Удобная утилита, представляющая из себя систему альтернативных меню с множеством необходимых функций и действий.
ZenKEY is comprised of a series of menus, each containing items which perform "actions". You can "fire" these actions by clicking on the item, or pressing any key-combination you choose.
Using these actions, you can:
Open a program or a file These actions launch a program or open a document (with its associated application). If you launch a program that is already running, you can choose whether this program should be brought to the foreground, or whether ZenKEY should launch a new instance of it. You can also choose to launch programs automatically on ZenKEY startup.
Control program windows These commands can be used to reposition program windows, to change their properties, to alter their transparency (XP and 2000 only) or even to send them to the system tray. You can tell ZenKEY whether you want the action to be performed on the currently active window (default), or whichever window is lying under the mouse cursor.
Automatically make windows transparent Makes windows transparent as you switch between them. Watch inactive windows blend into the desktop.
Work and play on an Infinite desktop (almost) Move across and place program windows anywhere using an unlimited virtual desktop space.
Issue a Media command Send a special 'Windows Media' command to the computer. These can be used to play, pause or stop compatible Media players, change the system volume, bass or treble, or even open default web browsers and e-mail clients.
Open a folder Open a folder in Windows explorer
Open an Internet location Open an Internet resource, which can be either a website (http://), a secure website (https://) or an FTP site (File Transfer Protocol).
Perform an Internet Search Perform an Internet search using almost any Search Engine
Issue a Windows System command Perform operating system functions, such as shutting down your computer, starting the screen saver, opening and closing a CD door or altering the mouse pointer speed.
Control Winamp From playing or pausing to changing volume, these commands allow you to comprehensively control the Winamp media player (or compatibles, such as QCD Player and STP)
Open ZenKEY groups Opens any ZenKEY menu containing any other groups or actions.
Issue Windows System commands Start the screen saver, open a CD Door, Restart or Shutdown Windows, compose an E-mail, or switch between tasks.
Simulate a series of keystrokes Emulate a series of keystrokes, and thus automate the typing of repetitive text or the entering of passwords. Open a Control panel applet Directly open an item which appears in your control panel
Switch between active tasks Allows you to move between active programs
Perform ZenKEY actions These actions control ZenKEY and change its behavior.
Version 2.0.1 (05/01/2008) 1. Corrected a problem where Icon positions were not saved on Shutdown/Restart commands.
Version 2.0.0 (02/01/2008) 1. Reworked graphics and visuals. 2. Added an "Create window Icon" action. 3. Added 'Rollup' and 'Rolldown' window actions. 4. Optimized Icon loading. 5. Many tweaks and optimzations to the Desktop Map. 6. Added and removed various skins. 7. Added a warning for the Winamp Modern Skin off screen window and non-standard behavior. 8. Implemented UPX compression on the all exe's. 9. Added a 'Minimize window' option to Icons (to counter windows that override normal behavior). 10. Revised the Desktop map positioning behavior. 11. Added "limited" user support and per-user settings.
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Version 1.9.23 (8/09/2007) 1. Reworked the Desktop map scaling to always center. 2. Added an option to automatically restore Icons. 3. Added a 'ZenBar' automatic layout option for the Zen Icons. 4. Added Desktop Map Zen Iconize action. 5. Added Desktop Map Navigation buttons for Infinite Desktop Support. 6. Improved icon loading to support window handle preservation.
Version 1.9.22 (18/08/2008) 1. Added a minute counter to the Icon CPU usage display. 2. Fixed a bug in the CPU time counter when the value gets large. 3. Added 2 more clickable items to the Desktop map: one displays the ZenKEY menu and the other the right-click ZenKEY menu. 4. Added two more clickable icons to the Desktop map and reworked the scaling behaviour. 5, Modied the window actions to be allowed on any window except the main floating window.
Version 1.9.21 (02/06/2007) 1. Fixed an error when loading a corrupt file (caused by abnormal termination). 2. Added a new window action for 'Iconizing' and 'Uniconizing' application windows. 3. Fixed a bug in the layer setting: using the 'Top' mode sometimes resulted in hidden windows. 4. Improved internal workings to recognize 'bin' files as executables (Open Office compatible).
