DesktopX is a program that lets users build their own desktops. It does this by giving users access to desktop objects. These objects can come in all sizes and shapes. They can have scripts attached to them, they can be combined together to form mini applications or turned into an entire desktop.
| Publisher: | Stardock Corporation |
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| developer: | Stardock Corporation |
Stardock DeskScapes is a program that allows users to have animated wallpaper on their Windows 8, Windows 7, XP or Vista desktop. It supports playing video as animated wallpaper, dynamically generated content as animated wallpaper, and more.
| Publisher: | Stardock Corporation |
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| developer: | Stardock Corporation |
| Genres: | Object Desktop |
IconPackager is a program that allows users to change nearly all of their Windows icons at once by applying "packages" of icons. A package of icons contains icons to replace most of the common icons on your Windows PC.
| Publisher: | Stardock Corporation |
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| developer: | Stardock Corporation |
| Genres: | Object Desktop |
LogonStudio is a free program that allows users to change their Windows 7, Vista and XP logon screens. It comes with several logon screens to choose from, along with thousands that are available online.
| Publisher: | Stardock Corporation |
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| developer: | Stardock Corporation |
| Genres: | Object Desktop |
| Publisher: | Stardock Corporation |
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| developer: | Stardock Corporation |
| Genres: | Object Desktop |
ObjectDock™ is a program that enables users to organize their shortcuts, programs and running tasks into an attractive and fun animated Dock. By allowing users to have more control over how they organize their desktop, users can take control of their desktop icons and shortcuts to have them be available when where and how they need them.
| Publisher: | Stardock Corporation |
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| developer: | Stardock Corporation |
| Genres: | Object Desktop |
Rainmeter allows you to display customizable skins on your desktop, from hardware usage meters to fully functional audio visualizers. You are only limited by your imagination and creativity.
Rainmeter is open source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 license.
SoundPackager brings customization of your audience experience to Object Desktop! Users can now choose from "sound packages" to enhance their Windows desktop experience. Over 30 different system sounds are supported; unique new Stardock Design sound packages are included with the package.
Microsoft Windows® 8 is shipped without the "Start" menu. Stardock heard the cries from Windows 8 users. We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality.
| Publisher: | Stardock Corporation |
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| developer: | Stardock Corporation |
| Genres: | Object Desktop |
Theme Manager is a program that changes the look and feel of the entire Windows environment. It works by talking to existing desktop enhancement programs and then applying a MyColors or Suite file. In short, Theme Manager is a front-end to other desktop enhancement programs to simplify the user experience.
Winstep Xtreme- A convenient replacement for the standard Windows shell with many necessary functions that are sometimes very lacking in the standard shell. By installing the package, you will have at your disposal several modules (NextSTART, WorkShelf, FontBrowser, NeXuS), each of which performs a specific task in the design of the shell and has its own unique set of functions.
For example, the NextSTART module will completely replace the Start menu, Taskbar and system tray (tray), while not only replacing, but allowing you to use many settings that are not in the standard Windows Explorer. The WorkShelf module is a desktop replacement, FontBrowser is a handy font viewer, NeXuS is a multi-level quick access toolbar to the most frequently used applications
NeXuS is a docking system perfect for super fast access to your most used apps. You can have a huge number of panels, and they can hide other menus. When not in use, you can hide them behind the edges of the screen so they don't take up space on the display.
WorkShelf is a tabbed panel best suited for complex organizational tasks such as organizing documents, URLs, movies, work projects, and more. If the panel is at the top of your program, then WorkShelf is all that will be at the bottom.
NextSTART is a menu system that takes care of managing all your tasks. Menus are great for accessing frequently used files and system commands that aren't available in the file system or that aren't user-recognizable graphical representations. You can create any kind of menus and with NextSTART hotspots you will be able to open all these menus with super fast mouse access.
The NextSTART job management part allows you to efficiently organize and manage running processes and windows. Using nothing more than simple drag and drop, you can reorganize the items in your toolbox so that all of your related documents are aligned (making them easy to find) and where you need them, not where the Windows operating system decides to put them. .
Modules, Widgets, Gadgets, Doclets, Desklets and all other words define one thing - mini applications that usually run on your desktop and provide various information about your system, weather, etc.
Winstep Xtreme has the following modules:
talking atomic clock, recycle bin, email checker, weather monitor, CPU usage monitor, network and memory meters, and the impressive Wanda program. New modules are added all the time.
Winstep start menu Organizer Pro is a program for cleaning and more convenient organization of the Start menu. The more time passes from the moment Windows installation, the more programs are installed on the computer and sooner or later the time comes when to find desired program the start menu gets hard. One of the possible ways out of this situation is to sort programs according to their functional purpose. Unfortunately, Windows does not provide such an opportunity, but this can be done using the Winstep Start Menu Organizer program.
