Top 15 Secrets Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Secrets is free system preference pane that allows you to change / customize hidden settings for your system and most applications.

The website features a comprehensive list of user defaults that you can download.

NOTE: Secrets is BETA and many of the options can harm your system if used improperly.

1. Tweak-7

Tweak-7 Tweak-7 is everything you need to customize and tweak Windows 7 to fit your needs. From start menu, to desktop tweaks, from taskbar customization to system tweaks.3D system performance analyzation combined with heaps of system related tweaks to optimize your Windows 7 in speed and reliability. System restrictions: you allow......

2. Tweak Me!

Tweak Me! Tweak Me! Is a new unique Windows Tweaking Application which supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7! Never has it been so easy to tweak all most used versions of Microsoft Windows using just one application. Tweak Me! has a modern user friendly GUI which makes it extremely easy......

3. TweakUAC

TweakUAC TweakUAC gives you more power over the Windows User Account Control (UAC) settings. In addition to enabling or disabling the UAC, TweakUAC also allows you to select the “quiet” mode for UAC. In the “quiet” mode, the security of UAC is fully enabled, except that when you use Windows as......

4. xpLite

xpLite XPlite and 2000lite are powerful uninstall utilities for Windows creating a modular reduced footprint Windows operating system where YOU are in control to uninstall, repair and customize Windows.......

5. AeroTuner

AeroTuner AeroTuner allows you to control all Windows 7 Aero settings: transparency, main and glow color, color balances, blur balance, and Aero stripes. In soviet Russia: you master windows!......

6. eXeScope

eXeScope Without source files, eXeScope can analyze executable files like EXE, DLL, etc. and display, extract, and rewrite.Typical usage:Change font type face and sizeChange size and position of dialog boxes or formsChange the arrangement of controls in formsChange text in message boxesChange text of menusChange assignment of accelerator keysExport icon, cursor,......

7. Simpli Software's Places Utility

Simpli Software's Places Utility Places utility allows users to customize Windows Save As dialog. People that find themselves browsing through directories in Save As dialog to organize their downloaded data or other files will benefit from this simple program. Organizing information you download from the Internet (and other files) can be quite a chore.......

8. Anolis Resourcer

Anolis Resourcer Flexible and extensible resource editor for Win32/PE applications under active development. Is "MUI Aware" and supports all the changes made to the resource model in Windows Vista and later. Supports PNG icons as well.......

9. vLite

vLite vLite is a freeware application for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 for creating customized installation media.......

10. Power Tools

Power Tools Like any computer technician, I love tools and utilities. I can spend weeks looking for and downloading tools I think I will need someday (kinda obsessive). Now and then when I have to do something specific, like repair a Windows component or speed up a Windows installation, I find that......

11. FindeXer

FindeXer FindeXer customize your Explorer windows locations area for quick access to your most frequently used folders. After you install FindeXer, you need to restart Explorer and then view it by going to View -> Explorer Bar and selecting FindeXer. To add new folders to the FindeXer sidebar, just drag and......

12. My Opera

My Opera My Opera is a social networking site, featured with blogs, photo albums, and more. It's also home to the Opera web browsers support community (forums). The site has more than 14 million registered users and more than 7,500 new members join per day.......

13. PowerToys

PowerToys PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released to manufacturing. Find out about PowerToys for Windows XP Professional. Color Control Panel Applet - This tool helps you manage Windows color settings in one place. SyncToy - can help you copy, move, and synchronize different......

14. Google Checkout

Google Checkout Want a faster, safer and more convenient way to shop online? You got it. Read about our buyers experiences with Google Checkout.Stop creating multiple accounts and passwords.With Google Checkout you can quickly and easily buy from stores across the web and track all your orders and shipping in one place.Shop......

15. nsyght

nsyght **UPDATE 2011-06-01**This service/website is no longer in operation. Website was http://www.nsyght.com .**HISTORICAL**A social aggregator and microblogging community that allows users to aggregate their social graph in real time. Supports threaded discussions, inline videos, sharing/posting/retweeting, and alerts.Currently supports twitter, facebook, digg, stumbleupon, flickr, vimeo, and delicious with more on the......