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****CD Tray****

CD Tray is a Windows program that can be used to open and close the CD drive by clicking the popup menu from Windows system tray.

Works with all CD drives, as long as the drives use tray mechanism.
Can detect all the CD drives connected to the computer.




****Character Viewer****

Character Viewer is a Windows program that can be used to view characters inside a font.

Can display the characters base on font name or character set.
Can display the name of the character (for general character).
Double clicking the character will copy it into Windows' clipboard and ready to be pasted in your application.




****DynDNS Updater****

DynDNS Updater is an utility which can be used to automatically update the IP address database in DynDNS server into current IP address.

Updating the IP address is required to maintain the dynamic domain name so it still can be reachable

Can update multiple hosts within one account.
Can update multiple accounts simultaneously.
Can update the database automatically within specified time interval.
Can use modem, or proxy to update.
Built-in logging facility, which can log the update process to screen or/and to file.
Has built-in dialer, so if the modem is disconnected, DynDNS Updater will dial it again.
Can assign hotkey to display popup menu.
Can hide tray icon.





****Kana Clip****

Kana Clip is a Windows program which monitors text copied into clipboard. The copied text is saved into memory so it can be accessed later through popup menu. The popup menu is activated by using user defined hotkey.

Using permanent clip, Kana Clip can also be used to paste predefined text. The text contained in permanent clip can be easily edited by using any text editor program.

Some features of the Kana Clip are:

Comes with Kana Clip Editor to easily manage the permanent clip.
Can automatically navigate the text copied, if that text is an URL.
Permanent clip can be used to put predefined text.
Permanent clip has the ability to create sub menu, so can manage the text better.
Permanent clip uses simple text format so it can be easily edited by using any text editor.
Integrated functions to add current date and time.
If other program breaks the monitoring process, the monitoring can be refreshed from popup menu.
The tray icon can be hidden, so it will save the tray icon area.





****Kana Launcher****

Kana Launcher is a Windows program that can be used to launch your favorite programs or documents efficiently.

Using Kana Launcher, you have the freedom to choose how the icons to launch the programs or documents should be created. With Kana Launcher, the icons can be created as:

--Floating window

The icons can be created as floating window. With this method, when the mouse pointer is hovered above icons created by Kana Launcher on Windows’ notification area (system tray), a window which contains icons is displayed. From this window, you can click the icon that represents the program or document, and that particular program or document will be launched.


--Icon in Windows’ notification area

The icons can be created inside Windows’ notification area (system tray). With this, you only need one mouse click to launch your favorite programs or documents.


--Popup menu

The icon can be created as popup menu. With this, and by assigning a hotkey, you can have the menu to popup anywhere on the desktop.


Other method to launch the programs or documents is by creating a Group Starts. This is a group of several programs or documents which can be launched just by using one mouse click. Group Start is created as one menu item in Kana Launcher popup menu.

To manage the icons and menus created by Kana Launcher is very easy. Kana Launcher recognizes any file added to or deleted from its data folder, so it can update the icons and menus automatically. Kana Launcher itself has capability to manage the icons and menus, although you can also use Windows Explorer to manage them.

Kana Launcher is a combination of Quick Launch and taskbar toolbar feature. But, unlike of Quick Launch, which needs Internet Explorer 4 or above, or Windows 98, and taskbar toolbar feature, which needs Internet Explorer 5, Kana Launcher can run on any version of Windows without needs of Internet Explorer installed.


Kana Launcher features:

Can create icons as floating window, icon in Windows’ notification area, or as popup menu.
Group Start, to start several files using one mouse click.
Easy management. Can use drag and drop, right click menu or Windows Explorer to manage the icons and menus.
Recognize any type of files, so you can put a shortcut, documents, or other files into Kana Launcher’s data folder.
The menu can pop up anywhere on desktop, so you can launch the file efficiently.
Unlimited icons and popup menus (including sub menus) can be created.
Integrated system popup menu to easily access Windows settings.
Can assign system wide hotkey for menu or icon, so to activate the shortcut using hotkey, the shortcut does not need to be placed on desktop, or Start menu.
Can use different configuration file, so can be used to create different set of icons.





****PopCloser**** (Wedge recommends)

Kana PopCloser is a Windows program which can be used to monitor opened browser window. If the window is in Kana PopCloser database, then it can be closed automatically. Kana PopCloser currently detects 4 browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, and Opera. It detects base on browser class and browser title. The title can be configured, so it will also work on customized browser.

NOTE: If you are using Mozilla or Opera in tabbed mode, DO NOT use this program. Kana PopCloser cannot close specific tab on those browsers, instead, it will close the main browser window which contains all tabs.

Some features of the Kana PopCloser are:

Can detect Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, and Opera.
The monitored browser title can be configured, so it will work with customized browser such as the browser from ISP.
Only monitor browser window and only displays browser window title on active window box.
The monitored title can include wildcard.
The database is saved into text file for easy management.
Play sound file when the popup window is closed. Sound file can be customized.
Can play notification through PC speaker if sound card is not available.
Can assign shortcut to enable/disable popup monitoring.
Can assign shortcut to display main window.
Can hide the tray icon so reducing the clutter in system tray.
Monitor the last closed window title.
Can log the closed title into file.





****Kana Reminder****

Kana Reminder is a program which can be used to set a reminder to be triggered at a specified time. It can also be used to run another program at a specified time.

Can be set to remind on hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or annually basis.
Can be set to run a program when the reminder time is triggered.
Has built in shutdown, reboot, and log off routine to be used to schedule a shutdown, reboot, or log off.
If a file associates with a program, the Kana Reminder can be use to launch that file. For example, you can specify a WinAMP playlist file. When the reminder time is triggered, because the file associates with WinAMP, it will run WinAMP and play the songs on the list.
Can be set to remind again within specified time.
Can run automatically with Windows.
The triggered reminder window can be set to pop up automatically, and to auto dismiss within specified time interval.
The triggered reminder window can be set to always on top.
The reminder data can be secured by giving a password.
Can be activated using hotkey.
Configurable reminder sound.
The reminder sound can be repeated.
Can use PC speaker.
Context sensitive help file.
Simple user interface.
Run on Windows 9x, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
Kana Reminder places an icon on Windows notification area (the area next to the clock). When Windows' Explorer crashes, all icons on that area usually disappear. Kana Reminder can place back its icon on the area when the crash occurs.
Can temporarily disable a reminder data.





****Kana WallChanger****

Kana WallChanger is a program that can be used to automatically change the desktop wallpaper. It accepts BMP and JPG files, and can be setup to change the wallpaper within specified time.

Can change Windows' desktop wallpaper automatically within specified time interval, although when the desktop using active desktop.
Can display the images on the list randomly.
Can use bitmap, jpeg, and png file as wallpaper, so no need to use active desktop anymore to display jpeg file as wallpaper.
Accept drag and drop to add image files to the list.
Can make Windows' desktop text into transparent.
Can hide the Windows' desktop icon completely.
Can lock workstation from system tray popup menu, or if set, by double clicking the system tray icon.
Can change display setting mode from system tray popup menu.
Can be used to open and close CD drive from system tray popup menu.
Run on Windows 9x, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
Context sensitive help.
Simple user interface.
Can assign hotkey to simplify the command.
Can save the image list into file so you can create favorite list.
Can rezise the image to fit the width or the height of the monitor screen.


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Thanks Wedge nice post....RASTABT :)
 
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