LaunchIt NOW! allows you to have a small, desktop-like window with full-size icons to launch your favorite programs, files, folders, documents or URLs. It runs in the system tray and is always just one click away. Also, it can be called via a user-defined hotkey. LaunchIt NOW! is fully configurable and customizable on a per-user basis and it offers full Windows Shell integration.

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PSS System Tray Icon ActiveX Control is a Royalty Free control that allows you to quickly add your application to the System Tray. You can change the icon and tooltip while displayed in the system tray and a simple set of events event let you know when the icon is clicked. The setup file includes sample source code to show you the control working and provides tips on how to use it.

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BeTrayed! is a small 32 bit command line utility which allows you to easily add a collection of shortcuts to the System Tray (Notification Area in Microsoft speak) It allows you to quickly access frequently used folders, files, URLs and applications - even though they were never designed to be launched from the Tray.

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Supreme Backup is hard drive backup software that will backup your files to a local folder, local drive, local area network, remote share, email address, or FTP server. Supreme Backup runs unobtrusively in the system tray and allows you to schedule an incremental backup on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. An excellent feature is that you can rotate backup locations, or backup to many locations all at once.

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Emsa Bandwidth Monitor is program that allows monitoring your internet connection speed, total traffic, average download/upload speed, etc. It is very simple to use; runs as system tray icon and shows a small, transparent-able, repositionable window that you can place on your desktop. It also allow viewing extended Net adapter interface settings, like MAC address, speed, etc. It allows viewing traffic data per interface or globally. Freeware

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PopBar lives in your system tray and it's only job is to hold your favorite programs and internet links and have them available at the click of a button! You can add any file on your system or internet link to PopBar. When your screen becomes cluttered with Windows, icons, etc, and you want to launch one of your favorite files, just look in your system tray for PopBar! Get this program for free as part of the JGOware Software Membership.

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The tcpIQ Dictionary is a handy, free dictionary which sits in your system tray monitoring clipboard. When you copy a piece of text into the clipboard, the dictionary 'opens up'. Double clicking on the icon will take you to www.dictionary.com where the definition of the word will be displayed. It also features a thesaurus, allows you to search for the word using Google and it can be set to run automatically on start up.

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replace the mouse by a gamepad with jmouse. jmouse lets you configure the buttons of the game pad to actions and stays quiet in the system tray while you're using it.

Hot File program helps you to open the most frequently used file clicking on a system tray icon. This program can be very useful for opening of your notes' file. Hot File supports opening files of all types that are registered in your operation system (MS Word files, Excel files, text files, etc.) It also prevents the multy-opening of the file.

This handy little utility will let you set an alarm to go off whenever you want. Can pop-up an alarm window and even play a sound file of your choice. Sits in the system tray until you need it.

This handy pack of activex controls for th Visual Basic Developer, it contains PSS Update Check, PSS System Tray Icon and PSS Safe Subclass. These controls are essential for almost any VB project you are working on. PSS Update Check will let your users know when the next release of your app is available, PSS System Tray allows you to minimise it to the system tray and PSS Safe Subclass gives you access to the messages at the heart of Windows.

PC Locker Pro is a software that lock and protect your computer when you leave. You can lock you computer just by clicking one button in the system tray or using custom hotkey.The windows hotkey and mouse will be disabled. You only need to enter the password to unlock the computer. PC Locker Pro will lock the computer after incorrect shutdown.

Text editor EditPad Classic is a small but powerful text editing tool and Notepad replacement. It is compact (a single exe) and has an easy-to-use tabbed interface. Some of its features include: * EditPad can open as many files at a time as you want, with no arbitrary file size limit. * ANSI = OEM (DOS ASCII) conversion. * System tray icon (optional) * Opens and saves Unix and Mac files * Costs only one postcard!

