Windows 7 is here, and so are many useful applications to enhance your computing experience. Here are 5 apps that look particularly useful for Windows 7:
- Desktop Media – This app will automatically adds drive icons to your desktop. It will detect USB drives, fixed drives (ie. your hard drives), CD/DVD drives, network drives, and even RAM disk drives.
- Standalonestack 2 – This app allows you to move one step beyond the new Windows 7 features and create program “stacks,” or graphical lists, based off of a single icon on your desktop. When you click on this icon, you can use the ensuing menu of items to launch new programs, folders, or settings options. It’s like having a number of different Start buttons that you can customize as much as you’d like.
- 7 Taskbar Tweaker – This app is a simple utility for adding additional functionality into your default Windows 7 taskbar. There are not a weighty list of items to play around with, but 7 Taskbar Tweaker’s modifications aren’t normally customizable options in the Windows 7 OS.
- Menu App – This app allows you to configure menus and use them to launch your favorite programs, music files, documents, websites, etc., all from the start menu.
- Rainmeter – This app provides desktop skinning without a ton of crazy configuration files to sort through.
These apps are reviewed at MaximumPC. Enjoy.
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