Version 1.9.20 (02/06/2007) 1. Improved the window layering to display message boxes on top, even when the layer setting is 'Normal' or 'Bottommost'. 2. Reworked the testing of actions to be sent to the running instance of ZenKEY. This improves speed and allows any action to be tested. 3. Prevented the ZenKEY windows from being considered 'active' windows ie. ZenKEY actions will not be performed on them. 4. Modified the layering behavior to keep the 'Desktop map' on top when it is selected irrespective of the layer setting. 5. Reintroduced the 'Center on Active window' setting to the 'Infinite desktop'. 6. Window alignments are now undone with one 'undo' action.
Version 1.9.19 (18.05/2007) 1. Fixed the error displayed when window alignment is attempted and only one window is selected. 2. Refined the 'Follow active window' placement. 3. Changed some map cursors and added tooltip texts. 4. Fixed the 'Only when asked' display time setting for the Desktop map. Also modified this action to toggle the map on and off. 5. Desktop map actions and window actions are now allowed on ZenKEY windows.
Version 1.9.18 (12/05/2007) 1. Reverted back to the old 'Desktop movement' behavior where the window area update rectangle is not shown. 2. Reworked the map graphics and mouse icons to be more, err, Zen?
Version 1.9.17 (09/05/2007) 1. Fixed a bug in the window alignment functions in the Desktop map. 2. Added Hotkey functions for performing window alignment actions on selected windows. 3. Reworked the window movement and resizing code to be smaller, faster, and provide more consistent window behavior with any taskbar position. 4. Added 'Window selections' to the help documentation.
Version 1.9.16 (24/04/2007) 1. Fixed a bug where windows dragged off-screen were still displayed on the Desktop map. 2. Optimized some of the Desktop map window tracking mechanisms. 3. Fixed a bug in the Desktop map that prevented the same window from being selected and deselected multiple times. 4. Modified the 'Disable window action' to not be automatically undone and removed the warning. This has been done in order to allow a more seamless usage with groups of selected windows. 5. Added functionality that applies window actions to all the selected windows on the Desktop map. 6. Added 'Window selection' actions so that windows can be selected/unselected via Hotkeys. 7. Added 'Enable window' and 'Disable window' functions to the desktop map.
Version 1.9.15 (29/03/2007) 1. Fixed an incorrect map display when re-dragging/acting on multiple windows. 2. Added a 'Control + right click' menu option on the Desktop map. 3. Added different 'Anchor point' options when resizing windows. 4. Improved the 'Desktop map' selection display to always indicate the currently selected window. 5. Modified the 'Desktop map' reappearance behavior and Desktop area handling. 6. Added 'Window alignment' functions in the 'Desktop map' (when multiple windows are selected).
Version 1.9.14 (7/03/2007) 1. Improved the 'Desktop map' multiple-window selection behavior to match Windows Explorer (Shift adds, Control removes). 2. Modified the ZenKEY restart behavior. 3. Added a 'Dynamic Taskbar transparency' option (on by default) to prevent full screen "direct drawing" windows from going blank when 'Auto-transparency' is active. 4. Added support for the' Numpad 5' key (at last!) 5. Added an option to choose the menus that appear when right-clicking on the Desktop map. 6. Windows Vista compatibility tested and all seems okay. More thorough testing will be done in time.
Version 1.9.13 (31/01/2007) 1. Added the ability to select and act upon multiple windows in the 'Desktop map'. 2. Added a 'Selected window color' option to the 'Desktop map' options. 3. Added an option to disable Hotkey registration failure warnings. 4. Fixed a Menu caption change for the "Unload all Hotkeys" and "Load all Hotkeys" toggle.
1. Revised the Auto-window tranparency method of forcing window updates. 2. Added the warning for 'Auto-window transparency' to the Wizard. 3. Added Control Panel items to the Wizard options.
Version 2.0.3 (24/01/2007) 1. Improved the Icon loading/saving behavior. 2. Improved the 'Follow active window' behavior to show the ZenKEY window above all inactive windows. 3. Adjusted the window layering to prevent z-order (layer) changes when actions are fired. 4. Changed the 'Auto-window transparency' refresh method (again! When will it be perfect?)
