This is the main table of contents for the GeoShell documentation. It is generated in alphabetical order from the actual pages in the documentation.
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Advice for New Users — If you want to get started using GeoShell, you've come to the right place.
- Editing the Registry — Configuration of GeoShell is done mostly by directly editing the registry. This is a guide to help you do that without hurting yourself
- Optimizing your experience. — some thoughts on how to optimize your computing experience by using GeoShell
  - A Usability Discussion
  - Switching Applications with Keystrokes
- What GeoShell Is... — A Brief Explanation
  - Other Replacement Shells — There are many other replacement shell's for Windows, here are some of the other free ones
    - LiteStep
GeoShell Command Line Switches — GeoShell has several command line parameters which can be used to alter its behaviour
GeoShell Helper Programs
- GeoConfig
- GeoSkin
- WinShellEx
  - GeoLoader — An earlier concept that became WinShellEx
GeoShell Plugins — GeoShell plugins add features to the Shell, they provide all the buttons, and the system tray, statistics bars, and more.
- Installing a Plugin — A Quick Guide to Installing Plugins. Plugins must be installed before they can be loaded onto your GeoBars.
- Loading a Plugin — A Quick Guide to Loading Plugins after you have installed them.
- Plugin Settings — Plugins extend the functionality of Geoshell.
  - EButton
  - GeoActiveTasks
  - GeoAmp — GeoAmp is a plugin which allows you to control Winamp
  - GeoAmpList
  - GeoAmpSpectrum
  - GeoAmpTitle
  - GeoClip — a plugin which allows you to keep a history of previous text items that you've cut or copied into the clipboard
  - GeoCommand
  - GeoCommandTime — geoCommandTime is a combination of the geoCommand and geoDateTime plugins into one in order to take up less space.
    - GeoCommandTime Alias Library — This is a collection of aliases from the GeoShell Plugin geoCommandTime that you find useful.
  - GeoCounter
  - GeoDateTime — GeoDateTime is a plugin which allows for a configurable display of the system's time, date, and uptime information.
  - GeoDeskText
  - GeoDF
  - GeoExtract — GeoExtract is a Plugin which extracts text from a file or web page and displays it on a GeoBar.
    - GeoExtract as a Log Tailer
    - GeoExtract Search-Expression Library
  - GeoEyes — places a pair of cartoon eyes on the bar that follow the cursor
  - GeoImage — GeoImage allows you to put a bitmap image on a bar.
  - GeoInput
  - GeoLabel — The GeoLabel plugin allows you to put text on a GeoBar.
  - GeoLabel2
  - GeoLaunch
  - GeoList
  - GeoLock — starts your screensaver when you click on it..
  - GeoMail
  - GeoMenu
  - GeoMenuLaunch — used to place your menus or application shortcuts on a Geobar
  - GeoMp3
  - GeoMP32 — designed to 'remote control' an audio application within the shell
  - GeoNSep — Adds a seperator to your GeoBars. Width and style are Configurable
  - GeoPlayer
  - GeoQuickLaunch — used to replace the QuickLaunch functionality of Explorer, by creating shortcut buttons on you bar from the files in any given folder.
  - GeoSaver
  - GeoSep — GeoSep is a plugin which puts a serpator in your GeoBars
  - GeoSpacer — adds blank space to a GeoBar
  - GeoStat — deprecated plugin for showing some information about your computer.
  - GeoStatPlus — resource monitor for cpu, memory (physical & paged), net i/o flow, harddisk temperature (via S.M.A.R.T.), process count(for NT/2K/XP) and BatteryPower.
  - GeoSwitch — assign hotkeys to windows, so you can launch and switch between them by pressing hotkeys
  - GeoTasks — displays currently running applications (tasks) on a geoBar
  - GeoTile — tile, miminize and restore the application windows
  - GeoTray — like the explorer system tray, holding your notification icons
  - GeoUsers
  - GeoVol — allows you to change the volume of your primary "mixer" using a scrollbar
  - GeoVol2 — provides a skinnable slider for controlling the main system volume
  - GeoVWM
  - GeoWeather
  - GeoWebSearch
  - GeoXWM — virtual window manager
- Unloading a Plugin
- Very Outdated Plugins
  - Accessability Properties Set — Push button access to the Accessibility Properties Control Panel applet.
  - Add-Remove Programs Properties Set — Push button access to the Add-Remove Programs Properties Control Panel applet.
  - Defrag — Push button access to the Windows Defrag program.
  - Display Properties Set — Push button access to the Display Properties Control Panel applet.
  - DteTme — Push button access to the Date and Time Properties Control Panel applet.
  - Flmngr
  - GeCalc — Push button access to the Windows Calculator.
