There is a portable version available made by VMWare Thinapp but that didn’t seem to work too well, even on XP. There is also an exclusion list where you can enter any applications that don’t play nicely with the program (ObjectDock.exe is entered by default).
There are several options to configure how DExposE2 looks and behaves, including hot corners like Windows 8 where you can expose all or just the current application, and key combinations can be setup to your liking.
This tool aims to clone the task switching Expose feature in the Mac OS X operating system on Windows XP, Vista and 7, although when tested on Windows 7, it didn’t seem to work that well. VistaSwitcher can also scroll through open windows from the same application such as Office etc, and there is a useful set of options for multi monitor support such as Alt+Tabbing on the active monitor or filtering out applications which aren’t on the active monitor. The standard Alt+Tab replacement mode can be enabled or disabled, and 2 other key combinations can be custom set. Pressing Alt+Tab will bring up the task switching window where you can scroll through the opened tasks complete with a preview window, which can be of the window’s place on the desktop or just the window itself. Vistaswitcher is like a much more powerful version of TaskSwitchXP that also works on Windows Vista and 7 as well. Works on Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and 7. A custom hotkey can be configured in addition to the default of Winkey+Tab.
Various small animation effects can be applied such as bouncing or reflections, and there’s also a rather neat feature of an animated background where there is a choice of water, raindrops or a warp tunnel to have running behind the windows with a background image of your choice.
In addition to the standard 3D flipping effect, it also has other ways to display the windows by either a wave motion water effect or by means of a full screen grid. Shock Aero 3D brings the Windows Flip 3D effect using OpenGL to XP or versions of Vista or 7 that don’t have it enabled. The task switcher can also be configured to activate on the active monitor of a multi monitor setup.
A number of different keyboard shortcuts can be setup and a window is available where you can enter any application window you want to exclude from the program. TaskSwitchXP makes use of the visual styles from XP so different layouts and its appearance can be totally configured to your liking. There are a number of changes that can be made to how the task switching dialog looks, which is displayed in a list format as well as a large thumbnail image for each window. TaskSwitchXP is a small and lightweight utility that greatly enhances the standard Windows XP Alt+Tab switching capabilities. Here’s a selection of 7 tools (6 free and 1 shareware) to help you get the most out of the Windows Alt+Tab function. Whether you would like to get the Flip 3D switcher on Windows XP or like to have a more functional way of cycling your open windows while pressing Alt+Tab, a few 3rd party tools are on hand to help. Windows Vista and 7 also come with a more visually appealing task switching mechanism called Flip 3D which can be accessed with the Win key+Tab combination on all but the Basic versions of those operating systems. Depending on your version of Windows, you will either get a strip of icons or small thumbnail images to represent the open programs, which you can then use to switch between the required application’s window to bring what you want to the front.
The way you can cycle through these open programs is by using the keyboard combination of pressing Alt+Tab. Everybody knows that like most other desktop operating systems, Windows can multitask and easily handles several different applications open at once.