Nexus Ultimate - A good tool for quickly launching applications, monitoring weather and system data. The panel is made in the style of Mac OS. Flexible, but easy to set up. There are various skins.
To place the desired application or folder on the panel, just drag the corresponding icon with the mouse. Allows you to create multiple dock panels, each of which will provide access to a specific set of applications. Panels can be multi-level, in this case, when you hover over the screen, the corresponding submenu or an additional set of icons will be displayed.
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Download Winstep Xtreme 11.6 + 70 themes
Highlighted Winstep Themes
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Please note that Nexus is FULLY compatible with skins for ALL 3rd party docks (RocketDock , ObjectDock , RKLauncher , etc...). Besides the hundreds of native Winstep themes, such as the ones below, you also have thousands of non-Winstep dock backgrounds at your disposal. To use a 3rd party dock skin, download it to your hard drive and then Import it in the Themes tab of Nexus Preferences.
Animated Icon Pack
Winstep Xtreme, Nexus and Nexus Ultimate feature built-in support for animated icons from version 11.5 onwards. The following is a pack of eight beautiful animated icons to get you started:
With no need to install 3rd party docklets and full drag and drop support, animated icons in Winstep applications are as easy to use as any other icons: drop the animated icon PNG strip directly into a dock item and the icon will automatically start animating.
Animated Nexus Dock Control Icons
A pack of animated Nexus dock control icons which you can use to replace the static control icons on your Nexus docks.
Extract the animated icons in this pack into a folder in your hard drive, then drag one of the animated icons and drop it into the static Nexus control icon on your dock.
Alternate battery module images (Nexus Ultimate/Winstep Xtreme)
If you like the look above and would like to use it for your battery module, here is what you need to do:
Clicking one of the above links will download, install and apply the specified voice pack. You can always change the Voice pack currently active in the Sound tab of WorkShelf, Nexus or Nexus Ultimate Preferences.
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Hungry for more exciting themes? No problem... The sites listed below offer hundreds and hundreds of Winstep themes ripe for the picking!Nexus dock backgrounds
Nexus is fully compatible with themes for ALL 3rd party docks. Besides the hundreds of native Winstep themes listed above, you have thousands of non-Winstep dock backgrounds at your disposal:W instep Xtreme- this is software package to change the Windows interface from the developer Winstep Software Technologies
. The creator of a well-known customization program in the circles of fans Winstep Nexus
, which implements in Windows environment an animated dock panel similar to the one that comes with MacOS, in the selection Winstep Xtreme offers a range of programs to transform the appearance of the operating system from Microsoft and improve its usability.
To the current version of the Winstep Xtreme package at the time of writing 16.9 with ten stylish design themes includes add-on modules:
— Nextstart- alternative menu "Start" and the Windows taskbar;
— Workshelf- functional add-on for the desktop;
— Nexus– mentioned dock panel for quick access to the right applications and files
- information blocks by type of Windows 7 gadgets.
- the product is paid, but on the official website of the program for testing you can download it for free 30 days trial-version. Consider the functionality of Winstep Xtreme in more detail.
Providing an alternative menu "Start" and taskbar module Nextstart by default, it completely replaces only the last one. The taskbar and system tray have slightly changed order of icons and their own options in the context menu. But in general the taskbar Nextstart performed without major changes. And here is the menu "Start" Nextstart does not replace the usual system one, but is built next to it, or rather, in front of it.
On the alternative menu "Start" We won't see anything radically new either. Nextstart offers a neat menu with a different from the regular menu "Start" in any version of Windows by the organization. The Nextstart menu provides quick access to important system functions and installed programs. Nextstart menu customizable: using the included applications Winstep Start Menu Organizer menu items can be added to the groups provided by the program (software categories) . And the version of the module allows you to create custom menu groups.
In addition to grouping programs in the menu , both the menu itself and the taskbar can have organizational settings applied. Access to them is provided in the context menu called on the taskbar or on the button "Start" Nextstart.
For menu you can customize transparency, animation, behavior, etc.
In the settings of the Nextstart taskbar, it is possible to work next to the native Windows taskbar, display in the Windows style XP, flexible icon size adjustment, system tray detachment, etc.
Customizations made to the Start menu and Nextstart taskbar can be backed up for later restoration in the event of a program or Windows crash. It is possible to return the settings to their original state.
2. Workshelf add-in
Workshelf add-in is a tab-separated pop-up panel for quick access to Windows features, installed programs, individual options of the add-in itself. Workshelf provided as an alternative to working Windows table and is something of a structured dock panel.
