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Introducing Cool Desk

Welcome to Cool Desk !

Cool Desk is a virtual desktop manager. Ever wish to have several screens on your computer? Cool Desk creates up to 9 virtual desktops and allows you to have different windows in each of them. The desktop manager window has a skinnable interface and allows you to switch from one desktop to another with a single mouse click. You can easily minimize, maximize, close, move from one desktop to another and even drop windows to the system tray area (near the clock) using the dockable "Windows manager". Customizable hotkeys help you conveniently manipulate your virtual desktops. Drag you

favorite applications and shortcuts over a specific virtual desktop icon to open it there. Each virtual desktop can also have its own wallpaper. Cool Desk supports multilingual interfaces.

Features includes:

• Creates up to nine virtual desktops

• Vertical or horizontal toolbar position

• Neat "skinable" user interface

• Full "hotkeys" customization

• Drag windows between desktops

• Transparent background for windows desktop icons

• Different icons for each virtual desktop

• Different wallpapers for each desktop

Cool Desk  designed for modern and upcoming versions of Microsoft Windows.

This program is neither freeware nor public domain. Use after the 30 day trial period requires registration. The registration fee is only $ 24.95. See how to order for details on registration and support.


How to install

Use the following steps to install Cool Desk

• If you've downloaded the self - extracting installation package named cd99set.exe just execute it and follow  the setup instructions.

If you've downloaded the compressed archive file named like "cdesk.zip" unpack it to the temporary folder and execute the setup.exe file.

After the succesful installation run the program from new "Cool Desk" program group.

How to uninstall:

• Choose Settings ->Control Panel from the Start menu

• Open "Add/Remove" applet

• Select Cool Desk item and click "Add/Remove" button.


Specify screen resolution for each virtual desktop
Screen resolutions

• Switch to virtual desktop which needs to be configured

• Specify the the scren resolution using Control Panel\Display applet.


Choose wallpaper for virtual desktop
Wallpaper settings

• Switch to virtual desktop which needs to be configured

• Specify the wallpaper using Control Panel\Display applet.

Note: Please ensure what "Enable different wallpapers" option is checked in the Settings dialog.


Drag desktop manager's window

Use left mouse button to drag desktop manager's window.

If you would like to drag window outside the desktop area you can use right mouse button instead.


Show/hide manager

Select "Show windows manager" or/and "Show desktops manager" menu items from tray popup menu to show/hide both windows.

Tip: Double click Cool Desk's system tray icon to show/hide manager's windows.


Get more skins

You can download additional skins from our online web skins gallery which is located at:

http://www.shelltoys.com/cdesk/skins.shtml

Download skin archive, unzip it to Cool Desk\Skins folder. Select it from the Settings\Skins dialog tab.


Minimize any window to system tray area
Minimize to system tray

Select the window which needs to be minimized from the Windows Manager.

Click right mouse button and select "Minimize to tray" menu item.


Customize hotkeys
Customizing hotkeys

You can easily switch between virtual desktops using the "hotkeys". They provides the easy way to switch directly to each desktop or to previous/next virtual desktop. Do the following steps for customization:

• Select "Settings" item from the tray popup menu  (Double clicking tray icon does the same) This opens the settings dialog.

• Click the "Hotkeys" tab.

• Ensure that the "Enable hotkeys" option is checked.

• Assign the hotkeys for switching directly to each virtual desktop.

• Assign the hotkeys for switching between "next/previous" virtual desktop.


Move windows between desktops
Moving windows

You can easy move opened windows between different desktops using the "windows manager" popup window.

• Select the "Show manager" item from the tray popup  menu. (Double click on the active desktop icon does the same) This will open the "windows manager" window.

• Now drag any window and drop it on the any virtual desktop icon. The window will move to the desktop  what you've specified.

• You can hide the "window manager" window. Select the "Hide manager" from tray menu and the window will disappear.


Give desktop a name

Open Settings\Hotkeys dialog tab.

Type a desired name for the specific desktop using edit boxes (there "Desktop 1, Desktop 2 ... " entered).

Click OK button.


Contact us
Contact information

We always value your input. Please send us your suggetions and feedbacks.

You can reach us at following:

• E-Mail:

   Technical support:  cdesk@shelltoys.com

   Sales department:  sales@shelltoys.com

• Internet

   Main website:	http://www.shelltoys.com

   Technical support:	http://www.shelltoys.com/support.shtml

   Skins gallery	http://www.shelltoys.com/skins.shtml


Online ordering

This is the fastest and easiest way to order software products using credit card. Your credit card information is sent directly to the certified merchant provider in a highly secure manner. We protect you by ensuring that nobody but you and the automated credit card processor will see your credit card information. You can go directly to the order page:

https://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?item=1808-4

Registration benefits:

- Registration reminder will never popup again

- The software will function always (instead of 30-days limited trial version)

- Technical support

- Free future versions upgrades

The registration fee is only $24.95. You should expect a registration code within 24 hours after your order has been processed.

