Linkbar - Windows desktop toolbar

Linkbar will come in handy for users that need more than one taskbar on their desktop.
The application is totally customizable, from Icon size, padding or position on the screen. 
Moreover, Linkbar provides users with an Autohide option and the ability to open multiple instances.

Note:
1) Linkbar support Windows Vista and above
2) Linkbar work with .lnk, .url and .website files

Version: 1.6.9
License type: Freeware
OS: Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10
Languages: English (default), Brazilian, Сhinese-Simplified, French, Indonesian, Italian, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, localization support
Email: linkbar@yandex.ru (use English or Russian)

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== Special thanks
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- A_whiter sad blog
- Classic Shell
- DelLocXE 
- GunSmoker-a blog
- Localizers
- MSDN
- Near users
- Ru-Board community
- StackOverflow
- StartIsBack
- Unknown programmers from internet

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== Links
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- Source code: 
	https://github.com/ATGH15102AFMLD/Linkbar

- Project page on Sourceforge: 
	https://sourceforge.net/projects/linkbar/

- Page Japanese:
	http://all-freesoft.net/desktop11/launcher/linkbar/linkbar.html

- Russian community on Ru-Board: 
	http://forum.ru-board.com/topic.cgi?forum=62&topic=18490

- Page on Softpedia: 
	http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Other-Desktop-Enhancements/Linkbar.shtml

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== History
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== TODO:

add: Per monitor HiDPI
del: Separator bar sizes based on DPI
add: For Windows 10 support dark mode for dialogs
add: For Windows 10 support high contrast theme for panel and Jumplist
add: Drag&Drop in Jumplists
add: Shield for shortcut with flag "Run as Administrator" (Properties - Shortcut - Advanced)

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== Version 1.6.9 general release (Jan, 2021):

add: Brazilian Portuguese localization (Feijionico)
add: Indonesian localization (EkoPrasetiyo)
add: Italian localization (BrezzaTM)
add: Localization updates
add: Separators
add: Option "Items align"
add: Option "Tooltips show"
add: For Windows 10 option "Color Mode"
add: For Windows 10 support dark mode for tooltips and context menus
add: For Windows 10 improve drawing buttons and Jumplist
add: Linkbar Jumplist
add: Jumplist window aligned to top of an item
add: Settings reorganized
add: Command line option "-ca" to close all open panels
fix: Access violation when opening Settings (https://github.com/ATGH15102AFMLD/Linkbar/issues/14)
fix: Windows 7/8/8.1 startup exception "Access violation at address 00000000 in module. Read of address 00000000."
fix: Linkbar opening on wrong screen in multi-monitor setup
fix: Exception while Drag&Drop when system style services disabled
fix: Cannot open context menu (e.g. Windows 10 Calculator)

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== Version 1.6.8 general release (Mar, 2018):

add: Spanish localization (Gohar)
add: Improved Autohide behaviour
add: Used more actual API for processing Jumplists
add: For Windows 10 improved obtaining the taskbar color
add: For Windows 10 option "Look"
add: Option "Number of recent items to display in Jumplists"
add: Option "Corners transparency width" to prevent show autohidden Linkbar
add: Prevents hide Linkbar by Win+D when the option "Keep the Linkbar on top of other windows" disabled
add: Saving the settings by clicking the "OK"/"Apply" button in the settings window instead of closing the application
add: Some settings are hidden if your OS does not support them
fix: Access violation read/write while autostart (often with 125% UI scaling)
fix: Error "Argument out of range" while remove last item
fix: Losed some graphics in Jumplists on Windows 8
fix: In the settings, mouse wheel change a spinedit value on more than 1 step

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== Version 1.6.7 general release (Dec, 2017):

add: New localization system. Simple and clear
add: Chinese-Simplified localization (Hue Liu)
add: Greek localization (geogeo.gr)
add: Korean localization (미유키로즈)
add: Polish localization (Galileusz)
add: AutoHide by Keyboard shortcut
add: Restoring the panels after restarting Explorer.exe
add: Keyboard control. Arrows, Spacebar/Enter, Menu, F2, Delete(+Shift) and Esc supported
add: Jumplist keyboard control
add: Option for disable Jumplists
add: Option "Keep the Linkbar on top of other windows"
del: Old localization files - Linkbar.lc3, LOCALIZATION.txt
fix: Exception on closing if the Properties is open
fix: Multiple separators in Shell menu (e.g. for a shortcut to an HTML-file)
fix: Incorrect behavior in negative desktop coordinates

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== Version 1.6.6 general release (Feb, 2017):

add: German localization (Asaq)
add: Support Windows Vista
add: Option "Background color"
add: Option "Text color"
add: Option "Glow size"
fix: Exception "Invalid floating point operation"
fix: Incorrect loading sequence of shortcuts
fix: Incorrect reading from the registry Jumplist size

