window to just the title bar, a feature I haven’t seen since Mac OS 9. Also, there’s a feature which provides access to favorite folders in any Explorer or open/save dialog. This feature is less helpful in Vista, but would have been amazing in XP. It’s written for both XP and Vista, and has a 64-bit native version for Vista. Finally, you can hide the icon that normally sits in the system tray. I’m in love. Amazing!

By: Barry Cleave

Barry Cleave — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:49:38 +0000

Hi Brandon,

Thanks for the update on Vista. I have just got myself a Vista PC so hopefully will be able to test some of the utilities on both XP and Vista in the near future.

Barry

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:55:19 +0000

It worked just fine on Vista for me.

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Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:12:02 +0000

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By: windows tool

windows tool — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:49:18 +0000

I tried it. That is really great tool.

By: Barry Cleave

Barry Cleave — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:26:05 +0000

Doesn’t seem to be any development activity on the Elias Fotinis website since 2005 so I doubt there is (will be?) a Vista version. Might be worth a try to see if it runs or even try compatibility mode in Vista

Let me know if you have any luck!

Regards,

Barry Cleave