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New Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP!

Time: 00:10 EST/05:10 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin.com | Posted By: Robert Stein

Update 11:25 PM EST 4-23:

The files unlike last time are not integrated and have to be downloaded seperately. There are 10 files ranging from 514 KB to 717 KB. Some of the features they removed are the ISO CD Burning Tool and the taskbar interface for WMP.

You heard it first here! "They're back! PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released to manufacturing. They add fun and functionality to the Windows experience. Note We've taken great care to ensure that PowerToys operate as they should, but they are not part of Windows and are not supported by Microsoft. For this reason, Microsoft Technical Support is unable to answer questions about PowerToys. PowerToys are for Windows XP only."

Open Command Window Here This PowerToy adds an "Open Command Window Here" context menu option on file system folders, giving you a quick way to open a command window (cmd.exe) pointing at the selected folder.
Alt-Tab Replacement With this PowerToy, in addition to seeing the icon of the application window you are switching to, you will also see a preview of the page. This helps particularly when multiple sessions of an application are open.
Tweak UI This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.
Power Calculator With this PowerToy you can graph and evaluate functions as well as perform many different types of conversions.
Image Resizer This PowerToy enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click.
CD Slide Show Generator With this PowerToy you can view images burned to a CD as a slide show. The Generator works downlevel on Windows 9x machines as well.
Virtual Desktop Manager Manage up to four desktops from the Windows taskbar with this PowerToy.
Taskbar Magnifier Use this PowerToy to magnify part of the screen from the taskbar.
HTML Slide Show Wizard This wizard helps you create an HTML slide show of your digital pictures, ready to place on your Web site.
Webcam Timershot This PowerToy lets you take pictures at specified time intervals from a Webcam connected to your computer and save them to a location that you designate.