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== Version 1.6.5 general release (Feb, 2016):

add: Jumplists for Windows 10
add: Link to a parent application in Jumplist footer
add: Improve Jumplists drawing and tips
add: CMD key: -d[delay] where [delay] is delay starting Linkbar in milliseconds
add: Context menu item "Sort alphabetically" 
add: Setting a delay to show a hidden panel
add: Live update icon for Recycle Bin shortcuts
add: "Cancel" button in "New linkbar" dialog
add: Shield overlay for items requiring administrator privileges to run
add: Changes in "New linkbar" dialog. Renamed some controls
fix: Incorrect work Jumplists in the 32-bit version
fix: Jumplist hint crash
fix: Exception when dragging a linkbar on systems with multi monitors
fix: Panel not change size when display resolution changes
fix: Exception when multiple display settings changes

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== Version 1.6.4 general release (Sep, 2015):

add: French localization (nth_mkr)
add: Improve Jumplists visualization and usability
fix: Non-localized file name in "Renaming" dialog (e.g. Snipping tool)
fix: Entering illegal characters in the "Renaming" dialog through Ctrl+V
fix: Unable to rename a file by changing the case of letters (e.g. big to BIG)
fix: Through dialog "New linkbar" created not translated linkbars
fix: 32-bit Linkbar can't translate to system language

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== Version 1.6.3 experimental (Sep, 2015):

add: Support Windows 10
add: Jumplists (only for Windows 7, 8, 8.1)
add: Support AeroGlass for Windows 8 (AeroGlass installed separately)
add: Context menu item "Lock the linkbar"
add: Context menu item "Rename"
add: Dialog "Renaming"
add: Some bug fixes and improvements
fix: Some items may have non-localized names (e.g. from Administrative tools)

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== Version 1.6.2 general release (May, 2015):

add: Improve Drag&Drop. Use D&D with the right-click or Alt/Ctrl/Shift to create shortcuts, copy, move, and open files
add: Show hiden panel by mouse hover/left-click/right-click
add: Context menu item "Open working directory"
add: If you delete the working directory panel will be closed, and profile will be deleted
add: New option in "Properties" dialog. Use same texture as the Taskbar with combined buttons
add: Changes in "New linkbar" dialog. Removed profile name
add: "Delete working directory" option in "Delete linkbar" dialog

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== Version 1.6.1 experimental (Apr, 2015):

add: Cute message for unsupported Windows
add: Shell now manipulates files
add: Linkbar tracks changes in the working directory
add: Run files through the default command (bold item in context menu for your files)
add: Support .url and .website files
add: Option "Transparent when hiden"
add: Extended context menu (shift + right-click)
add: Context menu item "New shortcut"
add: Improved integration with Aero in Windows 7 (uses color and textures of taskbar)
add: Item will drag if cursor leave button
add: Changes in context menu
add: Changes in "Properties" dialog
fix: Some items are not available in the context menu ("Open with" and others)
fix: In Themes Classic and Contrast pressed button was black 

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== Version 1.6.0.2 general release (Feb, 2015):

add: Japanese localization (Takahiro)
fix: Fonts

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== Version 1.6.0.1 general release (Feb, 2015):

add: Localization system
add: English localization (Asaq)
fix: Move application to background process
fix: F11 mode

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== Version 1.6.0 general release (Feb, 2015):

add: 64-bit version
add: Five positions for captions(left/top/right/bottom/without)
add: Caption width and indent
add: Shortcuts order (left to right/up to down)
add: Improved Drag&Drop
add: Theme for Windows 8 and 8.1
add: Creation wizard panel
add: Save profile in application folder or AppData/Roaming
add: DPI-Aware
add: In hidden state visible on 2 pixels (as Taskbar)
fix: Many improvements in painting

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== 1.5.4 general release:

fix: Solved problem with shortcuts to 64-bit programs
fix: Solved problem with blur behinde after Show Desktop
fix: Some improvements in painting
fix: Fixed some errors
fix: Few small bugfixes and improvements 

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== 1.5.3 general release:

add: Shell menu for shortcuts
add: Settings Form
add: "Icon Size" property
add: "Padding" property
del: "Show Text" property
fix: Few small bugfixes and improvements
fix: Improved support Aero 

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== 1.5.2 general release:

add: Support Aero
fix: Few small bugfixes and improvements
!!!: Version 1.5.2 for Windows Vista and Windows 7 by the Home Premium and above 

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== 1.5.1 general release:

add: "Show Text" property
add: "Autohide" property
add: "Position" property
fix: Few small bugfixes and improvements 

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== 1.0.0 general release (Sep, 2010) - first public version:

