StandaloneStack: launch your favorite application as hovering “stacks”
Standalone Stack is a free software that can launch any folder in Mac-style popup icon stacks that appear when you click on a shortcut and fade out when you move or click away. Supports two styles of icons: “grid” and “fan”.
Note that this program is based on “Stacks Docklet“, which is an add-on developed for Mac-Style Windows’ docking launchers such as “RocketDock“, “RK Launcher“, and Y’s Dock, but has been adapted to work from the desktop environment using simple shortcuts.
How to use Standalone Stack
- unzip the files in a real directory ( for example c:\standalonestack ).
- Create a shortcut on StandaloneStack.exe (right click->Create shortcut).
- Right-click on this shortcut, choose properties.
- At the end of “Target” field, enter the name of your stack, for example “desktop” (without quote “”).
- ( change the name for each stack you do)
- You should have in the target field of the shortcut : C:\standalonestack\StandaloneStack.exe desktop
- Double-click on the shortcut, the stack docklet properties should appears, and then, choose the “stacked” folder you want. Click OK.
- Now, double-click on the shortcut to show the stack.
- You can now move the shortcut in the taskbar toolbar or in the desktop.
- If you want to change the properties of the stack, hold SHIFT or CTRL key and double-click on the shortcut.
Shortcut parameters :
<stack_name> : the name of the stack, each stack must have a different name.
/notaskbar : the stack will not follow the taskbar orientation.
/top or /bottom or /left or /right : force the orientation of the stack
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