1. Added Desktop map right click functionality for excluding windows from Auto-window transparency and Desktop movements. 2. Fixed a glitch in Desktop map multiple window selection. 3. Various speed and memory optimizations.
1. Improved control placement to be more compatible with higher DPI settings (not perfect, but usable). 2. Updated the ZenKEY message box icon. 3. Added a 'Rollup window' option when clicking on the live 'Icon'. 4. Fixed the 100% CPU usage issue when displaying quotes.
In ZenBar mode, added a permanent 'Active application' icon. The caption is italicized and colored. Added tooltips to the icons. Asterisks in the icon caption now indicate that the application is iconized. Firing iconized applications or clicking 'Shown window' on the icon now shows each window sequentially. Optimized and reworked the balloon messages to dissappear after 3 seconds. Corrected a forground issue with activiating iconized windows. Corrected undo behaviour for rolled windows.
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Version 2.2.7 (22/10/2010) 1. Removed legacy support calls for Windows 98/ME (In preparation for RichClient libraries). 2. Optimized some graphical tiling and polling routines.
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Version 2.2.8 (5/11/2010) 1. Corrected a spelling mistakes ("Folow", "actionl"). 2. Corrected: the Desktop map can no longer be moved via the Desktop map itself. 3. Closing the Desktop map now keeps the map hidden (reworked instatiation behavior too). 4. Restored window rolling fix (fix was removed by recent changes).
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1. Corrected: the Desktop map can no longer be moved via the Desktop map itself (Really this time!). 2. Clicking 'Move Desktop right' did not give the appropriate warning when the Infinite desktop is disabled. 3. Removed support legacy 'Registry to INI' conversion. 4. Removed redundant settings from default configuration files. 5. Added actions to open the configuration utility in the 'Items' and 'Configuration' sections.
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Version 2.3.1 (22/12/2011) 1. Corrected transparency inconsistencies on Zen Icons. 2. Corrected problem where icons where not reloaded on startup. 3. Optimized multi-window selection on the Desktop map. 4. Corrected a problem in laying out icons in Zenbar mode. 5. Removed dynamic Zenbar layout enforcing - seems more irritating than useful.
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Version 2.3.2 (5/01/2011): 1. Reworked program termination to try and avoid exiting errors on Windows Vista/7. 2. Optimized some array handing routines. 3. Optimized Desktop map access and some other object references. 4. Fixed some quirky interaction between a Desktop map and an Infinite desktop setting.
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Version 2.3.4 (21/01/2011) 1. Improved ZenKEY icon management. 2. Reworked internals so Desktop map and Infinite desktop classes are truly separate. 3. Fixed the errors when trying to add new actions via the ZenKEY configuration utility. 4. Fixed the external firing of actions (includes testing).
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Version 2.3.5 (3/02/2011) 1. In the installer, added a check to see if ZenKEY is running and warn accordingly. 2. Changed User settings location (now determined by registry). 3. Improved installation behavior (remembers settings, unticking undoes option).
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Version 2.3.6 (26/02/2011) 1. Fixed an error when multiple windows are selected via the Desktop map and then closed. 2. Added 'Pin to Desktop' and 'Pin to Desktop(Undo)' window functions, both with 'Undo' support. 3. Added 'Pin to Desktop' functionality to the Desktop map. 4. Slightly re-organized the Desktop map right-click menu.
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Version 2.3.7 (12/03/2010) 1. Added 'Make Transparent' window function (renders the window background transparent). 2. Added the 'Make Transparent' function available in the Desktop map right click. 3. Optimized the Window refreshing routine (when transparency is set). 4. Modified style of ZenIcons (painted with Desktop background, pinned to Desktop, autosizing). 5. Fixed a memory leak with Icon handles. 6. If in ZenBar mode, ZenIcons are resized with the Desktop map.
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Version 2.3.8 (19/03/2011) 1. The Active application icon is now part of the Desktop map. 2. Optimized icon updating. 3. Icons now have a 'Color' options to change the Icon forecolor.