  - GeoAmpVol
  - GeoBIN — Push button access to the Recycle Bin.
  - GeoCMD — Push button access to open a Command Prompt window.
  - GeoCPU — shows the current cpu load
  - GeoDUN — Push button access to the Dialup Network Folder.
  - GeoFader — deprecated GeoFader was a plugin which allowed the user to set the transparency level of the bars using a slider, but it does not work in any recent builds
  - GeoFlexiMenu — deprecated GeoFlexiMenu has long been replaced in most uses by either GeoLaunch or GeoMenu (or GeoMenuLaunch), and it's last remaining use has finally been elegantly replaced by GeoQuickLaunch.
  - GeoGripper — deprecated GeoGripper was a plugin which duplicated the look of the gripper anywhere on the plugin. It has been replaced by a new skinnable GeoSep.
  - geoINI
  - GeoNN — Push button access to the Network Neighborhood folder.
  - GeoPrinters — Push button access to open a Printers folder.
  - GeoREG
  - GeoRGB
  - GeoStart
  - GeoUptime
  - GeoVol 'Classic' — Push button access to open a Volume Control Control Panel applet.
  - GeoWharf — Allowed Geoshell to load Litestep Wharf plugins onto GeoBars.
  - GeoXCommand — GeoXCommand was a stopping point on the evolution of GeoCommand.
  - gFonts — Push button access to open the Fonts folder in the Windows directory.
  - gModem
  - HrdWiz
  - jStick
  - Keybrd
  - Mousey
  - Multimedia Properties Set
  - myDocs
  - Netwrk
  - Paswrd
  - Plugins.dll
  - Regional Settings Properties Set
  - ScnDsk
  - SndPrp
  - Spacer
  - System Set
  - Telnet
  - TskMgr
GeoShell Services
- Custom Menus — are defined in the registry and can be called up using HotKeys, plugin buttons (GeoMenu, GeoMenuLaunch, or EButton) on bars, or desktop mouse clicks.
- HotKeys — Hotkeys are sometimes called "chords" because they require pressing two or more keys simultaneously
  - Available Keys — Here is a list of keyboard keys and how to enter them in the registry for use with Geoshell's Hotkey System.
  - Keystroke Sequences — a guide to setting up GeoShell so that you can launch any application you regularly use with two keystrokes or less.
  - Standard HotKeys — An explaination of the default hotkeys that come preconfigured in GeoShell
- Task Settings — The GeoShell "TasksService" is used to provide information about running applications to various plugins and menus
GeoShell UI — the main things you should know about the GeoShell User Interface
- Alpha Blending — GeoShell allows you to set varying levels of transparency for your bars if you are using Windows 2000, 2003, or XP
- Desktop Size — The desktop size settings allow you to adjust the space that windows use when they are 'maximized.'
- GeoBar — The GeoBar is the basic element of GeoShell. It holds GeoShell Plugins which provide most of the functionality
  - Gripper — The Gripper is the "command center" for each GeoBar
  - Gripper Menu
  - Hiding Options
- GeoShell Skins — nice essay about the Geoshell skinning system
  - Changing Skins — How to change a GeoShell Skin
  - Color Schemes
    - Bar Colors
    - Menu Colors
  - Making Skins — GeoShell skins consist of 4 bitmap files (one of which is optional) and another 4 for the vertical bars, if you want to skin those.
    - Transparent GeoBars — icons are free floating above the background
- Language.ini — you can teach it new languages yourself, you don't have to wait for the developers to translate it for you.
Installing Geoshell
- GNU General Public License
- Installing Geoshell Betas — These releases are often patches, and not full installers, and require a few different steps to install.
- Installing GeoShell from a Zip File — is not the recommended way to install GeoShell.
- Installing GeoShell from the Installer — is the recommended method for new users to install GeoShell.
- Setting Different Shells for Different Users — is possible as of Windows 2000 and XP using different profiles, without the use of a shell manager!
- Setting the Default Shell
- Uninstalling GeoShell
- Uninstalling GeoShell Manually
The FAQ — A list of Frequently Asked Questions with carefully researched answers.
- Active Desktop Simulation — Active Desktop doesn't work in GeoShell, but...
- Recreating QuickLaunch — Or "How do I get a bar full of buttons to my favorite programs."
The GeoShell Community
- GeoShell on IRC
  - GeoBot
  - Nickserv
- Tech Support Forums
The GeoShell Directory
The GeoShell Registry
- The GeoShell Key
- Using Regedit
Windows Settings
- Default File Manager — if you're having problems with your filemanager, maybe it's time to fire it
  - Filemanagers
- Easy System Paths — a list of some common system paths to windows folders
  - Not so Easy System Paths
- Explorer.exe Command Line Switches