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A running list of the utilities that I find that can be replaced by Windows Powerpro.
Freeware that puts the date, time and unused RAM in the titlebar.
Freeware that does a number of things: Minimize to an icon (not sure that Powerpro can do that, but it can make floating bars with active app icons), minimize to tray, hide window, align and resize, opaque and always-on-top windows, mark favorites in the open/save common dialogs. All but that first one are quite possible in Powerpro.
Freeware providing a floating command line interface with aliases. As far as I can see, Powerpro provides 100% of its functionality.
Free (for non-commercial use) utility that can execute commands at scheduled intervals or startup/shutdown, not unlike cron in Unix.
A tab-based launcher for Windows.
A tray utility that keeps snippets of text and can insert them into any edit area. PowerPro not only lets you send any keys to any app, but it creates a “snippets” command list on installation, and it can pop up this list with any combination of mouse/key commands (not just yet another icon in the system tray).
A ‘snippet’ utility, that allows short passages of text to be
quickly pasted into the active application. PowerPro has a
‘snippets’ menu just for this purpose, and can activate those
snippets in other ways as well.
A bunch of tweaks for the Windows UI. At least some of these are entirely doable in Powerpro.
A small tool to automate mouse clicks. Easily doable with Powerpro’s macros and scheduled tasks.
Adds some extra choices to the window menus. Most of these are by default part of Powerpro’s “activewin” list, and the rest could be added.
Allows for the creation of a bar with hierarchial lists of programs
to run. Should sound totally familiar, because that’s one of
Powerpro’s main functions.
A free utility that can shut down a Windows computer, or cause it to enter the various low-power states, based on several criteria, including time-of-day and time-from-now. It certainly appears that PowerPro offers that whole feature set.
PowerPro can do most of the tricks listed. Roll up windows, set transparency, enhance the secondary click menu, screen corners, and the like.
Puts an icon in the system tray that gives indications of system load.
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Adds a double-secondary-click action.
Adds a tray icon with several utilities, all of which seem to be doable with Windows PowerPro.
Adds actions to corners of the screen. Powerpro can do this, and has tons more options for what the action is.
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Grabs a random file from a directory to be used as wallpaper on login.
Rolls a window up to its titlebar, and can set transparency and always-on-top. PowerPro’s been able to do this since the beginning.