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#21

Tips and Tricks / [Tip] Make the "Run" dialog bo...

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - August 31, 2026, 10:09:56 PM

By default, the Windows "Run" dialog box is not wide enough to show long text. With AlomWare Toolbox, you can now have it always open wider:



The setting is located here: "Tweaks for your PC > Windows > Make the Windows 'Run' box wider to show more text".



Once you go wide, you'll never go back! 

#22

Help and Support / Re: Possible suggestion -- wor...

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - August 31, 2026, 09:24:43 PM

#23

Help and Support / Re: Possible suggestion -- wor...

Last post by oblivion - August 31, 2026, 07:40:12 PM

Good grief, so it is! How did I fail to notice that, when I was looking specifically for it?

Magic. That must be it. Magic.

Thanks, Paul! (Is there an emoji for trying not to blush?)

#24

General Discussion / Re: Why so many updates?

Last post by GrahamB - August 31, 2026, 07:29:02 PM

Thanks for the test version. All good with my tests! Hope this solves your piracy issue. 

#25

Help and Support / Re: Possible suggestion -- wor...

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - August 31, 2026, 05:37:25 PM

Would it be useful if Toolbox did something similar -- just added a word count to the status bar for the current clipboard entry?

Already there, my good man. Just look at the status bar when a clipboard item is selected in the list.

Or, you can use this action with a hotkey, which shows a word count of the clipboard text as a message:

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(Start)
HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 String: Assign from clipboard text ""
0002 Alert: Show a message "Clipboard text word count: stringwc$"
(End)


#26

Help and Support / Possible suggestion -- word co...

Last post by oblivion - August 31, 2026, 12:18:07 AM

My wife just asked me if there was an easy way for her to get a word count for a piece of coursework she's working on.

My first thought was one of the baby wp programs I keep lying around -- Atlantis just puts a current word count in the status bar, for instance.

Then I couldn't remember if the computer she's using has Atlantis on it. (It does, but that started a rabbit hole off...)

Would it be useful if Toolbox did something similar -- just added a word count to the status bar for the current clipboard entry? So you could do ^A^C then look at the clipboard to see?

Then I thought "maybe there's an action that would do this?" (If so, I couldn't find one.)

Then I thought "well, I could probably write an action..." and then I thought "maybe I should just paste the text into Atlantis and have done with it!"

But I wondered if this might be a useful thing to do, one way or another. So, Paul, what do you think? Would this be a useful thing to add? Or should I just stop being lazy and do some string slicing and write my own?

#27

General Discussion / Re: Why so many updates?

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - August 30, 2026, 06:28:20 PM

@GrahamB: Email sent.  Make sure to test it with your PC in airplane mode at launch, and in normal mode.

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#28

Solutions / Auto Minimize

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - August 30, 2026, 12:28:01 PM

Question: Auto Minimize

"I want to know if there is a software that automatically minimizes my applications after x amount of time and auto reopens them the moment I move my mouse/press a key on my keyboard."

Aside from the obvious answer of using a screen saver, you can do this with AlomWare Toolbox with the following action:

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HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Wait: For user to ignore the PC "00:01:00"
0002 Computer: Show the desktop ""
0003 Wait: For user to operate the PC ""
0004 Computer: Restore minimized windows ""
0005 Action: Go to start ""
(End)
In this action, AlomWare Toolbox waits until the user hasn't used the PC for 1 minute (step 1 in "HH:MM:SS" format), and when they do it minimizes all windows to show the desktop (step 2). The action then waits for the user to operate the PC again (step 3) and when they, all minimized windows are restored (step 4). The action then goes back to step 1 again to repeat the process (step 5).

Unlike a screen saver, you can modify this action to do additional things, such as muting the system sound when all windows are minimized:

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HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Wait: For user to ignore the PC "00:01:00"
0002 Computer: Show the desktop ""
0003 Computer: Volume mute "1"
0004 Wait: For user to operate the PC ""
0005 Computer: Restore minimized windows ""
0006 Computer: Volume mute "0"
0007 Action: Go to start ""
(End)
To stop the action, select it in the "Running actions" list and press the Delete key.

#29

General Discussion / Re: Why so many updates?

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - August 30, 2026, 09:02:20 AM

The app's free mode has been changed to an hour per launch now (for the next release), for indefinite relaunches. So if the user's internet is down, they can still use it in the free hourly blocks until it comes back. I will never totally lock paid users out of the app at any time. The check is only done at launch, so if their PC is running 24/7 then the app will never do another activation check after it first launches.

It's time that Toolbox took this proper online activation stance like other paid apps. I'm losing sales by not doing it, and tired of people disputing with PayPal to get refunded after they get their permanent unlock code. The dishonesty in the world disgusts me.

#30

General Discussion / Re: Why so many updates?

Last post by rjbull - August 30, 2026, 06:19:07 AM

I've decided it's going to do an online activation check at every app launch, instead of every month. So it the check passes at launch, the app won't check again until it's relaunched, which could be quite a while if the user never quits it. I'm fine with that because I tried a monthly check but there's false-positive checking issues if the PC is in standby mode or is shut down when the month changes. I've determined it's better just to check at launch.

Only problem I can see is if the user's Internet is down, or flaky.  I suppose they'll just have to live without Toolbox for the duration.