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Everybody has a favorite method for launching programs. If you haven't found yours yet, though, download Krento (also available in a 64-bit version). It creates a slick, rotating 3D circle of up to 12 of your favorite apps (and it supports multiple circles if you want to categorize them). You can also skin Krento, invoke it using a variety of mouse/keyboard methods, and add favorites by dragging and dropping.

Give your desktop a complete overhaul with Rainmeter (also available in a 64-bit version), a beautiful display complete with resource monitors, news feeds, a to-do list, and more--all seamlessly embedded on your desktop and completely customizable. It works with Windows XP, Vista, and 7.

The concept of "stacks" is familiar to any Mac user, and now Windows users can have them, too. StandaloneStack 2 creates eye-pleasing animated shortcuts--stacks--for the contents of any folder on your system. Such a function usually requires a desktop dock program, but this download gets you straight to the good stuff.

Forget minimizing programs to the Windows taskbar where you can't see what they're up to. T3Desk minimizes them to the desktop, shrinking each one to the size, transparency, and 3D viewing angle of your choice. All it takes to bring any window back to the forefront is a single click.