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Add Leopard-style folder stacks to Windows
by Lee Mathews Dec 15th 2008 at 1:00PM
I'm not a Mac user, but OSX has a lot of nice features - several of which have been translated into Windows shell enhancements. I've been using the Stacks docklet in RocketDock for quite a while. It's a very handy way to navigate frequently accessed folders.
If you're not a fan of dock applications, but you'd still like to add stacks to your taskbar, just download StandaloneStack. It's a small executable that launches either grid (pictured) or fan style stacks.
Settings are written to a .ini file and you can create as many stacks as you like. To call a specific one, create a shortcut to the standalonestack.exe and add its name after the closing quote. The developer's home page has more detailed instructions on how to get things going.
The stack consumes about 7mb of memory while open, but it closes the instant you click an icon or the window loses focus. It's a free download for Windows only and worked nicely on my XP and Vista Ultimate x64 installs.
If you're not a fan of dock applications, but you'd still like to add stacks to your taskbar, just download StandaloneStack. It's a small executable that launches either grid (pictured) or fan style stacks.
Settings are written to a .ini file and you can create as many stacks as you like. To call a specific one, create a shortcut to the standalonestack.exe and add its name after the closing quote. The developer's home page has more detailed instructions on how to get things going.
The stack consumes about 7mb of memory while open, but it closes the instant you click an icon or the window loses focus. It's a free download for Windows only and worked nicely on my XP and Vista Ultimate x64 installs.
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put-it said 5:49PM on 12-15-2008
what visual-style is that?
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Lee Mathews said 3:13PM on 12-15-2008
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/08/windows-embedded-theme-available-for-xp-2003/
Jitaroo said 3:42PM on 12-15-2008
Lee, I'm confused, are you on Windows 7 or Windows XP, or Windows Vista? I'm pretty confused especially with a pic like this... BTW, how is it going with you? I have it installed as well and I am loving it, even though there are a few bugs here and there... I'm having lots of sound problems.
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Lee Mathews said 3:43PM on 12-15-2008
That's just a plain old Windows XP Pro install with the embedded theme. Nothing too fancy on that rig. ;-)
I'm actually not running 7 anywhere right now. The two machines that were are now running Vista x64 (gasp!)
RexRgis said 10:58PM on 12-15-2008
I really liked the concept of this, since I don't like the overhead processing required by a full application such as RocketDock, but wanted a light-weight application that could replicate the easy accessibility of the Leopard-style stacks.
However, for me, it seems extremely slow when opening up the stacks, making the application pretty much unbearable for use. Hopefully the author will make some improvements on later versions.
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mer2329 said 8:00AM on 12-16-2008
i actually use RK Launcher but i think i will switch because this launcher has plugin support
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