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E-sushi Software Puts Common Windows Actions in Your System Tray
Posted by Adam Pash at 9:00 AM on July 10, 2008
Windows only: Freeware applications from web site E-sushi put common Windows actions—like opening and closing your CD or DVD drive—in your system tray. Apart from the eject system tray shortcut (through a tool called Disc Tray Toggler), E-sushi's iPower lets you logoff, reboot, or shutdown from the system tray, and MiniBin puts your Recycle Bin in your system tray. The downside, of course, is that you have to run an extra application to get each individual feature, so you'll probably want to determine just how much each feature is worth to you depending on how much RAM you've got to spare. All three apps are freeware, Windows only.
Tags: e-sushi | organise | system tray | windows
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0zSpitt
Posted 9:48 AM 10/7/08
i can use the disk toggler...
0zSpitt
Recoil
Posted 9:44 AM 10/7/08
That's a bit silly, when you can just put your recycle bin in the quick launch section of the bar and get the same functionality -- you can even right click to empty the recycle bin -- and no extra process running wasting clock cycles and memory.
Recoil
waffles
Posted 11:37 AM 10/7/08
Let's see. If I open my disc tray I'm either taking something out or putting it in. So pressing the button the drive isn't a problem. CCleaner takes care of my recycling, and I've got AutoHotkey taking care of the shut down/reboot stuff.
waffles
cmikaiti
Posted 2:00 PM 10/7/08
Quit highlighting useless crap... I love you LifeHacker but some of these tools are not useful to anyone...
cmikaiti
ep
Posted 3:32 PM 10/7/08
@cmikaiti: perhaps you should let people determine what's useful on their own? if you don't like it, move along.
ep
redandblackhacker
Posted 4:30 PM 10/7/08
I heart you unconditionally, lifehacker! Don't let cranky comments, like Dr. Cmikaiti, cramp your style.
redandblackhacker
garbanzo-bean
Posted 4:42 PM 10/7/08
come on people, just because you don't have use for it doesn't mean it's not useful. i have used minibin for ages, it's a great utility for people who use an alternate shell in windows, like litestep or emerge. it's hard to put the recycle bin in the quick launch bar when you have no taskbar, and it is inaccessible on the desktop when you have no desktop :)
sure, you can set up hotkeys to empty the bin, but it's nice to have a visual reminder so you know when there's stuff there. and to have a quick way to open it if you need to pull something back out.
garbanzo-bean
johnsmith1234
Posted 9:15 PM 10/7/08
Why not just put shortcuts to these functions in quicklaunch or a custom toolbar? NirCmd is a useful tool to give you ready access to stuff like ejecting the CD tray.
@garbanzo-bean: But the recycle bin is still accessible in file managers. I really don't see such ready access to the recycle bin as being crucial.
johnsmith1234
Mafiacrime
Posted 11:13 AM 10/7/08
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Mafiacrime
gazer
Posted 3:09 AM 11/7/08
A developer, app download, etc. site that's NSFW? Now I have seen everything ;)
gazer
tgrantt
Posted 3:54 AM 11/7/08
Wonderful Icon is my choice for a tray tool. 3000 kb, but configurable and intuitive.
[www.thewonderfulicon.com]
I use it and BB Fastfolder, (quick links to folders and drives) all the tray tools I need. (BTW and off-topic, Fastfolder used to give you a free password for registering. Anybody remember what it was? Their web site is gone.)
tgrantt