NOTE: These downloads are not intended for use on PCs running Microsoft Windows 98.

The Microsoft® Windows® Shell Development Team has put together a set of productivity tools called PowerToys.

What they are:

Desktop Menu
Open items on your desktop from a convenient menu on the Taskbar. (25kb, last updated: 9/13/96. For Windows NT and Windows 95.)

CabView
Treat .CAB files like folders-look inside, then drag files in and out with ease. (41kb, last updated: 2/2/96. For Windows 95.)

CD AutoPlay Extender
Make autoplay work on any non-audio CD-get speedy access to the programs you want to use. (18kb, last updated: 8/16/95. For Windows 95.)

Contents Menu
Get to your files without even opening their folders. (16kb, last updated: 2/2/96. For Windows 95.)

Explore From Here
Open the Explorer, rooted anywhere you want. This one's great over networks. (6kb, last updated: 8/16/95. For Windows NT and Windows 95.)

FlexiCD
Quick, convenient audio CD control-from the Taskbar. (24kb, last updated: 6/04/95. For Windows 95.)

QuickRes
Change the screen's resolution and bit depth right from the taskbar-without rebooting! (40kb, last updated: 10/23/95. For Windows 95.)

Round Clock
A round analog clock-with no square window! (14kb, last updated: 10/20/94. For Windows 95.)

New! Find X 1.2
Customize your Find Menu with drag-and-drop. (14kb, last updated: 9/11/96. For Windows NT and Windows 95.)

Send To X 1.4
Send To Any Folder returns, and he's brought some of his friends. (23kb, last updated: 9/1/96. For Windows NT and Windows 95.) Shortcut Target Menu 1.2
Get the properties for a shortcut's target just by right-clicking the shortcut. (19kb, last updated: 11/17/96. For Windows NT and Windows 95.)

Tweak UI 1.1
Adjust your Windows User Interface, including menu speed, window animation, and Microsoft Internet Explorer. (64kb, last updated: 11/17/96. For Windows NT and Windows 95.)

XMouse 1.2
Make the focus follow your mouse without clicking-just like X Windows! (10kb, last updated: 6/04/96. For Windows 95.)

Command Prompt Here 1.1
Start a command prompt in the folder of your choice with the click of a button. (7kb, last updated: 11/17/96. For Windows NT and Windows 95.)

Telephony Location Selector
Mobile computer users can change their dialing location with ease from this handy icon on the taskbar. (9kb, last updated: 1/17/96. For Windows 95.)

If you're a Windows power-user, go ahead and try them out.

Great care has been taken to ensure that PowerToys operate as they should. But please keep in mind, these tools are not a part of Windows and are not supported by Microsoft. For this reason, Microsoft Technical Support is unable to answer questions about PowerToys.

By using these unsupported tools, you are using them at your own risk.

Please follow the simple setup instructions to download the PowerToys.

1.Create a folder for PowerToys. Right-click on the desktop and chooseNew: Folder from the pop-up menu. Name the folder "Power".

2.Download PowerToys. Click the link on the page below to download the file "PowerToy.exe".Save it in the Power folder you just created.

3.Decompress the file "PowerToy.exe". Open the Power folder and double-click the file "PowerToy.EXE". This will create several new files in your Power folder.

4.Install the PowerToys. Find the new Setup Information files ("INF" files-they look like notepads with a little yellow gear on each). Right-click each one (one for eachPowerToy), then choose install.

PowerToys Set for Windows 95 Why wait? Download the entire set of PowerToys - click here now! (204 kb)