#Active desktop replacement in windows 7 plus

You may not want videos running in the background when your laptop is not plugged in, so head to the settings (icon in the bottom left corner), and toggle the options to pause videos on battery or battery saver. Applications that were started by ADP run in the background, and will continue to do so even when you exit ADP. Right-click on the icon to close the program.

#Active desktop replacement in windows 7 plus

Similarly, you can remove apps from the list.ДЄctive Desktop Plus runs in the background and sits on the system tray. To open a shortcut in Active Desktop Plus, select it and click on the Launch button. Give the shortcut a name, and choose some additional options including one that sets the program to start locked or pinned, and then hit the 'Add to saved apps' button. It cycles between Use Video/Website/Program. You can also add new applications from this screen, to do so, click on the button in the top right corner. Go to the 3rd tab, Saved Apps, to view a list of all the programs that you added to ADP. Highlight an application and hit the 'Close selected app' button to exit it. The program seems to add the number 1000 next to each app that you add, which was kind of funny when I tried it with Foobar2000 (I had named it Foobar) as it read Foobar 1000. It allows you to manage the selected window. The 2nd tab in Active Desktop Plus is called Current Apps. The Toggle Borders option hides the title bar of programs. Click the Toggle Lock option to pin the app to the desktop, this also prevents you from interacting with it. You can minimize windows and use them as normal.

Active Desktop Plus requires you to hide your desktop icons.