Welcome to our downloads page. Below we have made available some software programs we've developed for ourselves. These programs are prototypes of the more feature rich desktop utilities we use internally.

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Below are some free software programs for downloading.

New Product Release - DKAppControl

 [Desktop Utilities]

Product: DKBottomline - RSS Reader
Version: 1.1.27
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista

DKBottomline - RSS Reader  (screenshot)

DKBottomline is a RSS Reader. Once you setup your RSS feeds the Headlines from them will scroll by on the bottom of your computer's screen. You can click on each headline which will then open that webpage so you can read more.

Uses:
- Ideal for getting your favorite RSS feeds automatically without having to scan over all the headlines one at a time.

- Keep up to date on the latest news, entertainment or any other information that has a RSS feed.

Options:
- Create/Delete your own named RSS lists to store RSS feed URLs based on catagory.

- Add/Remove RSS URLs from any list.

- You can have one RSS feed update every 15 minutes.

- Can automatically rotate through each RSS feed (URL) every 15 minutes.

- Hide/Show DKBottomline, from it's tray icon in the system tray.

- Toggle/display DKBottomline between the Primary and Secondary monitors (if you have two monitors).

Functionality:
- Reads RSS/XML Feeds from the Internet.

- Scrolls RSS Feeds along the bottom of your screen.

- Can have multiple copies running at once.

- Pause the headlines from moving when the mouse cursor is placed over it.

- Click on a scrolling headline to open that headline's webpage.

- Will connect through proxy if your computer accesses the internet through one.

Requirements:
Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0 available as a separate download below.

How to check if you have .Net Framework already installed: click Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Then look for a line that shows: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

If it is already installed then you do not need to download and install .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0.

Note: Read the enclosed ReadMe.txt files in the below downloads before installing.

Download DKBottomline

Download Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0 (See FAQ)

Product: DK:Keyboard-Status
Version: 2.2.1
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista

DK:Keyboard-status  (screenshot)

DK:Keyboard - Status shows a popup balloon displaying the Caps Lock, Insert and Num Lock key's status of the keyboard

Uses:
DK:Keyboard - Status will show a popup balloon above it's icon in the system tray when the Caps Lock, Insert or Num Lock key's are pressed.

For example: The balloon displays either: Caps Lock is ON or Caps Lock is OFF.

Options: None at this time.

Functionality:

-         Resides in memory waiting for the one of the keys to be pressed in order to display it's status of either On or Off.

-         DK:KeyboardState will make a sound when Caps Lock is On or Off (everytime the Caps Lock button is pressed).

Requirements:
Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0 available as a separate download below.

How to check if you have .Net Framework already installed: click Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Then look for a line that shows: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

If it is already installed then you do not need to download and install .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0.

Note: Read the enclosed ReadMe.txt files in the below downloads before installing.

Download DK:Keyboard-Status

Download Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0 (See FAQ)

Product: DKHardDrive-Light - Desktop (on screen) hard drive light.
Version: 3.4.8
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista

DKHardDrive-Light  (screenshot)

DKHardDrive-Light monitors the computer's hard drive and Notifies you of activity by blinking a Red Light on the desktop.

Uses:
Monitor hard drive activity right from your desktop. This is helpful when the computer's hard drive light is not within view. 

Have you ever wanted to know if the computer has locked up or is it just busy? DKHardDrive-Light gives you a better understanding of what the hard drive is doing.

Options:
- Monitor your C: drive as well as up to 20 total drives.
- Keep DKHardDrive-Light visible on screen or send it to the system tray.

Functionality:
- Stays on Top of all open applications and operating system windows.
- Monitors hard drive activity.
- Displays file access (created/deleted and changed) in a list as activity occurs.
- An icon for each "monitored" drive will be placed in the sytem tray.
- Left click a drive's icon in the system tray to display the activity window.
- When there is activity on a drive, place the mouse cursor over the icon and it will display the current file or application that is being accessed at that time.

Requirements:
Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0 available as a separate download below.

How to check if you have .Net Framework already installed: click Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Then look for a line that shows: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

If it is already installed then you do not need to download and install .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0.

Note: Read the enclosed ReadMe.txt files in the below downloads before installing.

Download DKHardDrive-Light (Full install version)

Download Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0 (See FAQ)

If you have installed a previous version then you only need to download the updated copy of DKHardDrive-Light.

Download DKHardDrive-Light (Updated version - v3.4.8) 

Product: DKMailChecker - Desktop mail notification
Version: 1.1.2
Platform: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP

DKMailChecker  (screenshot)

DKMailChecker automatically checks your Outlook inbox for new email messages and resides in the system tray next to the time on the taskbar.

