{"id":125,"date":"2011-01-19T21:22:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T19:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/?p=125"},"modified":"2011-01-19T21:22:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T19:22:08","slug":"windows-pin-that-window-with-deskpins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"Windows: Pin that Window with DeskPins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-78\" title=\"Tips and Tricks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tips-190x190-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tips-190x190-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tips-190x190.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/> (Windows) \u00a0One of the things that I like about Linux (Gnome desktop) \u00a0is the ability to right click on any window and then select &#8220;Always On Top&#8221; to keep that window on top of all the others. \u00a0This comes in handy when say you playing music in VLC and you want to keep it on top no matter what other app you are in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-239\" href=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?attachment_id=239\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-239\" title=\"linux_alwaysontop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/linux_alwaysontop.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now when it comes to Windows, sadly that same functionality is not built in at the OS level. \u00a0This is where a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>FREE<\/strong><\/em><\/span> app called <a href=\"http:\/\/users.forthnet.gr\/pat\/efotinis\/programs\/deskpins.html\" target=\"_blank\">DeskPins<\/a> by Elias Fotiniss comes in handy.<\/p>\n<p>To quote the website:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Features<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unlimited number of pins available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Intelligent handling of various application types.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Powerful wildcard-based automatic pin support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Global hotkeys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Negligible system resources usage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>System Requirements<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>DeskPins is not a demanding program and will run on practically any system with Windows installed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>386\/10MHz class CPU or higher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>4 MB RAM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>less than 100 KB of free disk space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>4 bpp (16 colors) minimum &#8211; 8 bpp (256 colors) or more recommended<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is a screen shot from his website showing the app in action. \u00a0You see that little <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>RED<\/strong><\/span> drawing pin next to the minimize button? \u00a0That is the DeskPin keeping Calculator on top of all the other windows.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DeskPins in action\" src=\"http:\/\/users.forthnet.gr\/pat\/efotinis\/programs\/img\/dp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Head on over to : \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/users.forthnet.gr\/pat\/efotinis\/programs\/deskpins.html \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/users.forthnet.gr\/pat\/efotinis\/programs\/deskpins.html <\/a> and get this 96kb file to be able to pin those Windows on top of others. \u00a0Highly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Windows) \u00a0One of the things that I like about Linux (Gnome desktop) \u00a0is the ability to right click on any window and then select &#8220;Always On Top&#8221; to keep that window on top of all the others. \u00a0This comes in handy when say you playing music in VLC and you want to keep it on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips","category-windows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328,"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}