Aston - Desktop manager and Shell replacement for Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K/XP.
Aston fully replaces standard Windows Desktop and delivers a host of new features.
It's nice and easy to work on a computer with Aston installed. Aston doesn't require a powerful and expensive machine. With Aston your system is much more stable. Small footprint in RAM and few processor resources yield higher performance.

Features:

- Nice looking, easy-to-change interface.
- Skins for all elements.
- Detailed setup of any element.
- Simple visual configuration. (No need to deal with complicated *.cfg files.)
- Toolbars of any size with plenty of levels.
- Any size & shape icons, can be animated.
- Plug-ins, also Litestep's.
- Hotkeys.
- Shell Swapper.
- Install & Uninstall.
- And much more...

What's new in version 1.6?
+ Transparency for the menu, taskbar, toolbars in Win2k/XP.
+ New options for the main menu and tasbar.
+ Now, the "StayOnTop" option separate for taskbar and toolbars.
* Fixed bugs with applications' autoload from the registry,
the "RunOnceEx" key is now supported (important for IE setup
and Windows Update).
* Fixed bug with transparency in notebook.
+ New context menu for the desktop elements.
* Fixed bug with "Computers' find" in Win NT4, Win98.
* Fixed bug with "application toolbars" in Win XP.
+ Assigned font for the "tip of the day".
* Fixed bugs with some applications: ZoneAlarm, 602 office, "multimedia
keyboard" utility.
* Fixed bug in "Popup folder" with long filename.
+ Added new utility SHDOCTOR, which can easy prevent "shell not found"
problem in Win9x/ME.
* Fixed bugs with Theme Wizard with theme creation and removal.
+ 256-colors video modes are now supported.
+ Now, "Recyle bin" icon renews automatically in Win 98, (and
NT4, Win 95 with IE 4.0 or later).
+ Keyboard layout indicator is now supported XP.
* Fixed bug: the taskbar covers up the portion of screen in "Half-Life".
* Fixed bug with drag'n'drop in main menu setup.
* Fixed bug with "Cut" - "Cancel" in setup.
* Fixed bug with wallpapers' setup.