Enable 3D Desktop in Windows XP, 95, 98, Me and 2000 with Madotate
Windows Vista has a demanding hardware specification for Premium Ready PC that will enable all advanced 3D features that make Windows Vista a worthy upgrade from Windows XP such as Windows Aero glass transparency effect, Windows Flip 3D and Windows DreamScene. However, with some simple utility, you can actually make and transform Windows XP with 3D features from Windows Vista without even upgrading the system hardware such as graphics card. One of them is TopDesk which enables Windows Flip 3D Vista feature in Windows XP. Another tool is Madotate which will transform Windows XP desktop into flippable 3D desktop.
Madotate
Madotate is a Japanese window manipulation tool which has started to be developed since 1999, and perform function similar to Microsoft Task Gallery which has since stopped development but its ideas may have contributed to the development of Windows Flip 3D. Madotate a button to the standard set of buttons for minimizing, maximizing, and closing windows on the title bar of open windows. The new button, when click, will minimize and flip the window into a 3D desktop space, with its lower half receding into the distance. Other than that, Madotate also allows the flipped or flattened windows with its own title tab to be docked in 3D to the left, right, top, bottom of the screen like stacked transparent glass window panes and or arranged anywhere to your liking.
Madotate freeware works on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 and Windowns XP, although translucent effect is not complete in operating system earlier than Windows 2000. The bad thing about Madotate is that it’s originally available in Japanese language only at original author Takayuki Shinohara’s site. However, a fully translated to English version has been done and available for download. Both is available for free download.
Download Madotate 2.02.02 Full English Translation edition (alternative download location).
Download Madotate version 2.02.02 (Japanese version is self-extracting archive).
Madotate program only takes up a small memory resources and only shows as a icon in the System Tray area of the Windows taskbar system tray (notification area). To run Madotate properly, both “madotate.exe” and “mtatecfg.exe” from the zip archive must be placed together in the same folder, or else the settings or preference menu will be unaccessible.
Beside, be default, Medotate turns off the transparency for 3D effects. To enable the transparency effect, right click on Madotate icon in system tray or the additional icon on each window’s title bar, and choose Settings. Then select (click or tick) “Transparency for 3D effects”. The slider bar below it determines how much transparent you want a window to be.
To convert or transform (Madotate term is lower) a window to 3D window, simply click on the Madotate icon on the title bar. To restore back to 2D window, simply click on the flattened window, or right click on it and choose “Restore to 2D”. You can also swap axes of window by right click on it. To move the 3D window around the desktop, click and drag.
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March 8th, 2007 03:17
[...] Madotate is an awesome windows manipulation tool for XP. The software footprint is less than a meg and it behaves itself very well. The program adds a button to the window bar that allows you to rotate your windows 60 to 90 degrees and make them semi transparent. You can also assign keyboard macros to rotate the currently selected window or windows open on your desktop. [...]
March 31st, 2007 23:49
Madotate! I like it! unlimit use day!
April 14th, 2007 18:37
good
April 18th, 2007 23:26
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April 20th, 2007 03:24
I use a WindowBlinds Vista 32 skin and I don’t have any new button
April 24th, 2007 11:38
[...] do basically the same thing that TopDesk does, but this is FREE!!! Site where I found this program.Enable 3D Desktop in Windows XP, 95, 98, Me and 2000 with Madotate
April 25th, 2007 14:55
Realmente con este pequeño software se mejora la interfaz de tu escritorio,yo actualmente lo uso combinado con windows vista, aero glass, y madotate por supuesto, y el resultado me es muy grato, gracias a los creadores de esta joya,chequen el resultado.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyA7aW6MLHY
May 22nd, 2007 05:17
Screen shot, details, compability and review of the 3d desktop program over at
http://www.tutorial5.com/content/view/60/
June 7th, 2007 19:56
hi
tank a lot . by i hope see another vergen .
June 17th, 2007 21:55
Program is great…
There is just one thing that is missing….
You can set only horizontal angle for starting 3D window. I usually loose time in adjusting it to vertical position… But other than that the program is fantastic
June 18th, 2007 14:18
gret prog
June 20th, 2007 08:40
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July 15th, 2007 15:09
A most excellent product that makes your desktop into 3d really easily and intuitively.
Really small just totally cool.
July 19th, 2007 06:01
[...] di winXP in 3D, come succede sul VIsta (funge anche sotto win95, 98, ME e 2000 lol ). Madotate 3D (recensione - download diretto), una volta installato e lanciato, piazza la sua piccola iconcina a fianco [...]
July 19th, 2007 15:59
[...] di winXP in 3D, come succede sul VIsta (funge anche sotto win95, 98, ME e 2000 lol ). Madotate 3D (recensione - download diretto), una volta installato e lanciato, piazza la sua piccola iconcina a fianco [...]
August 15th, 2007 08:57
Thank you, i use both linux and win xp and i miss the 3d fx free of charge
kind regards
November 16th, 2007 10:55
Excellent pro!
January 18th, 2008 06:54
great program but i came across a proble when putting it on my slower computer. first the comp has a 32 meg vid card (nvidia tnt) it worked fine the first time, but after i restarted the comp, it was no longer available…i tried re-installing the registry but still no beans, what did i do wrong? (havent tried restarting on this comp, now im kinda scared to cause i love this program)
p.s. the visual themes was really the only reason i used linux for a while (linux sux for MMORPG’s) so now i dropped it since this is almost the same thing minus a few other cooler things linux had.
January 18th, 2008 08:08
edit* never mind i just found out that you have to accually start the program lol
February 12th, 2008 01:10
Can u get rid of it
April 15th, 2008 21:33
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April 16th, 2008 16:43
thank’s for Takayuki shinohara, his create usefull and free tool.
thank’s a lot for you stuff.
May 4th, 2008 21:05
wow i like this software
thanks i am very happy
thanks thank…..
June 19th, 2008 21:56
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June 20th, 2008 02:35
The flip button is just ugly a fix pls