A very simple and completely free stopwatch program for Windows.

Just download stopwatch.zip and unzip somewhere on your computer. Create a shortcut on your desktop for convenient access. If you want the stopwatch to immediately start running, add a command line argument of "start". Pressing Ctrl-C will copy the elapsed time to the clipboard.

Why?
On occasion I do consulting work and need to time how long I'm working for a client. So I figured a little stop watch like Windows program would be handy to have. After several hours searching the internet, I found only programs which cost money, didn't allow the timer to continue after a pause, or had a user interface as complex as a nuclear reactor.

So after 20 minutes of highly complex and exhausting software development, I had created The World's Simplest Free Stopwatch. Enjoy!

Revision history:

• Changed to display only hundredths of a second, the spinning third decimal place was annoying me.
• Added icons so it is easier to find in taskbar.
• Converted to Visual Studio 2005.
• Added "start" command line switch to automatically start when opened.
• Ctrl-c will copy the elapsed time to the clipboard.