WinButler 1.1.5

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

There are macro programs, the publisher insists, and then there is WinButler. Well, not quite. WinButler is a macro program, and a powerful one. It automates common actions such as opening a file, executing a program, exploring a folder, copying a file, and minimizing a window. It also can simulate a keystroke, choose a menu item, or press a button in a program. Surprisingly, it can't record and reproduce mouse movements. However, it can schedule macros, here called chores, and chain them together into chore lists. The drop-down-menu interface for creating macros is straightforward, though cramped, and WinButler is very discreet. It didn't slow down our PC at all. Its one major design blunder is that it uses Shift Ctrl right arrow as the hot-key toggle, thereby disabling a common editing shortcut in Microsoft Word. Many power users will consider this a deal breaker. Otherwise, anyone looking for a powerful system automator should give WinButler an interview.

Publisher's description

From codesworth :

WinButler is a Windows productivity utility that can automate repetitive desktop operations into chores and chore lists that can be run via assignable hot keys. For simple tasks, a built-in wizard can automatically create chores for you. For the advanced user, a chore list can contain a sequence of selected chores with completion events to control its progression. You can specify that WinButler delay for so many seconds or wait for a specific window to appear before proceeding to the next chore in the list. Chore lists also can be scheduled to run at specific times of the day, on specific days of the week, or on specific dates. Version 1.1.5 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

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