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    Run your favorite applications quickly with circle dock

    The Start menu, Quick Launch bar or the office you do not like to put shortcuts to your favorite applications and launch them quickly? With the software named Circle Dock , you have a pleasant alternative, customizable and very light to launch your software and instantly access your work files.

    Posing as a circle overhead, you can quickly show / hide the application launcher containing your shortcuts, as is the keyboard or mouse.

    The interface of Circle Dock is fully customizable: background, image center, font, visibility, number of icons per circle, separation between the circles, icons of shortcuts. It is even possible to create many "docks" to categorize your icons in different categories: one circle for your games, circle your Internet tools, another for your software files, etc..

    Circle Dock could revolutionize your use of the computer. Once you've tested, you can not do without! And why not but then you go totally Taskbar and Start Menu to retrieve the display area on the screen: all your programs are accessible by the discrete Circle Dock.


    Download and install Circle Dock:

    Circle Dock comes in the form of a Zip archive that you must decompress and associate at Windows startup to run automatically. Below is the step by step process for the installation of the same.

    • Download Circle Dock from here and save the file to your hard drive.
    • Once the download is complete, click the Open button.
    • The compressed file is then opened by Windows. Click the Extract all files command.
    • The Compressed Folders Extraction Wizard opens. Click the Next button.
    • Click the Browse button.
    • Select your hard drive folder where to copy files Circle Dock. In C: \ Program Files for example.
    • Click the OK button.
    • Click the Next button.
    • Verify that the Show extracted files is checked and then click the Finish button.
    • Then open the folder CircleDock0.9.2Alpha8.2.
    • Click the right mouse button on the file CircleDock.exe.
    • Select the Create a shortcut menu that appears.
    • Click the new shortcut and press F2. Rename it then Circle Dock.
    • Click the right mouse button on the shortcut and choose Copy.
    • Click the Start button, click All Programs, click the right mouse button on the Startup folder and choose the Open command.
    • In the folder that opens, click the Edit menu and click Paste. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + V.
    • The shortcut to Circle Dock is located in the Startup folder in the Start menu. It will automatically run when Windows starts.

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    Re: Run your favorite applications quickly with circle dock

    Add shortcuts:

    At first, you must add to the dock all the shortcuts to your favorite software. The main dock lets you view 13 shortcuts. Beyond that, you must use your icons classified in different categories related to other circles.

    • Open Circle Dock by pressing the F1 key or clicking the scroll wheel on your mouse.
    • Note that the circle is displayed at the location of the cursor of your mouse.
    • Click on an empty dock (blue circle) with the right mouse button and then click Add and icons by default.
    • Click on the button .... In the category icon image.
    • A browser window is open the folder icons Circle Dock. Click on the Display icon and then click Thumbnails for preview icons.
    • Choose an icon and then click Open.

    • In the Name field, enter a name for this shortcut.
    • Then click the File button in the Target field.
    • Add a shortcut to a folder
    • You can also add shortcuts to a folder containing important files and you need quick access. To do this, click the Folder button (instead of File) under the Target window for adding a new icon. Then select the folder to point and click OK. Confirm finally Close.
    • Select your hard drive the shortcut or the executable software to open rag you click on this icon in Circle Dock. Appointments for example in the folder C: \ Documents and Settings [your name], Start Menu, Programs to display the shortcuts in the Start menu contents. Select the program to which point and click the Open button.
    • If necessary, set the arguments to the program to run or edit mode launch in the Run list. Then click the Close button.
    • The new shortcut is displayed in Circle Dock.
    • To remove a shortcut, simply click the right button of the mouse and select the Delete command.

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    Re: Run your favorite applications quickly with circle dock

    Use Multiple Docks:

    Beyond 13 shortcuts, the main interface of the dock becomes too crowded. To find your way around all your shortcuts, you can store them in several different levels docks. For example you can create a dock for your games, a dock for your tools for Office, another for your system tools, create sub-docks, etc..

    • Click on an empty dock (blue circle) with the right mouse button and then click Add Folder and the Dock.
    • A new icon is added to the dock. She will allow you to access your second dock. Click on it with the right mouse button and select Settings command object.
    • Click on the button .... And change the icon assigned to the dock. Click the Open button.
    • Rename the shortcut also by a more meaningful name.
    • Then click the Close button.
    • Then click the new icon in the main dock.
    • A new dock is displayed. You can then fill it with new shortcuts.
    • Then repeat this operation for all the docks that you want to create shortcuts to catalog your various.



    Customize the Dock:

    You can customize the various docks by changing their colors, their icons, changing the font used, their locations, etc..
    • To change the icon of a dock, just click the right mouse button and select the Change Icon.
    • Then select the new icon and click the Open button.
    • To customize the color of the Dock, click the right mouse button and choose the Settings button.
    • Open the bottom section.
    • Click on the button .... And choose the background image to use the docks. Click the Open button.
    • Close the window, the image is immediately applied in the background of the docks.
    • The window also lets you customize the font used, animation, etc..



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    Re: Run your favorite applications quickly with circle dock

    Configure dock position:

    By default, the dock is shown on the location of your cursor. You can choose to display it in the same place. You can also customize the buttons and the manipulations performed to show the dock.

    • Go back to the configuration window of Circle Dock.
    • Open the Location section.
    • Place the mouse cursor to show where the dock and press the F1 key (the press a second time if necessary to see the dock). Check the box when Blocking the dock at the current position.
    • When you press the F1 key or the middle button of your mouse, the dock will always appear at the same place where we find the pointer of your mouse.
    • Then open the Visibility tab.
    • To ensure that the dock is displayed when you move your mouse left or right of the screen, uncheck the boxes left edge of the screen and right edge of the screen under Show the Dock when I move my mouse to ....
    • In the Shortcut keyboard for visibility / invisibility of the dock, you can choose key or key combination to use to show / hide the dock.
    • Finally close the configuration window.

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    Re: Run your favorite applications quickly with circle dock

    "Here are some basic manipulations that you make good use of Circle Dock.
    1. To view the main dock, press the F1 key or press the center button (wheel) mouse.
    2. Spin the wheel to scroll through the icons in the dock.
    3. A click on a shortcut or opens the file related software and mask along the dock.
    4. When you open a dock to another level, you can return to the previous dock by clicking the center button.
    5. Circle Dock To close, press the center button of the main level of the dock or press the F1 key again / mouse wheel.
    "

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