ToolBox is an application launcher for Windows operating systems with many amazing features. Easy to install, you can get going in minutes. Its drag & drop interface creates shortcuts to almost anything; applications, drives, folders, even simple files. ToolBox helps you organise your desktop and get rid of numerous shortcuts that clutter it and take up valuable space.
The first version of ToolBox was written many years ago as a 16-bit Windows 3.1 application using Borland Pascal. Since then many features have been added to it, in order to maximize its usefulness.
A fully portable application, ToolBox does not need installation. All you have to do is unzip the distribution files on a directory and run the executable. Upgrading your operating system does not affect it. Moving it to a different folder is never a problem. To uninstall you just delete the directory you created for the first run.
ToolBox is particularly useful for removable media (USB drives) or as an application launcher in read-only media (CD-ROM).
Summary of Features:
For a full description of features, please refer to ToolBox’s online help.
- multiple application launching windows
- shortcuts to almost everything (files, urls, folders, drives)
- support for any icon size, Windows XP alpha-channel icon transparency
- transparency effects even on Windows 95/98/Me
- fully customisable user interface
- monitor drive sizes
- monitor operating system up-time
Screenshots
Below you can see a screenshot with three transparent windows, all with different border settings and different icon display modes (16×16 with text, 32×32 and 64×64). All icons featured in the screenshots below are designs and copyright by Dave Brasgalla (www.pixelhuset.se) or David Lanham (www.dlanham.com).
This is the most useful thing I’ve come across on the internet. Normally the internet is a glorified shop window, but this is soooooo useful, thank you for a brilliant piece of software that is actually useful and doesn’t clutter your machine with spy ware!