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Version 2.3.9 (24/03/2011) 1. Improved the Desktop map Active icon refreshing (to better handle resizing). 2. Fixed the Desktop map bottom right icon click (Displays right click menu). 3. Added 'Pin to Desktop' options for the Desktop map and ZenIcons.
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Version 2.3.10 (23/04/2011) 1. Replaced 'per-icon' color setting with a 'All icon' color setting. 2. Optimized the opening/closing of the settings files (now accessed only once on start/end).
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Version 2.3.11 (4/05/2011) 1. Optimimized message displays (reduced EXE size, reduced processing). 2. Removed and replaced a now redundant 'Modal message' function. 3. Removed use of 'End' statement from startup logic. 4. The screen dimmer now dims all attached monitors.
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Version 2.3.15 (26/05/2011) 1. When an open and visible application is activated/fired via a hotkey, ZenKEY now toggles between it's visible windows with each activation/firing. 2. Optimized some registry functions (faster, reduced size). 3. Modified 'Shutdown Windows' command to perform clean ZenKEY exit. 4. Optimized Infinite Desktop exclusion list handling. 5. Improved collection type safety. 6. Removed launch code from Winamp message class (It's a message passer, not a launcher). 7. Replaced manual window parent search (for 95 compatibility) with more efficient API call. 8. Optimized file name parsing method
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Version 2.3.18 (11/09/2011) 1. Fixed the launching of the 'Windows configuration' utility (Windows 7). 2. Improved the 'mimimum size' behaviour for the desktop map. 3. Improved process information lookup for 64-bit compatibility.
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1. Corrected spelling of 'Powershell' actions in Windows 7 configurations. 2. Corrected problem saving icons settings when not set to load on startup. 3. Corrected problem with extracting large icons on later Windows versions.
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Version 2.3.20 (06/10/2011) 1. Fixed error when adding a 'Simlate keystoke' action via the Wizard. 2. Removed legacy compatibility parameters for 95/98 OS commands in the default config. 3. Restriced Icon extraction to locally mounted drives.
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1. New Zen Icons now properly adopt the currently set Icon forecolor. 2. Added Backup and Restore functions for importing/exporting settings and menus.
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1. Added warning messages to the backup/restore functions. 2. Corrected spelling of "Set up" in the wizard. 3. Windows positioning and layout commands now take the taskbar into account.
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1. Added support for using a wider range of Hotkeys, such as "PrtSc/SysRq", "Break/Pause" and more. 2. Fix an issue where if a search is being tested and ZenKEY is not running, the test failed. 3. Removed the "Google Map Search" - it did not work. 4. Fixed an issue that prevented keystroke sequences from being tested. 5. Added class exclusions to prevent Win8 UI ("Metro") app Windows from participating in "Auto-Window Transaparency".
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1. Changed the "Automatic focus" setting for "Infinite desktop" movements to set focus to the most recent application that lies within the new desktop position. 2. The recorded active application depth in now 8 (was 4).
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1. Fixed issue with the ZenKEY Wizard on Windows 8. 2. Increased Window memory depth. 3. Corrected description of the Infinite Desktop Automatic Focus setting.
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1. Iconizing a windows now returns the focus to the previously active application. 2. Fixed a bug in the Infinite Desktop Autofocus setting that prevented it from working as desired. 3. Added a "Display Hotkeys" function to the "Backup/Restore" section (where else?) in the Configuration Utility.
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Version 2.5.3 (8/05/2015) 1. Refresh of the tool chain / build process. Version 2.5.2 (14/02/2014) 1. Fixed error when tiling 4 windows. 2. Added 'Windows System Folder' actions so they can be added after installation. Version 2.5.1 (6/12/2013) 1. Fixed "Subscript of of range" error for certain menu sizes. Version 2.5.0 (22/11/2013) 1. When moving the Infinite Desktop, ZenKEY will switch focus to the last used app visible app, otherwise to the app under the cursor. 2. If set as a permanent option (via the ZenKEY configuration utility), the ZenBar layout is now permanently enforced (instead of just on startup). 3. Usable windows are now filtered, providing a better history of used applications for desktop movements and window actions.
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