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Dexpot

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    Marian Marinescu

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    Windows XP / XP64 / Vista / Vista64 / Windows 7 / Windows 7 64 / Windows 8 / Windows 8 64

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    dexpot_1614_r2439.exe

Dexpot turns your monitor into up to 20 monitor workspaces. Dexpot creates additional workspaces you can quickly switch between. Take, for example, Desktop 1 to listen to your favorite music, surf the web on Desktop 2, use Desktop 3 to handle your daily word processing or switch to Desktop 4 for a game of Solitaire. Different icons, wallpapers, start-ups, and much more can be configured for each desktop.

What's the use of virtual desktops? Overcome desktop clutter, facilitate working with many applications, and organize software into work areas.

Features and Highlights

Full-screen preview
It is an interactive live overview of all desktops. You can move windows to other desktops by simply dragging them with your mouse. Other, more advanced features like copying and closing of windows or tiling and zooming of desktops are available via easy-to-use mouse and keyboard controls as well.

Window catalog
Display all windows of a single desktop as tiles. Once you start dragging a window, the Window catalog automatically switches to Full-screen preview so you can move the window to another desktop.

Desktop Preview
A miniature symbolic version of the Full-screen preview, but just as powerful. Move and copy applications across desktops with drag-and-drop. Desktop Preview automatically hides at the screen edge when you don't use it.

Desktop Manager
Desktop Manager is a small, always visible toolbar for quick desktop switching. It can be positioned anywhere on your desktop and adjusted in size and orientation. Optionally, it shows the icons of all desktops' active applications.

Distribute icons
Get rid of icon chaos on your desktop: each desktop can have its own files and shortcuts. Split up your desktop icons by subject area. Features such as sorting and aligning of icons are maintained.

Different desktop backgrounds
Set wallpapers and background colors of your choice for each desktop. Different backgrounds per monitor are possible as well.

Wide variety of hotkeys
There's a hotkey for pretty much every task in Dexpot, enabling you to handle the tool really fast after just a brief period of familiarization.

Mouse switching
Switch desktops by just moving your mouse cursor to a specific area of the desktop.

Hot Corners
MouseEvents triggers function by moving the mouse cursor into a screen corner. Global mouse wheel shortcuts can be used for desktop switching.

System menus
The app appends easily accessible options to the system menus of all windows. A right-click on the title bar is enough to e.g. move the window to another desktop.

Not just for Linux or Unix users
Taskbar Pager integrates an overview of all desktop directly into the taskbar of Windows. The pager not only lets you switch desktops, but also move or copy (keep CTRL pressed) windows via drag-and-drop.

Made for multiple monitors
All components of the Dex pot are compatible with multiple monitors. The exact behavior of many components can be further adjusted to suit your needs.

Exclude monitors
In case you want windows on individual monitors to remain visible on all desktops and content to be static, you can exclude monitors from desktop switching.

Wallpaper Clocks
Beautify your desktop with a real-time working clock blended into beautiful artwork becoming your desktop background.

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What's new in this version:

Dexpot 1.6.14 Build 2439
New:
- Taskbar Pager: Show desktop names as tooltips when hovering
- Interpret command line arguments without a running Dexpot instance
- Improved Hungarian language file
- Simplified license key prompt Fixed:
- Backslash was lost with network paths in 'Configure Desktops > Start-up'
- DexControl: Improved window closing on excluded monitors

Dexpot 1.6.13 Build 2429
New:
- Dynamic Taskbar Reordering for Windows 8.1
- Per-monitor DPI awareness for further Dexpot plugins
- Ukrainian language file

Fixed:
- Fixed rare issue with hidden windows after desktop switch
- Improved compatibility for My Avira notifications
- Enhanced handling of Photoshop palettes
- Certain Windows hotkeys could unhide the Dexpot main menu

Dexpot 1.6.12 Build 2416
New:
- DexControl: Keep taskbar visible
- DexControl: Show desktop names
- DexControl, Dexcube: DPI awareness per monitor
- DexTab: Consider High DPI settings
- Updated Chinese (Traditional) language file
- Updated Russian language file

Fixed:
- DexControl: Enhanced compatibility with high contrast themes on Windows 8
- DexControl: Changing 'Combine same-sized monitor' did not take effect without a restart
- DexControl: Fixed start-up issues with MouseEvents plugin enabled
- DexControl: Rare crash on start-up fixed
- Compatibility improvements for XYplorer
- Enhanced icon recovery after Explorer restart
- Fixed 'Select all items' in Desktop Windows
- Improved Skype compatibility
- Fixed issues when changing switching sounds in Configure Desktops

Dexpot 1.6.11 Build 2394
New:
- Combine same-sized monitors in Full-screen preview
- Restore desktop background on exit
- Hotkey: Restore last minimized window to tray

Fixed:
- Fixed wrong Taskbar Pager position on resolution changes
- Fixed Taskbar Pager blinking on integration
- Rare crashes of third-party applications on Windows XP fixed
- Start button was hidden on Windows 8.1
- Improved Clover compatibility

Dexpot 1.6.10 Build 2373
New:
- Goodbye, lousy UIAccess!

