Window Detective Alternatives

Window Detective is described as 'Programmer's tool used to "spy" on an application's windows and allows you to view and even modify some of its properties' and is an app in the development category. There are four alternatives to Window Detective for Windows. The best Window Detective alternative is Winspector Spy, which is free. Other great apps like Window Detective are WinSpy, WinID and XWinspector.

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  1. Have you ever used Spy++ that comes with MSVC? If you have then you know what Winspector is - but take out all of the annoyances of Spy++ and add in a big bag of handy tweaks and features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  2. WinSpy icon
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    WinSpy is a tool for retrieving details of an open window in the Windows desktop environment. It appears that it has superceded WinSpy++.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. WinID icon
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    WinID is controls & windows identification utility that is both powerful and compact. Its main purpose is to give an easy way to retrieve information about Microsoft Windows controls visually right off the screen.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Discover hidden features of other software with XWinSpector. It works like Spy++ but has many other features!

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
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