Welcome
desktopApps is home to a small collection of Windows applications which we have written or adapted ourselves, and which are now available for download, free of charge.
We use (and tinker with) these applications every day and find them both useful and (touch wood) stable. We hope you enjoy using them too.
What's on offer?
- menuApp- a menu based application launcher.
- audioApp- for all your one-click muting needs.
- monitorApp- a small system resource monitor.
- imageApp- a digital image viewer.
Version History
11th Feb 2006 - imageApp version 1.01
- First Release - Hoorah!
26th May 2005 - menuApp version 1.04
- Double clicking on a folder item in the menu launches explorer
- Hotkeys now work on the number keys (1-0)
- Default hotkeys can be turned off
- Hotkey path parsing improved (particularly for paths containing spaces)
26th May 2005 - monitorApp version 1.02
- Separator is configurable
- Run at startup option added
- Double clicking drive graph launches explorer
- Double clicking CPU graph launches task manager
- Processor and IP periodically refresh (as these values may change)
- Disable ClearType antialiasing (so monitorApp text remains crisp when ClearType is enabled)
- Add option to edit ini file
- Add hotkey to cycle position
- A few small bugs fixed
- Add code to ensure only one instance can run
4th March 2005 - menuApp version 1.03
- Improved menu positioning (less likely to disappear off the screen)
- Merge function - construct a menu from two source folders
- Task menu no longer cached - so you can add it as a submenu
- Various changes to allow menuApp to run from a USB memory stick
- Command line handles relative paths
- Various bugs detected and squashed
4th February 2005 - monitorApp version 1.01
- First release - fanfare, drums, dancing girls, etc
10th November 2004 - menuApp version 1.02
- Ability to use special folders as sub-menus
- More special folders recognized: Drives, Profile and Printer
- Folders no longer appear at the top of ordered menus
- Improved context menu handling
- Improved multi-monitor handling
- Improved Win9X compatibility
10th November 2004 - audioApp
- New parameters mute and unmute added
What systems are supported?
The apps are developed and tested on Windows 2000 and XP, and should also be quite at home on Windows NT.
They should also run on Win 9X but we don't actively test on those systems so we make no promises, but you might be OK.
The exception to all this is monitorApp, which is Win2K/XP only.
Anything else?
There's a page of links to other applications we like.
How do we contact you?
Drop us a line:
Please bear in mind that we all have day jobs so, depending on the volume of mail and the impact of Real Life, it could take a while to get back to you.