Fixed:
- Fixed issues with Winamp and Windows Media Player in Full-screen preview
- Hidden desktop icons were made visible again on Dexpot start

Dexpot 1.6.10 Build 2369
New:
- Updated Portuguese language file
- Updated Russian language file

Fixed:
- Fixed distorted Desktop Windows after changing the window's dimensions
- Hiding the desktop icons with Windows 8 resulted in a Metro-colored wallpaper
- Minimizing to tray did not work on certain 64-bit systems

Dexpot 1.6.10 Build 2362
New:
- DexControl touch support: Pinch to zoom windows and desktops, two-finger tap for tile view
- MouseEvents: Leap Motion Controller support
- Distribute elevated windows without elevating Dexpot
- Find-as-you-type search for Desktop Windows
- Distribute desktop icons via Desktop Manager's context menu
- High DPI support for tray and SevenDex icons
- Hotkey: Close window (On all other desktops)
- Hotkey: Find window
- MouseEvents: Use 'Find window' as corner action
- SevenDex: Context menu - Gather windows, Change desktop name, etc.
- Span wallpaper style on Windows 8
- Call hotkey functions via the command line
- Updated Portuguese language file
- Updated Simplified Chinese language file

Fixed:
- Winamp was not visible in Full-screen preview
- Fixed wrap around mouse switching
- Compatibility improvements for Windows 8 Metro start menu parts
- Fixed Adobe Reader activation issues with persistent taskbar enabled
- Improved wallpaper preview on multiple monitor systems in Configure Desktops
- Wallpapers in SevenDex weren't previewed properly on multiple monitor systems
- Fixed a delay when enabling Full-screen preview tile view for all desktops
- Minimized windows could wrongly pop up on different monitors in Full-screen preview
- Fixed Desktop Windows gathering windows crash
- Window copies in Desktop Windows overview mode were missing
- Fixed a DexControl crash with unexpected wallpaper sizes
- Improved support for scaled windows
- Plugins were not activated on super slow Dexpot start-ups
- Redraw taskbar on Windows 8 to prevent wrong icons
- Fixed monster font desktop names with different charsets

Dexpot 1.6.9 Build 2285
New:
- Mouse switching follows the Dexgrid rows and columns layout
- Updated Russian language file Fixed:
- IObit Start Menu 8 support
- Fixed Taskbar Pager positioning
- Better window recovering after session unlock
- The grinning Dexpot monitor was missing from the profile list screen
- Enhanced fault tolerance for wrong profile data
- Windows moved to previous desktops in Full-screen preview classic mode

Dexpot 1.6.8 Build 2266
New:
- Updated Portuguese language file
- Taskbar Pager: Do not show excluded monitors
- DexControl: Close windows with middle mouse button in tile view
- DexControl: Start Full-screen preview in tile view
- DexControl: Start Full-screen preview with current desktop zoomed
- Open the Dexpot main menu when another instance is running

Fixed:
- Fixed issues with RetroUI start menu replacement
- Improved 'Stick to edge of screen' on resolution changes for Desktop Manager
- Dexcube did not ignore excluded monitors when Dexpot was running as admin
- Fixed another plugin activation issue
- Better visualization of excluded monitors in the Dexpot settings
- Improved window recovering after session unlock
- Start button was not hidden on Windows XP

Dexpot 1.6.7 Build 2249
New:
- Tray icon action: Window catalog (all desktops)
- MouseEvents plugin: Double tap events - called "Doppeldrücks"
- Back/forward mouse button switching for the secondary taskbar in Windows 8
- Setup accepts parameters '/company=' and '/key='
- Additional log file outputs

Fixed:
- Icon customization (separate folders) didn't work properly under certain circumstances in Windows XP
- Fixed default language selection
- Improved separate wallpaper support for uncommon monitor alignments
- Fixed potential start-up and plugin activation issues
- Unresponsive windows made Dexpot hang
- Changing the color depth could crash Desktop Manager with transparent background enabled
- Better Windows 8 taskbar hiding
- Fixed tiled wallpapers in Windows 8 not being previewed correctly