In chapter "Basic" get access to options Workshelf- clock widgets, battery widgets, applications for monitoring the load of RAM, battery charge, Internet traffic, etc. Sections "Desktop" , "Recent" , "The documents" , "Quick Launch" designed to make it easier to access frequently used programs and files. You can add new programs and files to the existing objects in these sections, customizing the panel to your preferences. In chapter "Processes" currently running applications are displayed. The panel can be supplemented with your own sections-tabs. A separate section on the Workshelf panel implements a choice of themes that applies to all modules .
The default add-on is attached to the bottom of the screen, above the Nextstart taskbar. But in the Workshelf settings called by the button on the left side of the panel, you can choose a different location.
Like the previous module Nextstart, Workshelf also provides many options for fine-tuning the behavior of the panel, the ability to backup and restore settings, as well as reset them to their original state. Moreover, the Workshelf settings contain functionality for backing up and resetting settings both specifically for this module and for all other modules. . When resetting settings for all modules appearance system will be as it is delivered immediately after installing the Winstep Xtreme package.
3. Nexus Dock
Nexus is a multi-level animated dock for quick access to the most frequently used applications and files with customizable design and effects.
In the settings called using the context menu or the button Nexus, the position of the dock panel, its behavior, appearance, effects are configured. Nexus is more of a standalone module than the other parts of the package for the dock, you can choose your own theme, different from the theme of other add-ons. Moreover, a much larger list of themes for the docking panel is available than the pre-installed dozen of themes for other modules. Plus, additional themes for the dock can be downloaded from the developer's website by clicking on the link from the Nexus settings.
Comes with a selection of widgets by type gadgets Windows 7 - mini-applications that display the clock, weather, processor load and RAM, network traffic, battery charge, information about new e-mails.
In the context menu called on any of the widgets, we will get access to their settings. Widgets for Winstep Xtreme include a useless but entertaining Wanda fish widget. When you click on a floating fish, the screen will display catchphrases and quotes famous people however, only in English.
5. Font Viewer
The Winstep Xtreme package also includes a module - a simple font viewer without the possibility of using them.
6. General about the product
– software far from being for every user, it is more like an amateur. Winstep Xtreme is an opportunity to change the boring design of Windows, customize access to frequently used software and data, work with a different organization of a separate system functionality. Of course, not everyone will need such opportunities. Only those who spend a lot of time at the computer. Or who doesn't like the vision Microsoft how the operating system should be arranged. Among the advantages of Winstep Xtreme are active support by the developer, saving settings and restoring them on another Windows device or after reinstalling the system, undemanding to computer resources, and the ability to disable individual modules.
The Winstep Xtreme package is compatible with all Windows versions since 2000.
Download the trial version of Winstep Xtreme 16.9 from the official site.
Winstep Nexus Dock is the original, fully customizable, easy-to-use dock built for those who appreciate the visual aesthetic of the Mac OS X taskbar.
The Winstep Nexus Dock quick launcher optimizes the working window from an ordinary Windows space into a beautiful, animated environment, which itself has a lot of settings, advanced Drag-n-Drop support, as well as all sorts of interesting effects.
If you have an irresistible craving for various kinds of "decorations" of the desktop, then Winstep Nexus Dock can provide almost limitless possibilities for individual customization of the desktop, while consuming little resources.
For many years now, Microsoft has been relentlessly modifying, upgrading, expanding, and updating its products. However, the "Taskbar" - the same bar at the bottom of the desktop has not changed much. Of the significant innovations of this element, the only thing that comes to mind is the transformation of the elongated version of the button with the name of the active application into compact dice with icons, often used of which can be pinned, as well as the appearance of a pop-up preview window that appears when you hover over the same icon.
You can download Winstep Nexus Dock for Windows 7, 8 and 10 absolutely free of charge and in Russian, because this is a convenient toolbar that will help you quickly find the application you need.
Features and Pros:
- beauty, convenience, functionality;
- powerful control settings;
- support for multiple monitors;
- auto-blur semi-transparent background;
- widget support;
- free distribution.
As always, what cannot be done with system-wide tools that are available by default can be done with some utility from a third-party developer. Thus, the Winstep Nexus Dock was born - a beautiful, aesthetic module that makes launching programs a pleasure.
Winstep Nexus Dock for Windows 10 is in perfect harmony with the design of the system itself, the panel is convenient and quickly configured.
After launch software application a panel pops up on the desktop, which the user attaches at will - or rather, more often, lower parts screen. Adding / removing all icons, their ordering, as well as adding widgets is done according to the Drag-n-Drop principle - by dragging with the mouse.
Winstep Nexus Dock has a lot of settings. Through all sorts of tabs, nested menus and buttons, as well as original themes, you can completely redraw both the appearance and the composition of the dock panel. A well-tuned module will become not only a decoration of the workspace, but also a useful assistant, providing convenient access to applications.
