Actual Window Manager 5.3 Beta 2

4.1 out of 5 stars 4.1 (48 votes)

BETA (February 7, 2009)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Shareware; $39.95 / 2,737 downloads

Actual Window Manager is 4 tools in 1. You can add new Minimize To Tray and Stay On Top buttons to any window's title bar near standard Minimize/Restore/Close, add transparency effect to any window such as Taskbar, WinAmp, Menus, Instant Messenger, minimize any window to tray or to any edge of the desktop, automatically close annoying windows, maximize certain windows or minimize them on startup, and much more.

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    UPieper

    Reviewing 5.2 (Dec 8, 2008)

    This application has replaced 5!! programs on my PC and is giving me even more functionality...

    The programs it has replaced are:

    - Multimon (2nd taskbar)
    - Winsize (window size and position)
    - Glass2k (transparency)
    - Dialogmate
    - Rtvreco (clicking buttons)

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    why hello there

    Reviewing 4.5 (Dec 21, 2007)

    Wonderful application, and version 5.0 is going to be a nice upgrade when it comes out (officially) in early 2008. Even the 5.0 betas have been very good so far.

    DM2 is not a comparison. Give me a break. And if you don't want title bar buttons with AWM, configure it so that it doesn't add them.

    I have read the writings of some people (not here) who claim that AWM does nothing worthwhile. These people must not use a lot of software. The software I use often fails to remember its size or position, or it uses always-on-top windows/dialogs unnecessarily, and so on. AWM helps me keep the tiny shred of sanity I have left. Take PuTTY for example. Nice application, but the author has the absolutely nutty idea that applications should not have to remember their sizes and positions (instead, he thinks it should be someone else's problem). Thank goodness the AWM authors have done the PuTTY author's work for him.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    Diam0nd

    Reviewing 4.4 Beta 3 (Mar 20, 2007)

    Great as usual, but a bit pricy.

  4. 5 out of 5 stars
    Diam0nd

    Reviewing 4.4 Beta 2 (Feb 23, 2007)

    Great app. Great support (lots of updates, bugfixes and they really DO listen to their customers). BUT a bit expensive for such a small utility. Still, a great product.

    Free, open source alternative: DM2. Which might be not supported as well as this puppy, BUT some might consider it ever better than AWM, because it has fairly the same core functionality BUT it does not add any extra buttons on panels! :)

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    Diam0nd

    Reviewing 4.4 Beta 1 (Jan 27, 2007)

    Good. Very expensive.

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