   Phone & fax orders

   Paying by Check via Postal Mail

   Payments through PayPal.com


Phone and fax orders

These types of orders should include ALL information contained on the order form. Also you should tell the software name (Cool Desk) and the program ID 1808-4.

Telephone

- Toll Free: 877-353-7297

- Regular (International): 425-392-2294

Fax

- Toll Free: 888-353-7276

- Regular (International): 425-392-0223

Registration benefits:

- Registration reminder will never popup again

- The software will function always (instead of 30-days limited trial version)

- Technical support

- Free future versions upgrades

The registration fee is only $24.95. You should expect a registration code within 24 hours after your order has been processed.

   Online ordering

   Paying by Check via Postal Mail

   Payments through PayPal.com


Paying by Check via Postal Mail

Please make check payable to "Register Now!". These types of orders should include ALL information contained on the order form except credit card information. Also you should tell the software name (Cool Desk) and the program ID 1808-4.

Please mail check to:

Register Now!

Dept# 1808-4

PO Box 1816

Issaquah, WA 98027

United States of America

For international checks, we would prefer the funds be drawn in US dollars. When this is not possible, we will accept checks for a corresponding amount in the country's currency.

Unfortunately, Eurochecks are not accepted.

Registration benefits:

- Registration reminder will never popup again

- The software will function always (instead of 30-days limited trial version)

- Technical support

- Free future versions upgrades

The registration fee is only $24.95. You should expect a registration code within 24 hours after your order has been processed.

   Phone & fax orders

   Online ordering

   Payments through PayPal.com


PayPal orders

Want to save $5?

Here is how:

Sign up with PayPal.com and apply its $5 signup bonus toward the registration fee for our software.

Already a PayPal.com member?

Follow these simple steps to pay for our software:

Login to PayPal.com member's area. Keep this page open as well, for reference while placing your order!

In the PayPal.com member's area, click on the SEND MONEY tab.

The SEND MONEY form will be shown by PayPal.com. Fill out the form as follows:

PAY TO: paypal@shelltoys.com

AMOUNT: $19.95

EMAIL SUBJECT: Cool Desk

IMPORTANT: Make sure you have entered the correct email address of ours: paypal@shelltoys.com

otherwise we will be unable to receive your payment! To avoid typos, you may wish to copy the email address from this page and paste it into the SEND MONEY form at the PayPal.com site.

You may leave all other fields of the SEND MONEY form empty. And, of course, if you are ordering a different product, please change the AMOUNT and EMAIL SUBJECT fields to contain the appropriate price and title of the product.

PayPal.com will send us a notification about your payment, including your name and email address (as you registered it with PayPal.com), and we will send you back your registration code for the product you have ordered.

Please allow one business day for us to process your PayPal.com order.

Still have questions? Contact paypal@shelltoys.com.

Registration benefits:

- Registration reminder will never popup again

- The software will function always (instead of 30-days limited trial version)

- Technical support

- Free future versions upgrades

   Phone & fax orders

   Paying by Check via Postal Mail

   Online ordering


Order form

Cool Desk Order Form

First Name: 	________________________________

Last Name: 	________________________________

Company:   	________________________________

Address:     	________________________________

City:           	________________________________

State/Province: 	________________________________

Zip/Postal Code: 	________________________________

Country: 	________________________________

Phone:	________________________________

Email Address: 	________________________________


Places the Cool Desk 99 window above all opened windows


Check this option is you want to run Cool Desk 99 automatically whenever the Windows starts.


Shows "Minimize all windows" item in the popup menu that appears with right mouse button click on virtual any desktop icon


Places the Cool Desk 99 window in the horizontal or vertical position


Check this option if you want to have own wallpaper for each virtual desktop.


This feature makes the background of windows desktop icons labels transparent. So you'll never see that annoying boxes again.


Select the language you want use for Cool Desk 99 interface.


Specify the folder where skins files could be located


Opens up the "Browse" dialog for skins folder selection.


Select the desired skin from this drop down combo box.


Download skins from our web "Skins gallery"


Check this option if you want to activate hotkeys


These hotkeys are intended for direct switching to virtual desktops


These hotkeys are intended for switching between "next/previous" desktops