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I'm looking for a program that lets me keep a specific window of top of all other windows. I use to use DeskPin when I had XP, but it doesn't work in Windows 7. I could pin the calculator on top of Word and click on Word and not have the calculator disappear. Are there newer alternatives?

A simple program with pins please; no scripts etc. Also, I'd prefer a program that doesn't only work by the use of hotkeys.

Windows 7. IE 8.

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possible duplicate of Make window always on top? – Paul Feb 9 at 21:57
There are several options in the linked question - including using Autohotkey to enable "Always on Top" for a window, which is W7 compatible – Paul Feb 9 at 21:58
Paul, I have already checked all the answers at that link. Most of them don't work in Windows 7 and if they do it's not what I'm looking for. – verve Feb 9 at 22:02
@verve: Then please tell us hat you are looking for when they don't work. – Tom Wijsman Feb 10 at 16:50
I find it difficult to work with programs that needs one to remember hotkeys etc. to work. I want something as simple as DeskPins; that I can have in the taskbar and click on a pin or whatever to activate it--no Ctrl + Alt crap to use it. And it has to say it works with Win 7. – verve Feb 10 at 20:00
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You can use Always On Top Maker. It's only 6 KB and needs no installation.

FileBox eXtender is an alternative with pins (as you want). Their official download page says "tested only Vista x64 release and on Windows 7". So it should work on Windows 7.

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By the way, I just tried DeskPins v1.30 on my Windows 7 x64, and it works without problems. I tested it for a few minutes on several windows. It works great.

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Doesn't work in Windows 7 according to the site. – verve Feb 9 at 21:44
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It absolutely works. I just tried and confirmed. Run the exe, click on the window you want to make always on top, and press CTRL+ALT+T. – Mehper C. Palavuzlar Feb 9 at 21:55
Really? I tried Deskpins and it doesn't work for me. Where did you download Deskpins; maybe my was a strange version? I'm gonna check out Filebox! Too bad they closed my question. So strict... – verve Feb 11 at 23:21
I've downloaded it from Snapfiles. Here you are: snapfiles.com/get/deskpins.html – Mehper C. Palavuzlar Feb 12 at 7:40
And can you see a physical pin on the window you're pinning? It appears it might be working but I can't tell because the pin is not visible as it should be. – verve Feb 12 at 14:51
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