ZBar

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ZBar is a utility for those who use multiple monitors. If you have a single screen, then theres nothing to see here. Move on.

Cost / License

Free
Proprietary

Application type

Window Manager

Origin

United Kingdom

Alerts

Discontinued

Platforms

Windows

ZBar alternatives

Discontinued

Discontinued since 2012. See changelog at https://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/zbar/index.html

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Features

Support for Multiple Monitors

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Korye-Creations added ZBar as alternative to Multi-Slides
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piotq added ZBar as alternative to Displayflow
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Comments and Reviews

GollyRojer

CommentAug 11, 2018

Be aware that the History page of the website shows the last development was May 2014.

danielsokolowski

★★★★★

Dec 16, 2017

Seems to be better than Dual Monitor Taskbar, for example NTLite is handled properly with this and rendered on the correct taskbar.

norz

CommentMay 13, 2014

(http://alternativeto.net/software/displayfusion/ user searching for free alternatives.)

ZBar is a nice and useful tool, but there is a little bug: "window-less" windows are also shown in the taskbar, eg:

Strokeit: this a mouse gesture app that works without a window. Still, ZBar displays its name in the taskbar.
Volume slider: like Strokeit, once it has been used its title stays in the taskbar. NB: on my laptop (Lenovo) the volume OSD is also -briefly- shown.

Still, ZBar is free and works quite nicely, so I'm not complaining. ;) But I've found Dual Monitor Taskbar to be better suited to my needs.

[Edited by norz, May 13]

r_oosterholt

CommentDec 7, 2010

zbar is the first totally free multi monitor tool which includes a taskbar for every monitor with the look of the windows OS (xp, vista, etc).

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What is ZBar?

ZBar is a utility for those who use multiple monitors. If you have a single screen, then theres nothing to see here. Move on.

If you have two or more monitors, then Windows only puts the task bar at the bottom of one of those monitors, and although you can move windows to the second monitor, the task bar button for those windows still lives at the bottom of the primary monitor. This doesnt "feel" right to me, so ZBar was born.

Functionality

ZBar will:

Put a taskbar across the top or bottom of all non-primary screens with one or two rows of buttons, in six styles, with an optional clock
Provide keyboard shortcuts to move windows one screen along
Organise your desktop wallpaper one image per screen or one image across all screens
Display a six month calendar, last month, this month, and four months ahead