A Simple Free Stopwatch Program
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.
StopWatch C# source code
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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:
Sept 13th, 2006 - version 2.0 released
- 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.
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