ISDN monitor program showing busy channels in system tray and pops up a window showing the calling, called and redirecting numbers when a call comes in. Also allows a d-channel trace into a file. Requires an AVM, Gerdes, or Scitel ISDN adapter. An English language version is available here: http://www.shamrock.de/english.htm

Lomsel Shutdown is a small system utility that can automatically perform various frequently used operations like shutdown or restart your computer, disconnect your current dialup connection, hibernate workstation, etc. It also provides fast access to these operations through system tray icon with popup menu. The utility has frendly and a nice looked interface, that allows you to initiate operations mentioned above from your computer.

DreamCalc Professional is a software application which provides a fully featured and convenient alternative to using a separate hand-held financial calculator when you are working on your PC. Because it is software, it runs alongside your other applications, allowing you to copy values, lists, expressions and graphs.

All-round, award-winning Computer and Internet Monitoring software tool with Network and email tool. It allows companies and individuals to track the use of PCs easily and invisibly. It logs screenshots, keystrokes, user names, passwords, path names, access times, windows titles, BOTH sides of a CHAT conversation, AOL and visited websites. With Network (LAN) and email support.

PopX is a popup killer integrated with Internet Explorer. PopX uses an intelligent algorithm to decide which pop-up windows are "real" popups and block them before they are downloaded to your computer. PopX provides visible and audible pop-up alarms and detailed pop-up logs.

Activity Keylogger records all keystrokes typed, chat conversations, screen, websites visited and system clipboard. During monitoring sessions Activity Keylogger can be customized to be completely invisible and cannot be seen in the taskbar, task manager and system tray. Activity Keylogger exports log reports to HTML files and emails to you automatically, so you can conveniently read the reports in a browser such as Internet Explorer.

Award-winning utility to manage password accounts. Features include grouping and sub-grouping, multiple databases, expiring passwords reminder, user-defined interface, super-fast searching, extensive reporting tool, auto-logon, minimize to system-tray, secure encryption, access log, password generator, import/export, and more. 10 fields including notes, web addresses, ID's, email, assign and expire dates.

Startup manager tool to quickly launch programs, files, folders, documents. When Invisible Launcher is not in use it is invisible and does not take up the the valuable place on your space. When you move your mouse to the program icon into the system tray, it pops up, allowing you to launch your applications, folders, shortcuts and documents.

xp Font viewer  is a font utility. It uses a HTML  for viewing fonts, installed on your PC: View all Fonts. Print the list of fonts. Print sample text of a font. View sample text in all available fonts. Used the Windows clipboard. Copy and paste characters to another program Compare different fonts Used system tray. Sorted fonts. View favorite fonts.

ObjectBar is a program that can replace or extend the Windows taskbar. It provides the functionality of the Start bar while adding a vast array of new features and benefits. Because it is so flexible and skinnable, it can be made to look like any sort of toolbar, menu, dock, etc. found on any OS, or it can be used to create something entirely new, giving you a new level of personalization on the Windows desktop.

Easy Email Spam Filter is an easy to use email spam filter utility that will block incoming spam from entering your Outlook inbox or Outlook Express inbox. Easy Email Spam Filter is a simple spam blocker application that runs unobtrusively while being minimized in the system tray. With an easy to use interface, you can select the emails you wish to keep while bouncing spam messages back to spammers.

Active Folder will make that access to favorite folders and files become significantly quicker than usual. Just add your most visited folders and files to its list, and you will have them waiting for direct access in context menu of Open/Save dialog. If used from system tray, Active Folder will automatically open Windows Explorer in desired folder or start an application associated with chosen file.

News Central is a "news aggregator" that runs as an icon in your system tray. It allows you to subscribe to various syndicated news feeds (such as web logs, news sites, etc.) and have news from these sites be delivered right to your desktop. There are thousands of sites that syndicate their content in RSS format, and many more being added every day. Bring the news you want to your desktop! Give yourself competitive edge with the latest feeds

Master Key is a password management program designed to allow you to maintain many passwords for maximum security without having to remember them all. You use one "master key" to encrypt your list of passwords for shopping sites, email, voicemail, or any application which requires a user name and password. For more information, visit http://www.kzsoftware.com/products/passwordmanager

A-Converter is a handy utility, that can handle unit conversions in number of categories, such as Length, Volume, Area, Mass, Time and more. Just enter the value, select category with the source units and you will get the list of converted values, ready to be copied into the clipboard with or without the units label. A-Converter is designed to be very compact, consuming little desktop space while active and minimizing to the system tray

Now you can enjoy the incredible beauty and colors of butterflies from around the world right at your desk. This screensaver and wallpaper features 62 hi-res colorful butterfly images that must be seen to be appreciated. The natural settings and flowers complement these breathtaking, professionally rendered photographs, and the Butterflies of the World Screen Saver will make a great addition to your collection.

