Stardock has a new killer app: Groupy - organize your windows together
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 by Draginol | Discussion: Object Desktop blogs
From the people who brought you Fences, Start8, ObjectDock, DeskScapes, and countless other amazing programs comes a new one that will transform the way you use your PC: Groupy.
At any given moment, people have a lot of windows open.
Maybe it's a few Explorer windows, a couple of Excel spreadsheets, maybe a a Word document or a PowerPoint presentation. Maybe they're working with Adobe Premiere and After Effects and a few other windows. In any event, dealing with all these windows can get to be quite a mess. So what's the solution?
The answer is: Stardock Groupy, the program that lets you treat all your windows the same way you are now used to treating browser windows -- put them them together with each window given its own tab.
Example 1: Got lots of Explorer windows?
No problem:
Example 2: So many spreadsheets
Lots of people end up with several Microsoft Office apps running that can easily get misplaced, especially if you have multiple monitors. Groupy fixes that.
Just put them together.
Example 3: For the Adobe power user
Many artists are familiar with working between the various amazing Adobe applications. Navigating between them adds up over time.
Instead, just put them together. Now you can switch between tabs with the Win-~ key instantly.
Now it acts as a single app. If you need to pull them apart, no problem - just drag the tab off like you would with a browser window.
Example 4: Chrome and Edge living together in harmony
Do you find yourself using multiple web browsers occasionally? Groupy can help with that, too.
Groupy supports tabs within tabs.
Edge and Chrome are now acting as a single web browser.
Example 5: Mix and Match
Maybe you are a power user or developer who has a diversified mix of applications in use to get a job done. No problem, Groupy will let you group any window with another window.
And to ungroup, just drag the tab off from the group.
It's both the simplest app and most useful app you may ever buy. Get it now as part of Stardock's award-winning Object Desktop suite of utilities at www.objectdesktop.com today.
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Reply #22 Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:43 PM
Not sure if this is Groupy-related. Installed the app and used yesterday - really like it.
Today doing "real" work I double clicked a shortcut to an excel workbook and excel opened, but not the file. File could only be opened by again double clicking it.
Uninstalled Groupy and all works fine. Of course I will need to reinstall to see if this was just a Win10 glitch or not. Ah, computers are such fun sometimes.
We believe we have that one tracked down and fixed for the next update. Once it is open you should be fine, but opening from a shortcut caused a loading error. This is also impacting dragging DDS files into Visual Studio.
Reply #23 Thursday, November 16, 2017 7:07 PM
I would love this if it would eliminate the crowded view in my taskbar on my limited screen size of a Surface Pro 3; such as merging it all into one single app on the taskbar or into a single tray icon. Is there any way to implement this, or is it an option in Groupy?
Reply #24 Friday, November 17, 2017 7:03 AM
We believe we have that one tracked down and fixed for the next update. Once it is open you should be fine, but opening from a shortcut caused a loading error. This is also impacting dragging DDS files into Visual Studio.
Any idea when that update will be coming?
I just signed in here to report that issue. Was delighted to see that you are aware of the issue and are actively engaged in a resolution.
Once again - Kudos on this app. It is fantastic!
Reply #25 Saturday, November 18, 2017 1:06 AM
Just installed Groupy. It tabs all my c programming apps perfectly! Saves a lot of space and headaches switching from app to app. Well worth a re-subscription to Object Desktop!
Reply #26 Saturday, November 18, 2017 8:05 AM
So the one thing I am missing in Groupy is a semi-permanent setup - IOW, remember my setups (ie. just an explorer window with file names) and prevent me from closing tabs. After a short test run I must say that Groupy works very well - I'm still thinking of new uses for it.
And for your next trick, how about a tabbed feature on Fences? 
Reply #27 Saturday, November 18, 2017 11:26 AM
I was about to ask if Groupy had the ability to 'remember' groups and launch them from a shortcut or if you have to 'assemble' them each time you log on, which is what Srick is getting at, I think.
Reply #28 Sunday, November 19, 2017 10:04 AM
I was about to ask if Groupy had the ability to 'remember' groups and launch them from a shortcut or if you have to 'assemble' them each time you log on, which is what Srick is getting at, I think.
Reply #29 Sunday, November 19, 2017 3:20 PM
Been using this steadily for four days now and generally speaking, I love it! A lot less scooting windows around. 
Reply #30 Tuesday, November 21, 2017 10:18 AM
any date yet on the next release that will fix the Excel issue?
Reply #32 Monday, November 27, 2017 3:08 PM
I see there is a new build which did fix the issue, so disregard my unanswered question.
Reply #33 Tuesday, November 28, 2017 3:26 AM
Groupy v0.85 On/Off button unexpected behavior (Win10Home v16299.rs3_release.170928-1534 64bit)
On a standard user, when I turn Groupy "On" after having it "Off", it seems to read the Settings configurations from the Admin User (or maybe the installing user?) instead of from the currently logged-in user. Examples- show/don't show close buttons on tabs, [shift] or [ctrl] grouping requirements, [shift] requirement for tab dragging. The configuration screen shows the settings intended for the current user even though that's not what it's using.
A logoff/login while Groupy is "On" makes it read from the current user again - "fixes it".
Thanks for the On/Off button though.
Reply #34 Tuesday, November 28, 2017 7:07 PM
Looks like there's some competition with this on the way from Windows itself
Reply #35 Tuesday, November 28, 2017 9:07 PM
Its a cool feature, but its only tabbing Microsoft products. Groupy still has an advantage since it allows you to tab everything.
Reply #36 Tuesday, November 28, 2017 9:28 PM
At some point in the future, Microsoft will release a feature that will be a sub-set of what Groupy does.
Reply #38 Friday, December 15, 2017 10:30 AM
I don't think so, Imagine that the Hide Mouse Pointer when writing doesn't work at all, only on some of the MS apps but not the rest... what to talk about this feature 
Reply #39 Friday, December 15, 2017 12:08 PM
I recall back in 2016 and buying a tab program that did/does most of what Groupy does, and at the time I said that it would be great if Stardock came up with a similar app that did all that and more. Well thank you, Stardock, you made one of my software dreams comes true.
I have yet to download and use it, having been a bit distracted lately, but I'm sure it will answer all my needs and then some.
Reply #40 Thursday, December 21, 2017 11:20 AM
I tried Groupy on 3 PCs. All 3 ended up with shutdown errors. Apparently "Groupy listener" would hang on shutdown.
Uninstalled it. Didn't really care for it anyway.
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Reply #21 Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:40 PM
Not sure if this is Groupy-related. Installed the app and used yesterday - really like it.
Today doing "real" work I double clicked a shortcut to an excel workbook and excel opened, but not the file. File could only be opened by again double clicking it.
Uninstalled Groupy and all works fine. Of course I will need to reinstall to see if this was just a Win10 glitch or not. Ah, computers are such fun sometimes.