T-Clock Redux — Guide: Themes, Alarms, and Advanced Tweaks
Summary
- T-Clock Redux is an actively maintained fork of the classic T-Clock taskbar clock for Windows (White-Tiger/T-Clock on GitHub). It restores and extends the taskbar clock with rich formatting, calendars, alarms/timers, and many UI/customization options.
Themes & Appearance
- Time/date format: full custom format strings (12/24h, weekday, week numbers, ordinal day suffixes via format tokens).
- Fonts & colors: choose separate fonts for time/date, set colors (including transparency), and save presets.
- Layout: show time above date or inline, adjust line breaks, spacing, and text alignment; rotate text angle.
- Clock behavior: automatic centering, multi-monitor/taskbar support, per-taskbar clocks on Win8+, vertical/horizontal bar handling.
- Calendar: either Windows default calendar or T-Clock’s custom calendar; supports custom colors and showing past months.
Alarms, Timers & Notifications
- Alarms: create multiple alarms with custom labels, repeat rules, and selectable actions (sound, run program, show message).
- Timers/Stopwatch: built-in timers with a “Watch List” (start/stop/restart, sort by remaining time), hotkeys, export, and minimal CPU usage.
- Sounds/actions: select custom sound files or executable actions; T-Clock remembers last used sound/action.
- SNTP sync: optional SNTP time sync options (servers, IPv6 support).
Advanced Tweaks & Power Features
- Mouse/custom actions: assign left/right/middle/buttons ⁄5 to custom actions (open calendar, run command, change format, SNTP sync). Support for modifier keys (Ctrl/Shift) to change behavior.
- Format editor: realtime preview of format changes; many tokens for week numbers (ISO/Wu), timezone modifiers, and resource usage placeholders.
- Hotkeys: configurable global hotkeys for timers, refresh, open settings, etc.
- Portable mode: .ini-based portable configuration with backup/conversion tools.
- Update & safety: inbuilt update checker; failsafe to prevent Explorer crash loops.
- Developer/compat: GCC/MinGW builds available; source on GitHub with releases and issue tracker.
Install & Compatibility Notes
- Download from the White-Tiger/T-Clock GitHub releases page; choose the correct build for your Windows version. Some older releases required VC++ redistributables; current builds use GCC.
- Works on Windows 7–10 reliably; community patches and issues address Windows 11 compatibility (check the repo issues for latest status).
Quick tips
- Use the realtime format preview to craft complex time/date strings before applying.
- Back up T-Clock.ini before updating when using portable mode.
- Assign an easy global hotkey to open the Alarm/Watch List for faster control.
- If using on Windows 11, search the repo issues for workarounds and community solutions.
Sources
- White-Tiger/T-Clock (GitHub) — README, Releases, Issues pages (project homepage and release notes).
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