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2 stars
Version: Windows in a Box 2.0
"Slightly useful, but ugly to look at; Use Start | Run commands instead."
Pros: Better than navigating through obscure nested menus and Windows dialogs to reach Windows settings.
Makes many settings dialogs and other system tools reachable from "one place".
Cons: That "one place" is way too cluttered -- with too many options unhelpfully grouped into too few menus all over an ugly screen of do-nothing graphics.
This could have been much more useful if the user could customize the menu structure or and/or define keyboard shortcuts (active when this tool has the focus to avoid collisions with other apps). How about at least a user-configured "Favorites" list or an automatic "Recently Used" menu? Or an options page that lets users hide the menu items they'll never use?
And, as mentioned by another reviewer, hiding to the tray would help a lot.
Even so, many of the shortcuts offered are already available via the Windows
Start|Run box. Web search for "Start run commands" to find lists of useful ones, hit Windows+r, type a command, and hit Enter. Next time, Windows+r will help you remember with its built-in history features (first-letter-match or drop-down list).
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