Uses:
DKMailChecker notifies you when you receive email by displaying an email alert window in the bottom right corning of the screen. This will display the number of unread email messages in your inbox and the email subject, date and time of the most recent new email.

Options:
You can manually check for email or open a new blank email message. To do this, right click on the DKMailChecker icon in the system tray. This will show a menu of available options.

Functionality:
DKMailChecker integrates with Outlook which allows it to access your inbox to check if you have email without having to open Outlook or keep it open just to see if you have new email messages.

User selectable...
- Time intervals, for when the inbox is checked for new mail. (See FAQ)
- Stay ontop, or not of all open applications and windows.

Requirements:
Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 1.0 available as a separate download below.

How to check if you have .Net Framework already installed: click Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Then look for a line that shows: Microsoft .NET Framework v1.0.3705

If it is already installed then you do not need to download and install .Net Framework Redistributable 1.0.

Note: Read the enclosed ReadMe.txt files in the below downloads before installing.

Download DKMailchecker 

Download Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 1.0 (See FAQ)

Product: DKMenubar - Customizable menubar to organize your desktop
Version: 1.3.19 (Note: setup installs version 1.1.3, version 1.3.19 is included in the downloaded file)
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista

 DKMenubar  (screenshot 1) (screenshot 2)

DKMenubar is a Customizable Menubar that allows you to organize your Desktop, by accessing your software and other files through DKMenbar's Dynamic Menu system.

DKMenubar resides along the top of your Desktop and the user creates their own menu labels.

A folder is created for each menu label name.
The first time a menu is clicked on, the user is prompted by notifying them the Folder was created.
Then the folder will open so the user can add shortcuts or files/folders to it.

When the user clicks on the menu a dropdown list appears with the files and shortcuts that were added to that menu's folder.
Each menu's folder can be opened from it's dropdown list.




By default there are three (3) Standard Menu Labels and one sample label (Testmenu).
It will look like this once it is first run: File Desktop Testmenu Help

1. File, used to manage DKMenubar.
2. Desktop, used to access your desktop icons. Also gives the options to Hide or Show the desktop icons.
Note the Testmenu item is just there for an example.
3. Help, used to display brief information about DKMenubar.



So for example your Menubar could look like this...
Example 1.
File    Desktop    Games    Internet    Music    Pictures    Help

Example 2.
File    Desktop    Hobbies    Food    Travel    Finances    Help

Example 3.
File    Desktop    Customers    Sales    Products    Vendors    Expenses    Income    Taxes    Help

Uses:
- For organizing your desktop work space.
- Get faster access to your most used software applications/programs and files.
- Minimizes desktop clutter when you select "Hide Desktop icons" from the Desktop menu.

Options:
- DKMenubar allows the user to change the look to match the Windows 98/2000, XP or Vista themes.
- Hide/Show your Desktop icons.

Functionality:
- Dynamically create your own personal Menubar. - Dynamically creates Menu labels and Folders to place your software and file shortcuts.
- Quickly access all your software and files from one easy to get to location on your desktop.
- Launch an application, website or run a System process from the built in command line box on DKMenubar.

Requirements: (none for Vista)
Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0 available as a separate download below.

How to check if you have .Net Framework already installed: click Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Then look for a line that shows: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

If it is already installed then you do not need to download and install .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0.

Note: Read the enclosed ReadMe.txt file in the below download before installing.

Download DKMenubar

Download Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0 (See FAQ)

Product: DKNoteMinder - StayOnTop Note Taker
Version: 1.1.4
Platform: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP

DKNoteMinder  (screenshot 1) and (screenshot 2)

DKNoteMinder is a small StayOnTop organizer for your notes and functions like a mini Wordpad for taking notes. Typical operations supported are: cut, copy and paste (graphics/pictures/text); change font colors, type face and the size of text; Find and Replace; Web link detection.

Uses:
DKNoteMinder stays on top of all open applications and operating system windows. This keeps your notes always in view no matter what you are working with.

Find dates with the built-in calendar month view. To display the calendar either select Calendar from the View menu or click on the date shown in the status bar.

Options:
- Translucency level selection.

- Switch to XP Theme (system colors) versus the default DKNoteMinder color.

- Stay ontop or not, of all open applications and system windows. Select "Stay on top" from the Window menu. This will toggle "Stay on top" on and off. The default is to "Stay on top" (checked).

- Sizeable or not. The default is not sizeable, you can make it sizeable by clicking "Sizeable" from the Window menu. This will toggle the window state (sizeable) on and off.

- After resizing, bring the window back to it's default size by clicking "Default" from the Window menu.

Functionality:
DKNoteMinder is similar to the Wordpad application that comes with MS Windows.