Dexpot 1.6.6 Build 2227
New:
- Desktop Rules Run actions support parameters
- Debug option: Leave tokenized windows enabled
- DPI awareness for all Dexpot components

Fixed:
- The Windows 8 taskbar wasn't hidden correctly
- Some Windows 8 Metro UI elements caused utterly confusing issues
- Taskbar wasn't hidden after a resolution change
- With persistent taskbar enabled, windows did not receive focus after a desktop switch
- Fixed a rare crash while excluding monitors
- Wallpapers stretched across multiple monitors weren't displayed properly
- Improved corner recognition with multiple monitors using MouseEvents
- Fixed issues with hotkeys on excluded monitors
- Minor correction in the French language file

Dexpot 1.6.5 Build 2207
New:
- Dexcube: Fade effect
- Updated French language file
- Updated Chinese (simplified) language file
- Debug option for Foreground Lock Timeout

Fixed:
- Improved Window catalog window activation to prevent unintended dragging
- Enhanced support for Actual Multiple Monitors' additional taskbar
- Fixed a rare Taskbar Pager crash
- Some windows on inactive desktops were missing in Taskbar Pager
- 7 Sidebar wasn't visible on all desktops
- Start orb was hidden in Japanese Windows after exiting DexControl

Dexpot 1.6.4 Build 2186
New:
- Dexgrid hotkeys: Move window and switch
- Automatically refresh window titles and icons in Desktop Preview
- Updated Russian language file

Fixed:
- Desktop colors weren't changed when desktop icons were hidden
- Dexpot Updater didn't update several files with the same name
- Fixed UAC Data Redirection issues with the Dexpot Updater
- Desktop icons were missing after Explorer restart
- Enhanced support for larger font sizes in the splash and about dialog
- Fixed a DexControl problem when a primary monitor was excluded
- The contents of excluded monitors in Taskbar Pager were visible for the current desktop only
- Setup added too many shortcuts to Metro start menu in Windows 8
- Improved depiction of windows without or with broken icons in Desktop Preview
- Ability to double-click iconic previews in Desktop Preview led to unexpected behavior
- Improved compatibility with Terminal4Plus

Dexpot 1.6.3 Build 2167
New:
- Choose your tray icon set via 'Settings > Appearance'
- Hotkey: Gather windows
- Hot Corner action: Minimize all
- Dynamic Taskbar Reordering for Windows 8
- Updated Hungarian language file

Fixed:
- Improved compatibility with Stardock Start8
- Hidden desktop icons became visible after exiting Dexpot
- Program icons in Desktop Manager's context menu were missing
- Customized icons in Desktop Manager weren't displayed until restart
- Fixed whitespace issue with desktop folders' names when icon customization enabled
- Changes to the master password weren't saved properly
- Improved double-click behavior for Dexpot tray icons in "One icon per desktop" mode

Dexpot 1.6.2 Build 2143
New:
- Better readability of both systray and SevenDex icons
- Auto start option for Desktop Slideshow
- Desktop Preview: Adjustable auto-hide delay (via registry key 'VorschauAutoHideDelay')
- Windows 8 support

Fixed:
- Fixed an issue where the Beta feedback entry could be visible in the Dexpot main menu
- Improved compatibility with PotPlayer
- Missing individual settings no longer cause reset of all settings

Dexpot 1.6.1 Build 2121
New:
- Updated Portuguese language file
- Setup prompts for Dexpot profiles (*.dxp) file association

Fixed:
- Hotkeys could trigger DexControl functions
- Fixed an issue where the original taskbar size was not restored
- Fixed loading rules from profiles

