desktop manager?

phantommaggot · 26-July-06, 11:48 PM

hi
does anyone know of a good, non memory leeching, desktop manager for windows.. other than MSVDM
free is always good. .

thanks

o and it needs to work with a hacked uxtheme.dll

godfoot · 26-July-06, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phantommaggot


	hi does anyone know of a good, non memory leeching, desktop manager for windows.. other than MSVDM free is always good. . thanks o and it needs to work with a hacked uxtheme.dll

You had me til the bold text.
I typically had everything on mine set at classic style though for optimization purposes, but I have tried a few in the past and they all hogged memory.

FunkyStickman · 27-July-06, 07:09 AM

You might want to check out Blackbox for Windows. I've used it, it works, it's pretty slick, uses like 12M of ram total. Not only that, but you can use it in Linux too!! Seriously, it does work, and you can make it install user-specific, so you can have a login just for Blackbox.

(EDIT)
Seems the original BB4W isn't maintained anymore, but in my opinion, if it works, who cares? There's also a few newer flavors of it on their releases page.

Hak Foo · 27-July-06, 10:30 AM

Geoshell's pretty and distinctive.

phantommaggot · 27-July-06, 03:20 PM

cool,
thanks.. i may give some of those a try..

right now i have to fight my dvd burner..

26-July-06, 11:48 PM		#1 (permalink)
phantommaggot Apex Advanced Techie	desktop manager? hi does anyone know of a good, non memory leeching, desktop manager for windows.. other than MSVDM free is always good. . thanks o and it needs to work with a hacked uxtheme.dll

27-July-06, 07:09 AM		#3 (permalink)
FunkyStickman Linux Warrior	Re: desktop manager? You might want to check out Blackbox for Windows. I've used it, it works, it's pretty slick, uses like 12M of ram total. Not only that, but you can use it in Linux too!! Seriously, it does work, and you can make it install user-specific, so you can have a login just for Blackbox. (EDIT) Seems the original BB4W isn't maintained anymore, but in my opinion, if it works, who cares? There's also a few newer flavors of it on their releases page.

27-July-06, 10:30 AM		#4 (permalink)
Hak Foo Apex Elite Tech	Re: desktop manager? Geoshell's pretty and distinctive.

27-July-06, 03:20 PM		#5 (permalink)
phantommaggot Apex Advanced Techie	Re: desktop manager? cool, thanks.. i may give some of those a try.. right now i have to fight my dvd burner..

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