I'm looking for a clean "always on top" Windows add on.
 
I'd like to select one that doesn't kill my DAW.
 
Does anyone have suggestions based on first hand experience?
 
Thanks.
 
best regards,
mike

?? what OS version??
Try Media Player from Windows and use the "Always on Top" menu item on it.
Some other programs use that also.
Otherwise I do not know what on top you want and I suppose I do not need it.
 

This is what I use, simple, extremely low cpu usage and you can turn off or on the feature with a hotkey (ctrl-space).
Now if I could only find an app that minimize a program to the tray as eloquently as this proggie forces stay on top then I'd be really happy!

Thanks.
 
I don't know what I was thinking. I thought I was posting in "Software".
 
Anyways... I have Windows 7 and I want to be able to make either a help file window or web browser with help files float on top of my application so that I may read a bit and then try a bit back and forth without having to go searching for the help file over and over again.
 
I found an app called Window on Top and I guess I can try that. It has a free and a $20 version and I can't figure out what the difference is. I don't want any nag or ad ware etc.
 
Thanks.
 
 
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gustabo
This is what I use, simple, extremely low cpu usage and you can turn off or on the feature with a hotkey (ctrl-space).
Now if I could only find an app that minimize a program to the tray as eloquently as this proggie forces stay on top then I'd be really happy!

I had checked out that page... but many of the comments listed at the bottom of that page say that the link goes to a malware site or something like that... so I was scared off.

You can use AutoHotKey (which also has many other uses):
http://www.autohotkey.com/
 
 
For the script, just create a text file called startprogram.ahk with the following (this one starts Calculator):
 
SetTitleMatchMode 2
SetTitleMatchMode Fast

RunProgOnTop:
Run %windir%\system32\calc.exe, , , myopvar ;myopvar=variable to store the process id
WinWait ahk_pid %myopvar%
WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, On, ahk_pid %myopvar%
Return

mike_mccue

gustabo
This is what I use, simple, extremely low cpu usage and you can turn off or on the feature with a hotkey (ctrl-space).
Now if I could only find an app that minimize a program to the tray as eloquently as this proggie forces stay on top then I'd be really happy!

I had checked out that page... but many of the comments listed at the bottom of that page say that the link goes to a malware site or something like that... so I was scared off.

Redownloaded it, scanned it for viruses and malware and found nothing. It came up as clean so I don't know what those comments refer to...

Thank You Gustabo.
 
Thank you Drew.
 I looked at your script example and read the tutorial over at the website and I had a panic attack. I am going to go lift some weights to restore my sense of man hood. :-)
 
 

"I found an app called Window on Top and I guess I can try that. It has a free and a $20 version and I can't figure out what the difference is. I don't want any nag or ad ware etc."
 
FWIW, I figured out that the "free" version is really just a 7 day nag ware trial version.

It seems like the app suggested by Gustabo is based upon AutoHotKey which is what Drew suggested.
 
:-)