1. The Main Window
2. The Window Tab
3. The Process/Thread Tab
4. The Global Tab
5. The Miscellaneous Tab
6. Other Notes
The main window consists of six main elements: the status box, the Acquire button, the Acquire Root Windows checkbox, the tabs, the About button, and the Exit button. The status box indicates the current status of acquiring (choosing) a window. The Acquire button lets you choose which window you want to work with by clicking the button and then clicking your chosen window. The Acquire Root Windows checkbox, when checked, will only allow main windows that appear on the taskbar to be selected. Otherwise, you may select any window, including window controls, which are themselves little windows. The tabs are described in further detail in the following four sections. The About button opens up the About dialogue. The Exit button exits the program. Also, note that the window is Always-on-Top, meaning that it will always be visible, unless you minimize it.
The Window tab allows you to perform several operations on the window you selected with the Acquire button. These include the standard window operations, Maximize, Minimize, Restore, and Close. You can also perform two other standard operations, Show and Hide. Hide makes a window disappear completely and Show brings it back, but be forewarned that if you hide a window and then acquire a new one without bringing back the first, then your first window will be hidden forever. Two more buttons that are particularly useful on stuck windows are the Minimize! and Destroy operations. The Minimize! button will minimize a window (NT/2k/XP only) even if it is not responding and the Destroy button will close a window even if it is not responding. Two last functions that are useful more to developers and other power users are the Window Styles and Extended Window Styles editors. The boxes will show the style and extended style of a window and will also allow you to change the style. To do this, change the number in the box to a window style. The bullet indicates whether you are replacing the old style with your new style or adding your style to the old style. The Apply buttons will make your change to the respective style.
This tab has somewhat more limited capabilities than the other tabs. The main portion of the tab, the Handle Usage section, is not currently working. However, the Kill Thread and Kill Process buttons do work. The Kill Thread button lets you end the thread that owns the window you acquired. The Kill Process button lets you end the process that owns the window you acquired.
This tab has two main functions, the keylogger and the Windows controls. The keylogger has can be enabled by selecting the Enable checkbox and disabled by unselecting the Enable checkbox. The log is put in the large textbox, which can be cleared by pushing the Clear Box. You may worry that the keylogger is a security concern, but it is more of just a novelty. I have taken steps to make sure that it cannot be exploited easily. First, the keys logged will not be saved to your hard disk. Once you push the Clear Box button, the log will be gone for good. Next, while the checkbox is not pushed, no keys whatsoever will be logged. Also, the log will only store up to the last 100 characters. Last, the window is Always-on-Top, so unless it is minimized, it will be visible. The Windows controls allow you to do some things to control Windows as a whole. The Log Off button lets you log off of Windows, the Restart button lets you restart Windows, and the Shutdown button lets you shutdown Windows.
This tab currently only allows you to reveal the password hidden in password boxes. Click the Reveal Password button and then click the box whose contents you wish to reveal. The password will be revealed.
Feel free to email me at if you find any bugs or have any suggestions, comments, or anything else you'd like me to know.
All code in this program is freely distributable and modifiable as long as it is not sold in any way. In addition, I shall not be held liable in the unlikely event that my program causes harm to your computer. Other than that, have fun!