Dexpot 1.6.0 Build 2116
New:
- DexControl: Interactive Full-screen preview and integrated Window catalog
- Multiple monitor support
- Icon customization: Create a separate folder for each desktop
- MouseEvents plugin: Hot Corners & Mouse wheel switching
- Ability to exlude monitors from desktop switching
- Assign applications
- Persistent taskbar: Keep all taskbar buttons visible
- Customization of desktop backgrounds for each monitor
- Load Dexpot profiles via shortcut
- Redesigned Desktop Manager and Desktop Preview
- Revised desktop names overlay
- Many beautified dialogs
- Fancy new icons almost everywhere
- Redesigned About dialog
- Plugin API extensions
- Hide Dexpot components when a full-screen application is active
- CTRL + Single click on 'One icon per desktop' launches Window catalog for a single desktop
- Automatic recovery of off-screen windows
- Option to allow hotkeys without modifier keys
- Added missing hotkeys, e.g. "Always on top"
- Delete all hotkeys of a category at once
- DexTab Task switcher scrolling capabilities
- DexTab Task switcher drag-and-drop support
- Show empty desktops in DexTab Task switcher
- Middle mouse button closes windows in DexTab Task switcher
- Arrow keys change selection in DexTab Task switcher and Desktop switcher
- Desktop Preview auto-close option
- When disabling the "Always on top" option, the Desktop Manager gets pinned to the desktop
- Wrap-around option for Dexgrid
- Windows can now be dragged along when switching desktops with Dexgrid
- Hiding the system tray on Windows 7 leaves "Show Desktop" button visible
- Fit and Fill wallpaper support for Windows XP and Vista
- Assuming a compatible Dexpot installation is present, dexpot.exe can now be run outside the Dexpot program folder
- Relative paths for portable version
- Automatic transfer of settings when started with an empty portable.ini
- Unicode desktop names and registry access
- Option to disable Dexcube when on battery
- Dexpot64.exe launches Dexpot
- Dexpot Updater can restart Dexpot
- Resizable Desktop Windows
- Easy license key pasting
- 30-day evaluation period for commercial use

Fixed:
- Fixed errors with windows copied to all desktops, then closed on specific desktops ("Magic sticky")
- Improved compatibility with DisplayFusion 4 Pro
- Fixed Dexcube spinning direction
- Fixed an issue with Taskbar Pager where default settings could not be loaded correctly
- Fixed problem with Remote Desktop windows not being hidden on desktop switch
- Fixed issue with Single Document Interfaces
- Fixed drag-and-drop issues in Desktop Preview

Dexpot 1.5.18 Build 2098
Features:
- Display Dual Monitor Taskbar on all desktops
- This last build of Dexpot 1.5 accepts 1.6 Pro license keys

Bugs:
- Fixed a problem that occured when aborting a desktop switch to a password-protected desktop
- Fixed gathering windows while moving windows in Desktop Preview
- Plugins are no longer loaded automatically on incompatible Windows versions
- Desktop Manager sometimes displayed wrong icons with 'Show icons of active windows' enabled
- Fixed problem with "no windows" line missing from empty desktops' menus in Desktop Manager

Dexpot 1.5.17 Build 1991
- Fixed double-click action for the additional button in the Desktop Manager

Dexpot 1.5.16 Build 1853
Features:
- Automatic Rules to save and restore sessions of certain applications
- Customization options for OEM version
- New Greek translation

Bugs:
- Fixed a rare crash problem on Windows XP
- Fixed problem with lost windows when using certain plugins
- Fixed problem with duplicated windows when using certain plugins
- Windows of full-screen applications were missing from the live full-screen preview
- Fixed a compatibility problem with EasyCODE
- Fixed a compatibility problem with Fences
- Fixed a compatibility problem with HP Remote Graphics
- Fixed a compatibility problem with PowerPoint
- Fixed a compatibility problem with TeamViewer 7
- Fixed issues with language files using character sets for non-Latin alphabets

Dexpot 1.5.15 Build 1799
Features:
- Desktop rules with regular expressions

Bugs:
- Windows of some applications were closed on desktop switch
- Certain windows no longer appear on all desktops
- Fixed system menu corruption after exiting Dexpot
- Fixed sticky user picture when switching desktops with the Start menu open
- Fixed a problem with the hidden window list

Dexpot 1.5.14 Build 1777
Features:
- New hotkeys "Move window and switch"
- Automatic restoration of window distribution on resume from standby
- Rule files (*.dxr) may contain multiple rules of the same name
- Added some more programs to the default ignore list

Bugs:
- Fixed Explorer crashes when using certain title bar actions
- Fixed detection of contradicting conditions in the Desktop Rules wizard
- Fixed Ctrl-click action when using "One icon per desktop" tray icon mode
- Desktop switching could enable window minimize animations
- Fixed problems with move/copy "on next switch" feature
- Fixed initial selection of a window copied to multiple desktops in the DexTab task switcher
- Fixed opaque desktop icon background when icon drop shadows are disabled on Windows XP
- Fixed problem with sticky Start menu shadow
- Fixed copying of windows when switching desktops in quick succession
- Fixed several rule import/export bugs

Dexpot 1.5.13 Build 1721
Features:
-Dynamic Taskbar Reordering on Windows 7 (courtesy of RaMMicHaeL)
-New title bar action "Close on all desktops"
-New Farsi translation
-Russian translation update

