Top 15 VistaSwitcher Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

VistaSwitcher is an elegant and powerful task management utility for Windows OS. Once installed, it replaces the default Windows Alt-Tab dialog with a nice box that shows a list of all running tasks, with their names and preview snapshots, and enables the user to take actions on them using the mouse and keyboard shortcuts. With just one click, you can switch tasks, minimize, maximize, restore the main window, or close the process.

1. Skippy-XD

Skippy-XD Skippy-XD is a full-screen task-switcher for X11. You know that thing Mac OS X, Compiz and KWin do where you press a hotkey and suddenly you see miniature versions of all your windows at once? Skippy-XD does just that. It's most commonly known by Mac OS X's name for it......

2. x:choyce

x:choyce A light-weight, Exposé-like window switcher for X (feat. OpenGL).......

3. Decor8

Decor8 Windows 8 limits your start screen customization options to only a few provided background images and a few pre-defined color schemes.Decor8 removes these limitations and provides the freedom to personalize your start screen with your own images and colors.- Background images- Color schemes- Tile placement customization......

4. Vonext Deskcom

Vonext Deskcom Deskcom is an application which will assist you in your computer experience. Deskcom offers many features that you will need. It looks like bar with many menus in top of your screen.Deskcom comes with many features which will help user including : - Application Launcher to launch application- General Menu......

5. Nerdtool

Nerdtool Nerdtool allows you to display many things directly on top of your desktop; weather reports, headline news, and system vitals are just a few uses.Nerdtool is capable of displaying shell outputs with ANSI escaped formatting, but can also manipulate the final output's colors, size, and font. If more intricacy is......

6. WinPenguins

WinPenguins WinPenguins is a Win32 rewrite of the X-Windows application XPenguins. It creates cute little penguins that wander around your Windows desktop.The penguin images were taken from Pingus, a lemmings clone for GNU/Linux.......

7. DesktopPlant

DesktopPlant This revolutionary program brings life to your desktop. Plants grow directly on your desktop and need your care just like real plants! There are several different plants to choose from (please follow the links to learn more about the plants): Azalea, Cactus, Maple Tree, Philodendron, Sunflower.Amazingly realistic growth (realistic plant......

8. hunt-n-peck

hunt-n-peck Simple vimium/vimperator style navigation for Windows applications based on the UI Automation framework. In essence, it works the same as screen readers or accessibility programs but with the goal of making any Windows program faster to use.......

9. Bartender

Bartender Bartender lets you organize your Menu Bar Apps, by hiding them, rearranging them, or moving them to the Bartenders Bar. You can display the full menu bar, set options to have Menu Bar Apps show in the menu bar when they are updating, or have them always visible in the......

10. TrioX Labels

TrioX Labels TrioXLabels is a utility that lets the user easily mark files and folders in the disk as one of the many pre-designed beautifully-coloured labels. It’s the closest you'll get to a Windows version of color label on Mac OS X.You can label your files with different colours as per their......

11. WindowFX

WindowFX Revolutionize your operating system with WindowFX. Utilize an unprecedented number of special effects for your windows and maximize your computing experience.......

12. FSL Launcher

FSL Launcher Tired of dozens of icons on your desktop?Try this simple, yet powerful & intuitive launcher to organize your shortcuts.Some features:Shortcuts management for applications, documents, url links, folder paths and more...Categorical organization (multi-tab launcher) with fast selection menu:......

13. WindowBlinds

WindowBlinds WindowBlinds is a computer program that allows users to skin the Windows graphical user interface. It has been developed by Stardock since 1998, and is the most popular component of their flagship software suite, Object Desktop. It is also available separately, and as an ActiveX/COM component called DirectSkin. Now in......

14. SoundPackager

SoundPackager SoundPackager makes customizing your sound experience in Windows easy!Before SoundPackager, users would need to edit each system sound assignment individually using the default Windows dialog to select a sound for over thirty different events (such as startup, shutdown, close, minimize, errors, etc.) one-by-one. Not only was this time consuming, but......

15. Stattoo

Stattoo Your digital life has a lot of statistics: incoming mail, appointments, disk space. Stattoo "tattoos" stats right on your desktop picture: out of the way, but always handy!......