Circle Dock

0.92 Alpha Circular app launcher for Windows

Fernando Ortega

Program that presents applications and files in a circular dock, providing a unique and user-friendly interface for quick access.

Intuitive and unique Windows launcher that organizes and managements desktop shortcuts in a different way.

Circle Dock is a free and open source launcher app and desktop enhancement utility developed by Eric Wong for Windows. It's innovative, well-designed and customizable.

The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below.

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A Windows application launcher with style

Circle Dock is an application launcher arranged in a circular or ellipsoid dock shape. By using special dock items (dock folders) it is possible to create multi-layered docks which can be summoned using a user-defined keystroke combination and/or a mouse button click - this defaults to the middle mouse button although the program supports the X1 and X2 mouse buttons found on modern mice and, if modifiers are used in conjunction with the mouse, the left and right mouse buttons can also be used.

Circle Dock is 100% managed code written in C# and requires the Net Framework (version 2 or better).

Features of Circle Dock

  • A new settings panel that allows you to customize many options. It updates your dock as you make changes.
  • Automatically works on all Windows Vista and 7 computers and most Windows XP computers.
  • Built in support for Windows HD Icons. Vector and detailed PNG's come through with great clarity.
  • By default, clicking on the center button does not open the start menu.
  • Change the image shown for the icons and change the skins (compatible with icons and skins for Rocket Dock, Object Dock, etc.).
  • Change the image used for the dock icons with the easiest method out there: Just set the program to "Icon Replacement Mode" in the right-click menu of the center icon and you can change all the icon images by just dragging and dropping new PNG images onto them.
  • Drag and drop your files, folders and shortcuts onto a circular dock that you can re-size.
  • Launch your programs from a circular dock.
  • New easy method of upgrading from older versions.
  • Reorder and Organize the dock items with new adjustment interface.
  • Rotate the dock with either your mouse wheel or the keyboard arrow keys.
  • Rotate the dock with your mouse wheel or arrow keys (customizable).
  • Tested on computers with multiple monitors, Windows XP/Vista/7, 32-bit & 64-bit and requires only .Net Framework 2.0
  • The dock appears where your mouse is by pressing a hotkey (default is F1) or your middle mouse button, other options available.
  • Toggle the visibility of the dock by moving your mouse to any edge of your screen. By default, the left and right edges are used for toggling.

Compatibility and License

Is Circle Dock free to download?

Circle Dock has been released under the open source GPL license on Windows from desktop enhancement software. The license provides the options to freely download, install, run and share this program without any restrictions. The source code for Circle Dock should be freely available and modifications are certainly permitted as well as the option to inspect the software.

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Circle Dock has been picked by our editors as good software.
Circle Dock has been tested for viruses and malware.
We have tested Circle Dock 0.92 Alpha against malware with several different programs. We certify that this program is clean of viruses, malware and trojans.