No matter how much you love your OS, there are always things it
could do better, more efficiently, and more to your taste. With
freebie Pitaschio (yes, that's spelled correctly), making dozens of
Windows tweaks is as simple as checking boxes.
Tiny Pitaschio doesn't even use an installer; you just start the
program and get going. Oh, and there are some many ways you can go
with Pitaschio. You can snap windows to a grid. You can disable
troublesome keys like Caps Lock, Insert, and the Windows key. You
can disable minimize, maximize, and close buttons. Those are just a
few of the options on the main screen. From the buttons on that
screen, you can reach useful tools like Autoraise, which pulls any
window you mouse over to the top.
Perhaps the most useful tweaks are the mouse shortcuts, mouse
button and wheel combos that do different things according to where
the cursor lies and what you've set them to do. For instance: At
default, double-clicking the desktop brings up the screen saver,
and wheel-clicking a title bar minimizes a window. Each combo
offers a variety of selectable options, from turning off the
monitor to opening the Control Panel to changing virtual desktops.
Pretty much the only thing that gets me about this program is its
name, which I keep confusing with Pistachio--but never mind.
Pitaschio is as cool as ice cream.
--Laura Blackwell
- Recommend:
Popular in Desktop
- DOSBox 21,022
- Microsoft Virtual Desktop Manager 49,703
- Hide-It! 40,850
- RocketDock 179,762
- My Channel Logos 5,646
Pitaschio
- Version: 2.23
- Downloads Count: 18,635
- License Type: Free
- Price: Free
- Date Added: Apr 22, 2008
- Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista
- File Size: 61.0 KB
- Author: Ara
Editorial Review of Pitaschio
Reviewed by: Ronh56
Reviewed by: cian11952
Sponsored
-
Take a trip back in time with this DOS emulator.
-
Manage multiple workspaces with this freebie.
-
Hide unneeded, opened windows and eliminate desktop clutter.
-
Put a Mac-like "Dock" on your Windows desktop.
-
This nice donationware utility adds logos to Windows 7 Media Center's TV guide.
-
Set a timer to make your PC shut itself down.
-
Free Sticky Notes software that lets you create, edit, print desktop sticky notes using different fonts, colors; modify sticky note settings; create virtual sticky notes with different priorities. Electronic Sticky Notes freeware to keep information.
-
Automatically launch programs when your system starts up, with this free utility.
-
Use this circle-shaped shortcut dock for quick access to your favorite programs and files.
-
Get up to nine gives you "virtual" 3D desktops that you can flip through using the mouse wheel or hotkeys.
Editors' Favorite Files
PCWorld Related Content
- Expand Your Taskbar to a Second Monitor With Free Zbar Zbar is a free, tiny, portable tool that puts a taskbar on your secondary monitor, and lets you pick different wallpapers for every monitor.
PCWorld Community
Most Recent Threads
Ad Choices