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Do you like the Always On Top feature provided by some apps and want this feature in other apps too? Well, you can make any window stay at the top of other windows. This post discusses a number of tools that let you do so. Keeping a window on top comes with a lot of benefits, you can continue doing your work, while also keeping an eye on other windows as well.

Make a window stay Always On Top

Here are a few free tools that can help you achieve this on your Windows 10/8/7 PC:

TurboTop
OnTopReplica
Always On Top
DeskPins
AOT Extension for Chrome & Firefox
WindowTop
PinWin
PinWin – Pin On Top
OnTopper
PinMe
Window TopMost Control
TopMostFriend.

Let us take a look at them.

1] TurboTop

Make a window stay Always On Top

TurboTop is again a small utility that runs from the system tray. It lets you choose the window that you want to keep on top and that all. The window would stick to the top while you do your work. There are no hotkeys or customizations possible with this tool. TurboTop is very simple to use and just does what it says. Click here to download TurboTop.

2] OnTopReplica

OnTopReplica is a great tool that creates a real-time clone of a specified window using DWM Thumbnails and the Windows Forms Aero library. You can create a clone by selecting a Window or by specifying an area from your screen. You can easily resize the window as per your requirement and tweak a few other settings as well. You can set the clone opacity and even lock its position on the screen. To facilitate the task, you can even choose hotkeys to clone the screen and also for showing/hiding the cloned window. Click here to download OnTopReplica.

3] Always On Top

Always On Top is a small little utility that lets you keep any window in the foreground. You just need to download the application, run it and press the hotkey. Always On Top does not feature any other imaging functionalities as such but still the tool makes it easier to keep windows on top. It makes the entire task a lot easier and faster. All you need to do is select the window and then hit 'Ctrl + Space' from your keyboard, and the window will stay there as it is on top of all other windows. Click here to download Always On Top.

4] DeskPins

DeskPins is another lightweight tool that can force any running programs to stay on top of others. It is available here.

5] AOT Extension for Chrome & Firefox

AOT

AOT a.k.a. Always on Top extension for Google Chrome lets you keep any webpage on top of all other windows. The extension comes handy when you are manually doing some data entry on a webpage and minimizing and then maximizing windows is a pain. To use the extension you need to enable Panels from 'chrome://flags'. To set a webpage on top you just need to open the webpage in Google Chrome, then right-click and then select 'Always On Top'. The webpage will be opened in a new customized window that would always stay on top. Click here to download AOT Chrome Extension. A similar extension is also available for Mozilla Firefox that can be downloaded from here.

UPDATE: The Chrome Extension AOT has been discontinued. It is still available for Firefox.

6] WindowTop

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You might want also to check out WindowTop. It is a free utility for Windows that lets you pin an open window on top of others. You can control opacity, click-through windows, enable Dark Mode & Shrink the open applications.

7] PinWin

PinWin is a very simple and intuitive app that allows you to make any 3rd party window, remain "always-on-top". It will appear on top of other windows at all times. Available here.

8] PinWin – Pin On Top

PinWin – Pin On Top is another minimal Windows system tray application that allows you to pin any windows to the top of the screen with one click. Available here.

9] OnTopper

OnTopper is another free tool available on SourceForge that lets you pin a program window topmost.

10] PinMe

PinMe lets you pin a window Always On Top, change transparency level, capture windows, and offer basic statistics on your PC.

11] Window TopMost Control

TopMost Control can make any program window stick over other program windows. To make a window always on Top you have four options:

Select a window and double click to the TopMost Control icon in the system tray
Select a window and use Ctrl+Alt+Space Keyboard shortcuts
Use Windows List in system tray menu
Use CMD.

Get it here.

12] TopMostFriend

This free utility lets you quickly force any program to be always on top. It should work on any version of Windows that supports .NET Framework 4.0 and is available for download from Github.

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Lavish loves to follow up on the latest happenings in technology. He loves to try out new Windows-based software and gadgets and is currently learning JAVA. He loves to develop new software for Windows. Creating a System Restore Point first before installing a new software is always recommended, he feels.