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ShellEnhancer also has advanced task switchers, live previews of open applications, and a task management system.

ShellEnhancer is an application designed to enhance the default shell of Windows and to make your life easier. ShellEnhancer allows you to make your own tasks. Tasks consist of a number of commands which get executed one after the other. Available commands include: insert text, send keystroke, manipulate windows, run program, start screensaver, lock workstation and many others. Tasks can be executed with hotkeys, mouse gestures or screen corners. This can also be automated with the Auto Managed Windows feature.

ShellEnhancer has quickly made its way onto my list of mandatory Windows applications. ShellEnhancer is a free download for Windows XP and Windows Vista.

ShellEnhancer [NuonSoft]

Microsoft has announced a new deal with Linspire that expands its any one but Red Hat group to three. The deal, like Novell and Xandros before it includes office document compatibility, instant messaging interoperability and collaboration on digital media. Again the big ticket part of the deal inlcudes patent covenants from Microsoft for customers operating the Linspire desktop. Amusingly Microsoft says that the deal “promotes customer choice”, which it does as long as the choice isn’t Red Hat, the most serious Linux commercial competitor to Microsoft.