Put Your Right-Click Button to Better Use with ClickZap

Dec. 16th, 2007 By Mark O'Neill

clickzap.png I am always looking for ways to do things faster and one of those things is to shut down the computer faster, or log off a particular XP user account. It gets a little irritating having to always go through the start menu so I started experimenting with desktop shortcuts to streamline the process. Now I am trying out a feature which you can use using the right-click button on your mouse. It’s called Clickzap.

Upon installation, you’ll be asked what feature you want your right-click button to do (you can only choose one at a time). So if you log in and out of user accounts a lot, you might decide to choose that one. Or if you have to mute all PC sounds on a regular basis, you might decide that is the best use of Clickzap. Everything is easily configurable so you can change the settings later if you want to. There are 8 tasks you can choose from:

  • lock computer
  • log-off
  • shutdown
  • minimize active window
  • minimize all windows
  • close active window
  • close all windows
  • mute sound

When everything has been set up and configured, all you have to then do is double-click the right-click button on your mouse and the required action will be carried out (on some pages, you may have to click three times if a double right-click has been disabled by the website in question).

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3 Comments Add Comment
2007-12-16 21:30:40

Hey, that’s pretty neat! Things just keep getting faster and faster. That “minimize all windows” function sounds quite handy.

2008-08-06 06:12:10

The ‘Minimize all windows’ feature can be added by placing a quick launch “show desktop” button…

2007-12-18 15:53:30
Declan

Similar idea to Volumouse

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