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AlomWare Toolbox is portable. Unlike some other apps, AlomWare Toolbox does not need any installation or setup to be used, and neither does it require you to download any supporting frameworks like .NET or Java. You simply unzip the download and double-click the "Toolbox.exe" file to start using it. Even better: if you unzip it to an external drive or USB stick, then all data used by the app will not be lost when you reinstall Windows®, and will also be available to use on any PC that you plug the external drive or USB stick into. Think about it: all your reminders, notes, and automated actions will be with you wherever you go - without needing an internet connection! (Note: If used on a PC that you haven't unlocked, the app will still run but only for two-hour sessions after entering a free-use code).
Your privacy with AlomWare Toolbox. AlomWare Toolbox respects your privacy and has settings where you decide what the app remembers. For example, the app has a clipboard history feature but you might not want to use this. Just disable it in Settings - it's up to you! The app never accesses the internet behind your back, but you can block it with a firewall for your own peace of mind.
Windows® tweaks. AlomWare Toolbox has a variety of tweaks for Windows®, such as: stopping removable drives from going to sleep; having a transparent taskbar; shifting the taskbar to prevent monitor burn-in (a nice alternative to auto-hiding it); keeping the Num Lock key on at all times; showing the Caps Lock status in the system tray; hearing typewriter sounds while you type; letting you specify where toast notifications appear on the desktop (instead of defaulting to the bottom-right corner); and much more. None of these tweaks are permanent and don't change your PC or Registry to apply them, and they will stop when you quit the app.
Clean-slate your PC session. Once you're done working on a project or task and need to move onto another, wouldn't it be great to "clean slate" your PC back to a boot-like state? Just press the hotkey of Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Del at any time to "reboot" your PC without the wait (similar to the "three-finger salute" of DOS-based computers). This hotkey makes AlomWare Toolbox quickly close all open windows and apps, clear the clipboard, kill the processes of your choice, and reset other PC settings to their default state. This makes it perfect for recovering control of your PC when it has "locked up" or "frozen".
Save and restore your PC state. One of the most annoying things about using your PC is setting up all your apps and their windows for use every day, or even when just switching workflows. Wouldn't it fantastic to just select a pre-saved state that did it all for you? With AlomWare Toolbox, you can! Once you've got everything set up the way you like (that is, your app window positions, clipboard text, desktop resolution, etc) just press both Ctrl and both Shift keys all together to take a "snapshot" of that state. AlomWare Toolbox will do its best to remember which apps are running and which windows are open and their attributes (such as on-top and transparency), and save that data as a "PC state". When you choose to restore that PC state later, AlomWare Toolbox will re-launch the apps and set their windows to their saved positions again, as well as restoring the desktop resolution, desktop icon layout, clipboard text, and so on. The best way to understand this is to see it happening, so click the button below to watch a video of it in action.
The Power menu for apps. Take control of your windows! When you middle-click the icon area of any window, the Power menu appears so you can do something to it or its app. The usual handy things are there such as making that window stay on top of all others, minimizing it to the system tray, and setting its transparency. AlomWare Toolbox also gives you advanced features like: creating an automated action to open that app or document; changing it to a small on-top thumbnail view; freezing the focus to it so other apps can't switch you out of it; force quitting the window's app; and automatically doing something when the app or folder closes, such as shutting down your PC.
The Power menu for folders. Similar to the above for apps: when you middle-click the icon area of any folder, the Power menu appears so you can conveniently do something with that folder. The options are: bulk-renaming files with scripted rules; copying a list of files; opening a DOS prompt; creating multiple new sub-folders with specific names; searching files; and watching the folder for changes.
The Calendar tab. The Calendar tab is where you have a multi-month calendar view, where you can click a date to get information related to that date; such as days away, working days away, weeks away, etc. You can also see at a glance how far away the end of month is, end of financial year is, and how far away some miscellaneous holiday dates are. There is also a Reminder panel in this tab, where you can set one-off or recurring reminders to either show a message, run a DOS command, run an automated action, or open a website.
The Notes tab. The Notes tab is where you store no-fuss plain-text notes that can be searched for quick reference or copying. Notes can be either fully or partially encrypted by clicking the Password icon at the top-right of AlomWare Toolbox's window. This password is not saved anywhere and is lost when AlomWare Toolbox quits, so your encrypted notes are always 100% safe from prying eyes.
The Clipboard tab. The Clipboard tab is where AlomWare Toolbox remembers and stores your cut/copied plain text and images, for the purpose of you copying them back to the clipboard later. For example, if you've typed a lot of text into a web page and you don't want to lose that text if the page crashes, then you could copy the completed text first to make AlomWare Toolbox remember it. If the web page then crashes, you don't need to re-type it all again but instead just re-copy it back to the clipboard to paste into the page.
The Screenshots tab. The Screenshots tab is where AlomWare Toolbox remembers and stores your screenshots made when you press the PrintScreen key, for the purpose of you viewing them for reference later, or copying back to the clipboard later. If you take a screenshot of a web page in a supported browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera) then the URL for that web page can be optionally remembered for the screenshot, so you can re-open that web page by double-clicking the screenshot's name in the list.
The Files -> Backup tab. The Files -> Backup tab lets you drag-and-drop files (up to 100 MB in size each) onto its Protected file list, so that whenever you double-click a file in that list in future, it is automatically backed-up before being opened for editing/viewing. This means you can make any changes you like and rest safe in the knowledge that whatever you do can be reverted at any time. And because AlomWare Toolbox is an automation app, you can assign the opening of your Protected files to a hotkey or other convenient action, so you don't need to show AlomWare Toolbox's window and switch to this tab to do it.
The Files -> Search tab. The Files -> Search tab lets you search for files on your PC using a plain-English sentence composition, such as "Find all files larger than 1gb in C: and its subfolders". Searches can be done by type (docs, images, sounds, video, etc) and date range (today, yesterday, in the past week, close to, around, etc). Your search settings can be saved for future use, and searches are done in realtime (not cached) so that you always get the correct current results. A search button named "PC" lets you search all local drives on your PC at once by automatically stepping through drives A to Z in turn. Please note that searching for text inside files is only partially supported and will only match on plain unencrypted text seen in the file.
The Files -> Rename tab. The Files -> Rename tab lets you bulk-rename files inside a folder using scripts that you compose from a list. Unlike other apps, AlomWare Toolbox's scripts are easy to understand and have a realtime preview of the changes so you can immediately see the effects on your files. Scripts can be saved for future use. Renaming can be done on either the entire filename, just the name part, or just the extension. You can also add or remove extensions if desired.
The Files -> Watch tab. The Files -> Watch tab lets you choose a folder to watch to see which files and folders get added, removed (including deletion), and renamed inside them. You can choose to watch all files, or specific types like docs, images, sounds, videos, etc. All changes are shown in realtime and can be handy to see what's going on in your folders. Note that to monitor your C: drive, you need to run AlomWare Toolbox with admin rights.
All the above is literally just the tip of the iceberg. AlomWare Toolbox includes an Action Wizard to easily create a variety of common automated actions for you. Just click the Wand icon at the top-left of the Automation tab to get started. Your time-saving actions will be ready in under a minute, and you'll have access to them anywhere if you run AlomWare Toolbox from a USB stick or other portable device.
