Object Desktop Software

Theme enabled virtual desktop manager that replaces standard Windows desktop.
Build your own customized desktops.
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Theme enabled virtual desktop manager
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Theme enabled virtual desktop manager
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Hide all objectionable windows on Desktop
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$24.95 - Stardock Systems

Use DesktopX to enhance your standard desktop icons; animate your desktop; put calendars, weather objects, MP3 players, performance meters, and more on your desktop at a fraction of the memory footprint of stand alone programs.



$19.95 - Pitrinec Software

The ExeDesk is a skinable (theme enabled) virtual desktop manager that replaces standard Windows desktop. The program features multiple object types (icons, buttons, frames, text,...), menus, tool windows and more. Fully customizable and easy to use



$25.95 - Pitrinec Software

The ExeDesk is a skinable (theme enabled) virtual desktop manager that replaces standard Windows desktop. The program features multiple object types (icons, buttons, frames, text,...), menus, tool windows and more. Fully customizable and easy to use



Free - BrineSoft

Is your boss wandering around? Is he breathing down your neck? Hide all objectionable windows on your Desktop on one secret hotkey! Do you see him leaving? Press the hotkey once again to continue seamlessly in your important activity.



 
Version 5 adds per-pixel alpha blending.

windowblinds 5.0 2006
$19.95 - stardock

Customize the look and feel of Windows 2000 or Windows XP with WindowBlinds. It can change virtually every aspect of the Windows GUI such as title bars, push buttons, the Start bar, radio buttons, and scroll bars. WindowBlinds is what Microsoft, nVidia, ATI, Nintendo, and many other companies use to provide additional visual styles for Windows users. Try it for yourself. WindowBlinds also supports the ability to change toolbar icons and progress.



 
small Screen Capture utility

TinySOF Screen Capture
$9.99 - TinySOF

TinySOF ScreenCapture is a small desktop image utility. It can capture your desktop, windows, object, anything you see on your computer screen as images and enable you to save them as BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF files. Which makes it easy to add images to your document, presentation, email and more.



 
Replace or extend Windows Start bar.

ObjectBar
$19.95 - Stardock Systems

ObjectBar is a program that can replace or extend the Windows taskbar. It provides the functionality of the Start bar while adding a vast array of new features and benefits. Because it is so flexible and skinnable, it can be made to look like any sort of toolbar, menu, dock, etc. found on any OS, or it can be used to create something entirely new, giving you a new level of personalization on the Windows desktop.


 
Change and export standard Windows icons

CustomIcons
$15.95 - Icon Empire

CustomIcons allows you to change standard Windows icons and customize desktop attributes. You can easily replace, colorize and save the icons Windows uses to display various objects - My Computer, Recycle Bin, Internet, Start menu items, drives, system folders, your folders and other. You can also hide or change shortcut overlays. There are also commands that change the desktop icons size and color resolution, rebuild the icon cache.


 
Change and export standard Windows icons

CustomIcons
$14.95 - Aha-soft

CustomIcons allows you to change standard Windows icons and customize desktop attributes. You can easily replace, colorize and save the icons Windows uses to display various objects - My Computer, Recycle Bin, Internet, Start menu items, drives, system folders, your folders and other. You can also hide or change shortcut overlays. There are also commands that change the desktop icons size and color resolution, rebuild the icon cache.


 
Free animated launchbar/taskbar!

ObjectDock
Free - Stardock Systems

ObjectDock is a program that acts as both a task manager and a program launcher. It lets you organize your short-cuts and running tasks onto an extremely customizable dock that sits on your desktop. Users can customize the look of each item on the dock and set various animation options for when the mouse is over an item on the dock. It is very easy to configure.


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