A real-time, always on top, "replica" of a window of your choice, based on DWM Thumbnails.

After installation, you will be able to launch the application through the Start Menu (the link is called "OnTopReplica"). By right-clicking on the empty window you'll get a list of windows you can clone, an opacity setting, the option to select a subregion of the original window and finally the option to reduce the application to the taskbar.

Cloning a window: simply select the window you wish to clone from the list and you're done! You will be able to move and resize (the replicated window will always try to match the original window's aspect ratio) the window, or select another window to clone in any moment.

Select region: clicking on "Select region" will open a small dialog allowing you to select a subregion of the original window to clone (this is particularly useful in order to trim away unnecessary GUI elements from a video player). You may store regions you find useful for future use as well.

The opacity and resize options speak for themselves. Double-clicking on the window is a shortcut for switching to "fullscreen mode". You can also disable the "glass effect" in the opacity menu (may also give you better performance).

Note: remember that you should not minimize the window that is being cloned by OnTopReplica, because otherwise Windows will stop refreshing the thumbnail (that is, because the original window itself will not be refreshed anymore). Keep the window open in the background and you'll be able to watch a movie while (pretending to be) working.

Requirements:

· You need Windows Vista Home Premium or better, with "Aero" activated, and the .NET Framework 2.0

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Change list
· "Click forwarding" feature added,
Full internationalization, translations:
· English
· Italian
· Minor changes