Z-Desk

The Active WallPaper Utility for Windows 95 / 98 / ME - System control, Star Trek style.Running as a menu- and borderless fullScreen program, Z-DESK consists of a number of screens designed after the computer displays in Star Trek:The Next Generation and Star Trek:Voyager. It enables you to start programs and desktop items set up "Personal" shortcut Folders for different users establish Dial-Up and HyperTerminal connections access Control Panel applets launch links from your Favorites folder list and switch to user tasks display system information shutdown or restart your system all with a single mouse click. Z-Desk automatically adjusts itself to any screen resolution your system is running on and also to any and all taskbars you may have permanently visible. The example above will look the same, wether you have a 640x480 or a 1600x1200 display. Of course, higher display resolutions will Improve the visual results. At the top of the screen are the selections for the various displays; DTOP for "Desktop" is currently selected. The center sections offers selections for every item on your desktop - files and shortcuts as well as system items like the Recycle Bin. Selections for the "Run" and "Find" commands are added as well. Adding new items to the desktop is as easy as dragging them from Explorer and dropping them onto a display screen. Clicking any selection will start the associated choice - switch displays, start programs, open folders. Feedback is given both visually with a Brief highlighting of the selected choice and a short sound effect. Z-Desk can be set to retreat into the screen background as soon as a selection is made. Clicking on any visible portion of it or on its tray icon will bring it to the foreground again. By right-clicking the tray icon, Z-Desk can be made entirely invisible, for quick access to the real...