MaxMonkey is a windows maximizer, minimizer, restorer and closer. With one left-click, double-click or middle-mouse-button click from the system tray, MaxMonkey can automatically maximize, minimize, restore or close multiple windows. MaxMonkey can target all windows or only target window titles that contain specific text. MaxMonkey can automatically maximize your windows on system start up and maximize windows that have just been opened.

Simple Blog Feed Monitor that lives in your system tray. The animated icon tells you when a new entry has been made to each feed. Recent enhancements have made monitoring multiple feeds much easier and more intuitive.

Simple, elegant, accurate link exchange monitor. Automates link checking and emails to link partners when a link dies. You can either use our default mail template or create your own emails. You also control the link checking frequency and the email frequency.

HeldUp keeps any program in full view even when working in another. HeldUp is EASY. Just to drag the HeldUp icon onto any software you want to keep on top. It doesn't get much easier than that! HeldUp is SMALL. It's written in C++ without resource hungry components, so HeldUp is using as little system resources as possible. The entire application is less than 70kb and will probably be one of the smallest programs on your PC.

Lucid will add automatic transparency effects to any window. Adding a window is as simple as dragging an icon over it. Once a window is added to Lucid's list it will automatically switch between the user defined minimum and maxium transparency. Lucid uses the window's class name for identification, so it is easy to add all windows from an application by dragging the mouse over any of its windows. Lucid can be enabled and disabled quickly.

Have you ever wondered what your spouse, kids or employees have been doing on the computer and Internet? Is your spouse engaging in online sexual conversation while you are asleep? Are your kids taking secret chat conversations with an adult stranger? Are your employees emailing your business secret to your competitors? WideStep Handy Keylogger is just what you need!

HotKey Magic helps you consolidate your most frequently used programs, files, and folders, into a single launch-pad. HotKey Magic puts your favorite programs at your finger-tips with the magic key combination! Assigning hotkeys is a snap with HotKey Magic. You can drag and drop an existing shortcut into the HotKey Magic main window, assign a hotkey combination, and your through!

Privacy Protector allows you to keep your surfing experience to yourself! When the next person sits down to use your computer - your entire surfing history will be invisible to them. By constantly destroying cookies, Privacy Protector makes it impossible for companies to profile or track your actions on the web. Nobody will know where you have been surfing - not a family member, friend, or even the tech at the local computer shop!

Manage your url faves from your system tray. One icon click and you have access to a popup menu with the urls you setup in the order that you like to use them. Drag and drop urls from your browser. Setup multiple browsers easily.

Advanced SMTP Server is a system-tray local SMTP server program for Windows that lets you send email messages directly from your computer to recipient mailboxes. Along with a mass mailer the program can be used as a relay server for sending newsletters, distributing messages to different mailing lists, sending notifications to your customers, as well as for sending personalized messages.

JustUrls launches your default browser and automatically inserts the URL you have associated with a button that you click on. JustUrls allows you to add your own buttons to the program. Buttons can be saved as jurl files. You can name the buttons whatever you wish. A handy feature of JustUrls is the Right Click Favorite URL, simply right click on the Go Icon and you are taken there!

Using the live monitoring support the software provides, you can now safely relax while the program scans automatically for running adware/spyware on your computer. If found, you can customize the software to automatically terminate such software activity. It has been estimated that 90% of PC's on the internet are infected with spyware and adware. Features include selective scans of sytem files, memory and registry. Built-in pop-up blocker.