Bugs:
-Fixed preselection of last loaded profile
-Title bar actions using the right mouse button set window focus
-Certain programs were missing system menu entries
-Common Controls message boxes were obscured by splash screen
-Fixed window roll-up on 64-bit systems
-"Show icons of active windows" ignores Desktop Manager tooltips
-Added Spotify shadow to ignore list
-Fixed minor Window Catalog bug

Dexpot 1.5.12 Build 1690
Features:
- Desktop icon customization distinguishes icons with identical names

Bugs:
- Fixed Taskbar Pager crash
- Alt+F4 on empty desktops no longer exits Dexpot

Dexpot 1.5.11 Build 1648
Features:
- Dexpot warns about problems with the Common Controls and can fix some of them
- Ability to add and edit start-up items in Configure Desktops by pressing the enter key
- Taskbar Pager now supports right-to-left languages on Windows 7
- Ctrl-right-clicking a window in the Taskbar Pager opens the Dexpot main menu

Bugs:
- Fixed problem with desktop switching in TeamViewer remote sessions
- Fixed some bugs when moving and copying windows in the Desktop Preview
- Windows arranged using AeroSnap did not show up correctly in the Desktop Preview
- Desktop Preview could disappear when changing certain settings
- Fixed crash when changing the background of "all desktops" in Configure Desktops
- Fixed some visual artifacts in the Taskbar Pager
- Fixed some minor bugs in the Settings dialog
- Resetting all passwords did not correctly clear the master password
- Desktop Manager tooltips no longer show information about protected desktops
- Eliminated excessive disk accesses when using custom icons in the Desktop Manager
- Fixed tooltip window border bub

Dexpot 1.5.10 Build 1579
Features:
- New plugin: Dexgrid
- "Define hotkeys" button for plugins
- Turkish translation update

Bugs:
- Fixed problem where multiple system menu entries were added to windows
- Fixed a compatibility problem with iTunes 10
- Fixed initial selection "Last active window" in DexTab task switcher
- Fixed problems with the Windows 7 wallpaper styles Fit and Fill
- Fixed bug causing Explorer windows to disappear when moving them in the Desktop Preview
- Title bar actions didn't work correctly with MS Office windows
- Title bar actions could be applied to the taskbar
- Title bar actions were not refreshed after changing the interface language
- Fixed issues with dragging windows to other desktops using the mouse switch feature
- Some system menu entries didn't work correctly under certain circumstances

Dexpot 1.5.9 Build 1503
Features:
- Improved automatic application of title-based desktop rules
- Added "normal" switching exception to allow overriding of wechsel.ini defaults in mywechsel.ini
- Minor usability improvements in the Desktop Rules dialog and the rules assistant
- Added several desktop gadget-like applications to the default ignore list
- New Russian language file

Bugs:
- Fixed problems with windows migrating to other desktops
- Fixed compatibility issues with Internet Explorer 9
- Fixed random desktop icon locations after reboot
- Fixed taskbar auto-hide problem
- Fixed problem with plugins not being restarted automatically
- Fixed crash when changing the screen resolution on desktop switch
- Fixed repositioning of Manager and Preview after screen resolution changes
- Fixed problem when indirectly moving windows to other desktops in the Desktop Preview
- Dragging a window in the Desktop Preview could accidentally change the position of other windows
- Fixed manual rule application with certain applications (e.g. NinjaTrader)
- Fixed missing tray icon problem
- Some settings were not saved correctly in the default profile
- Old custom desktop names would be lost when increasing the desktop count
- Fixed some plugin problems when running Dexpot as administrator
- Fixed some bugs in the desktop rules wizard
- Fixed analog clocks in Wallpaper Clocks plugin
- Taskbar Pager configuration dialog didn't work on Windows XP
- Updater no longer starts Dexpot as admin by default

Dexpot 1.5.8 Build 1434
Features:
- Plugin API extensions
- Hungarian translation update

Bugs:
- Fixed diagonal desktop icon bug
- Fixed Taskbar Pager crash when changing the desktop count
- Fixed appearance of Taskbar Pager on Aero Basic
- Contextual menus in the Taskbar Pager didn't work when running Dexpot as admin
- Fixed wallpaper flashing when switching with Dexcube
- "Hide desktop icons" tool stopped working after a wallpaper change on Vista/7
- Desktop switching using the forward/backward mouse buttons didn't work when running Dexpot as admin
- Esc correctly cancels DexTab
- Fixed positioning of fullscreen preview live windows with certain desktop counts
- Improved compatibility with KeePass
- Desktop Manager no longer restores position on double-click when "Lock position" is enabled

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