I know its Eye Candy, but I actually use it.
If you own a 3, 4 or 5 button mouse, you can re-assign one of your buttons to evoke Flip3D..
Option 1:
Your Mouse vendors Vista driver package already has the option to re-assign.
Microsoft Intellipoint 6.2 has it, but not sure about others.
Done deal...go to control panel/mouse, and look for the mouse button options re-assignment.
Option 2:
Your Mouse software allows you to launch an application from one of the buttons. Open your mouse properties, and enter this command for the button re-assignment: C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe DwmApi #105.
You can modify the command if C is not your boot/windows drive.
Option 3:
Your mouse software allows you to assign a hot key or hot key combination to a specific button. First, go to folder options/view tab, and put a checkmark next to "Show hidden files and folders",
Now right click anywhere on your desktop, and select New Shortcut.
A new window will appear. Type or copy and paste "rundll32.exe DwmApi #105" no quotes. Hit next, and name it Flip3D, and then finish. Now right click on the shortcut you just created, and select Properties.
Under the General tab, check Hidden. Under the Shortcut tab go to the Shortcut Key, and enter your key or key combination. In my case, I used F9.
You may have to leave this blank temporarily until you re-assign your mouse button.
I had to leave this blank temporarily for my Logitech mouse, until I re-assigned the button in Mouseware properties (see my post on getting Mouseware to work with Vista). Logitech forces you to enter the key or key combination by actually pressing the keys. You can't type it in manually. Once you have re-assigned the button in your mouse software, enter it in the Shortcut Key window of the new shortcut, and click apply and close it. Now go back to your folder/options and remove the checkmark next to "Show hidden files and folders".
You may have to log off and then back on for the changes to work.
If none of these work, as a last resort try x-mouse.http://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/X...tonControl.htm
It's a little freeware app that can remap your mouse button assignments.
The latest version has Flip3D as a built-in option.
It works well, but does require installation of your mouse vendors software.
I have noticed a bit of stuttering on certain machines under certain circumstances when using it though.
Update: There's another little program called AutoHotkey http://www.autohotkey.com/.
This is a bit more complex than X-Mouse, and uses scripts (which you must create) to launch an application. I assigned the Flip3D run sequence to "Control-Z", and then re-assigned my center mouse button to those hot keys. The best part is, unlike X-Mouse, there are no glitches or stuttering.
Last but not least, for those of you feeling left out because you have Windows XP, there?s a shareware app called TopDesk http://www.otakusoftware.com/topdesk/ which adds Flip3D and or Expose' like functionality to XP.
If you do some digging, the earlier freeware version can be found on the net.
It actually works great on XP and Vita, and is much more customizable than Vitas built-in Flip3D.
If you own a 3, 4 or 5 button mouse, you can re-assign one of your buttons to evoke Flip3D..
Option 1:
Your Mouse vendors Vista driver package already has the option to re-assign.
Microsoft Intellipoint 6.2 has it, but not sure about others.
Done deal...go to control panel/mouse, and look for the mouse button options re-assignment.
Option 2:
Your Mouse software allows you to launch an application from one of the buttons. Open your mouse properties, and enter this command for the button re-assignment: C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe DwmApi #105.
You can modify the command if C is not your boot/windows drive.
Option 3:
Your mouse software allows you to assign a hot key or hot key combination to a specific button. First, go to folder options/view tab, and put a checkmark next to "Show hidden files and folders",
Now right click anywhere on your desktop, and select New Shortcut.
A new window will appear. Type or copy and paste "rundll32.exe DwmApi #105" no quotes. Hit next, and name it Flip3D, and then finish. Now right click on the shortcut you just created, and select Properties.
Under the General tab, check Hidden. Under the Shortcut tab go to the Shortcut Key, and enter your key or key combination. In my case, I used F9.
You may have to leave this blank temporarily until you re-assign your mouse button.
I had to leave this blank temporarily for my Logitech mouse, until I re-assigned the button in Mouseware properties (see my post on getting Mouseware to work with Vista). Logitech forces you to enter the key or key combination by actually pressing the keys. You can't type it in manually. Once you have re-assigned the button in your mouse software, enter it in the Shortcut Key window of the new shortcut, and click apply and close it. Now go back to your folder/options and remove the checkmark next to "Show hidden files and folders".
You may have to log off and then back on for the changes to work.
If none of these work, as a last resort try x-mouse.http://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/X...tonControl.htm
It's a little freeware app that can remap your mouse button assignments.
The latest version has Flip3D as a built-in option.
It works well, but does require installation of your mouse vendors software.
I have noticed a bit of stuttering on certain machines under certain circumstances when using it though.
Update: There's another little program called AutoHotkey http://www.autohotkey.com/.
This is a bit more complex than X-Mouse, and uses scripts (which you must create) to launch an application. I assigned the Flip3D run sequence to "Control-Z", and then re-assigned my center mouse button to those hot keys. The best part is, unlike X-Mouse, there are no glitches or stuttering.
Last but not least, for those of you feeling left out because you have Windows XP, there?s a shareware app called TopDesk http://www.otakusoftware.com/topdesk/ which adds Flip3D and or Expose' like functionality to XP.
If you do some digging, the earlier freeware version can be found on the net.
It actually works great on XP and Vita, and is much more customizable than Vitas built-in Flip3D.