7 Useful Applications For Windows 7

After the Windows Vista the most useful and the recommended window that came into being is Windows 7, and this window is much better than the previous versions of windows and now I hate windows Vista - speedwise and supports almost every thing. Most of the users (like myself) have shifted or are being shifted to Windows 7 gradually. There are many awesome windows 7 applications, almost all the major ones already have their own versions which are for windows 7 only. I’ve compiled here a small list of Windows 7 applications that you will definitely like, some of these applications are new and are in beta phase (which you can also participate in the testing and development), rest have their final versions, so on and so forth.

1- Windows 7 Application Launcher (7APL)

7APL is an application launcher made with Windows 7 in mind. You can launch single applications or group of applications with a single hot key or by using the newest features of Microsoft’s latest OS — JumpLists and interactive thumbnails which are well-integrated into the application. This gives you 3 easy ways to launch applications:

• Right click access to profiles through JumpLists (whether the app is opened or closed)
• Customizable hot keys for each individual profile
• Interactive thumbnail to view/launch profiles (hover over 7APL icon in taskbar)

Features Include:

• Options – Run 7APL at system boot, minimize on startup, and minimize on close ensures you can keep the launcher running at all times if desired
• Profile pictures – Associate pictures with profiles to easily identify between them.
• Hotkeys – Specify hotkeys on a per-profile basis to launch your applications
• Interactive thumbnail – Launch profiles directly from the taskbar
• Jumplist support – Launch profiles or tasks directly using jumplists
• Toggle Mode – Toggle mode allows you to close the apps you launched (on a per-profile basis)
• Exceptions – Pesky applications that won’t close can be added as an exception
• Pinning – The application pins just fine for those who want it constantly running
• Profiles – Group applications into profiles to launch them simultaneously.

DOWNLOAD HERE (Beta Version)

2- 7Stacks

7stacks is an easy to use, free app that lets Windows 7 (and Vista and XP) users have “stacks” of icons in their Taskbar (in 7) or QuickLaunch Toolbar (in Vista and XP). By using stacks, users can reduce icon clutter, and combine a group of related icons into a single icon. For instance, if you use application suites such as Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or Adobe CS4, you can have all the suite’s icons combined into one icon!You can also use it to browse and access documents within a folder very quickly. Usually, when you want to edit a series of frequently used documents, you’d have to either launch the app, and go to File>Open, or open the (My) Computer icon and go into your (My) Documents folder and pick the file you want. With 7stacks, just create a stack to that document’s folder, and open that document in a couple of clicks.

3- SetteMaxer

SetteMaxer is a freeware tool that can help you to optimize and solve problems in some fields of Windows 7 easily, instead of navigating on registry & services that causes time loss.Features:

• Optimize Menu Show Delay: Sets delay value of menus to 0 in order to have an os navigation faster.
• Optimize Wait to Kill Services Timeout: Sets its value to 1000 in order to shorten shutdown/restart duration.
• Optimize Wait to Kill Applications Timeout: Sets its value to 1000 in order to shorten shutdown/restart duration.
• Optimize Application Response Timeout: Shorten Application Hung Timeout when an application is not responding in order to restart or end it faster.
• Optimize Low Level Hooks Timeout : Shorten Low Level Hooks Timeout
• Enable Auto End Tasks: Enables closing the applications all together when shutdown/logoff/restart signal has been sent.
• Enable Desktop Composition: Enables Windows Aero interface even Windows Experience Index could not be started / completed or probably is not enough to enable it.
• Disable AutoReboot on Crash: Disables AutoReboot feature on Crashes, It may be possible to carry on the work if the problem is not stopping windows. Even if it is stopping, at least the error will be seen easly.
• Disable Task Scheduler: Disables Task Scheduler.
• Disable Remote Registry Access: It can be useful to protect the registry disabling of remote access if it is not needed to use.
• Disable Windows Defender: Disables Windows Defender if you prefer not to use it to have a faster system as disabling default security options, will decrease security level.
• Disable User Access Control: Disables UAC as configuring it to level 0. it will increase the system performance and probably compatibility of older applications while launching them as disabling default security option, will decrease security level.
• Enable Sidebar When UAC Disabled : Enables Sidebar User Access Conrtol is disabled.

4- Jumplist Launcher

5- EnhanceMySe7enFree ( Windows 7 Optimizer)

The program offers tools that take care of the registry, disk space and its defragmentation, installed software, HDD temperature and all sorts of things related to system’s health. Also there are lots of other options helping to boost your system’s performance.

With a clean and simple interface it brings you an All-in-One set of powerful and neatly classified tools, settings and tweaks. Features Include:

• Process Identification – Identify unrecognized software
• Start-Up Management – Disable unnecessary software increasing performance
• Registry Cleaner - Can easily checks your registry and repair incorrectly linked registry entries, automatically remove invalid entries
• Disk Cleaner – Find out which files or folders engross your disk space and shown with chart
• Registry Defragmenter – Rebuilds and re-indexs your registry to reduce application response time and registry access time
• Disk Defragmenter – Reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems
• Hard Drive Monitor – Gives the current values of various hard disk parameters such as Temperature, Head Flying Height, Spin-Up Time etc.
• System Tools, File, Network and Security Tools
• Security - EnhanceMySe7en has easy to configure security settings for managing the new security features of Windows Vista
• Optimization - Optimize settings for maximum speed and stability
• Customization - customize system desktop, menus, toolbar and notifications settings
• Network - Optimize your Internet connection speed
• Many More!

6- Windows 7 Logon Background Changer

Windows 7 Logon Background Changer is a free open source (source code available soon) software that let you change the wallpaper of the Windows 7 login screen. It has been tested successfully with the final version of Windows 7 (RTM) and Windows 7 RC 7100.

7- Windows 7 Logon Screen Rotator

Logon Screen Rotator is a free application that will change the logon background image to an image of your choosing and at a time of your choosing on Windows 7.