The Wonderful Icon

Windows is configured to help you easily launch features, and programs you need. Most default features can be triggered through hotkeys, and even some applications allow you to map different functions. In this regard, The Wonderful Icon comes with the means to help you configure, and map hotkeys for different internal and external functions.

The application spends most of its time hidden in the tray area, with configurations launched from the corresponding menu. In fact, there’s no actual main window to the application, apart from the configuration panel, which helps you thoroughly manage what target functions to handle, and how to do this.

Interacting with the tray icon brings up a list of active windows, as well as several Windows features to start screensaver, log off, restart, or shut down the PC. However, the menu can be fully configured by simply selecting the functions you want to appear, and there’s an impressive variety of preset options to choose from.

The menu layout tab makes it easy to handle all menu items. However, these can’t be configured from here, so you need to switch to the hotkeys tab. You don’t necessarily have to assign a hotkey to the function you select, but it’s the only way to change, for instance, what custom applications are launched when selecting dedicated commands.

On the bright side of things, the application gives you the possibility to assign hotkeys to all supported commands, which can be for audio, clipboard, document windows, general, hardware emulation, and main windows. You can force hotkeys to trigger the target function even if used in other windows which might already use that particular combination of keys.

Apart from configuring hotkeys and the menu, the application allows you to add custom programs to the list of startup items, but this feature can’t be used to remove existing items. Moreover, system sounds can be configured, as well as a set of additional options, like minimizing a window to the tray area when right-clicking the minimize button.

In conclusion, The Wonderful Icon helps you map out custom button combinations to an impressive variety of Windows features. It quietly sits in the tray area during usage, and can be set to run with Windows for more comfort. Editing is pretty intuitive, and the variety of presets make it worth your while.