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StandaloneStack brings Stacks to your Desktop

Posted by Adhavan on Sunday, November 16, 2008

StandaloneStack is a freeware which can be used to create stacks on your windows desktop without the need of a dock. If you have used Objectdock or Rocketdock you would have come across the stacks plugin.


It shows the content of a selected folder in stacks. Why is that you need a dock to use the stacks feature? Can stacks be on the desktop icon or a quick launch icon. Here is where StandaloneStack comes to the rescue. It puts the stacks feature into your desktop icons.

1. Download StandaloneStack (zip file) and unzip the files to a directory.

2. To create a stack, right-click on your desktop choose New->Shortcut.

3. Click on browse and go to the unzipped folder and choose StandaloneStack.exe.

4. In the shortcut location something such as "C:\Program Files\Standalone Stack\StandaloneStack.exe" will now be there.

5. Now type a name of the stack you want to create without quotes ex: "C:\Program Files\Standalone Stack\StandaloneStack.exe" cpanel

6. Choose Next and type a name such as Control Panel for your stack shortcut.

7. Click Finish and you will have a shortcut named Control Panel on the desktop.

8. Open the shortcut and the configure the stack. Choose Special Folder and then Control Panel in the next box. Choose your sort type and style of the stacks to be grid or fan.

9. You can also create stacks for normal folders. Just choose Filesystem folder instead of Special Folder and browse to the required folder.
Stacks With Grid View

10. If you want to change the properties of the stack, hold SHIFT or CTRL key and double-click on the shortcut. Move the shortcut to your quick launch if you wish.

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