You can save your notes to a file. The files are saved in "Rich Text Format" (RTF) in the DKNoteMinder application's "notes" sub directory. The saved filenames are viewed from the drop down file list by clicking on the down(v) arrow button (note: the button will then display the up (^) arrow, for closing the file list).

Files from this list can be dragged and dropped on to the note taking area to open and show the file contents. You can also left click on a file name to select it, then right click and select Open or Delete from the menu to take action on that file.

If you close DKNoteMinder from the desktop you can access it again by... right clicking on the DKNoteMinder icon in the system tray and select DKNoteMinder from the menu.

To print a file, select it from the file list, then click "Export" from the File menu. This will open the selected file into WordPad (it comes with MS Windows already). Once your file is open, select "Print" from the File menu in WordPad.

Requirements:
Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 1.0 available as a separate download below.

How to check if you have .Net Framework already installed: click Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Then look for a line that shows: Microsoft .NET Framework v1.0.3705

If it is already installed then you do not need to download and install .Net Framework Redistributable 1.0.

Note: Read the enclosed ReadMe.txt files in the below downloads before installing.

Download DKNoteMinder (Full install version)

Download Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 1.0 (See FAQ)

If you have installed a previous version then you only need to download the updated copy of DKNoteMinder.

Download DKNoteMinder (Updated version)

Product: DKOSD - Caps-Lock Status
Version: 2.1.3 for 2000/XP (version: 2.10.27.09 for Vista)
Platform: Windows

DKOSD  (screenshot)

DKOSD shows an "On Screen Display" about the status of the Caps Lock on the keyboard.

Uses:
DKOSD will show an On Screen Display when the Caps Lock key is pressed. It displays either: Caps Lock is ON or Caps Lock is OFF

Options:
You can now select the screen position of where the OSD will be displayed. Right click on DKOSD's icon in the system tray (bottom right corner next to the time).

- Select either Center or Bottom of screen.

- Turn Sound on or off.

- If you have two monitors/extended desktop you can choose to have the Caps Lock Status show in "Screen 2".

Functionality:

-         DKOSD resides in memory waiting for the Caps Lock key to be pressed in order to display the status of it, either On or Off.

-         It will make a sound when Caps Lock is on or off (every time the Caps Lock button is pressed).

-    DKOSD's system tray icon will reflect the caps lock state: A = Caps On & a = Caps Off.

Requirements:
Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0 available as a separate download below.

How to check if you have .Net Framework already installed: click Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Then look for a line that shows: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

If it is already installed then you do not need to download and install .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0.

Note: Read the enclosed ReadMe.txt file in the below download before installing.

Download DKOSD

Download Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0 (See FAQ)

Product: DKPrint Screen
Version: 2.0.0
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista

DKPrint Screen  (screenshot)

DKPrint Screen will take a screen shot of your desktop when you press the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard and then sends it to the printer.

- You can save the screen shot to a file.

- DKPrint Screen can be set to load everytime Windows Starts. 

Uses:
- Print or save your desktop (screen shot) as a file. 

Options:
- Save screen shot as a file.
- Set DKPrint Screen to load at startup.

Functionality:
- DKPrint Screen runs as an icon in the system tray waiting for you to press the Print Screen button on your keyboard. Right click on the icon for a menu of options.

Requirements:
Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0 available as a separate download below.

How to check if you have .Net Framework already installed: click Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Then look for a line that shows: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

If it is already installed then you do not need to download and install .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0.

Note: Read the enclosed ReadMe.txt file in the below download before installing.

Download DKPrint Screen

Download Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable 2.0 (See FAQ)

Product: DKRuler - Desktop Ruler
Version: 3.1.1 
Platform: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista

DKRuler  (screenshot)

DKRuler is a sizable drag and drop horizontal, vertical and translucent ruler for your computer's desktop. DKRuler stays on top of all applications and file system windows.

Uses:
Keep your position on screen when reading and working with documents. Align & organize text, graphics and other objects on screen.

Options:
You can display a picture of your choice on the standard ruler instead of the default graphic. Hide the standard ruler when DKRuler loads (still accessible in the system tray).

Functionality:
DKRuler runs in the system tray next to the time in your taskbar. To access the different rulers, you right click on its icon in the system tray. You can also right click on each open ruler for a menu of options.

Requirements:
Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000 file: MSVBVM60.DLL (included) (See FAQ)
Windows XP/Vista: none

Note: Read the enclosed ReadMe.txt file in the below download before installing.

Download DKRuler (Full install version)

If you have installed a previous version then you only need to download the updated copy of DKRuler.

Download DKRuler (Updated version)

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