System Utilities> Automation Tools

Description: LaunchOnFly is a Start Menu alternative and hotkey manager. It lets you launch applications, open files, folders, Web sites, and send e-mails faster and easier using quickly accessible and easily configurable menu which you can open using either mouse or keyboard. After setup initial menu is created for you. It's very easy later to add new items to menu using Send To menu or by dragging and dropping them onto LaunchOnFly Settings window.

Keywords: keyboard manager folders window files mouse easy 

File size: 3258 kb; Updated: 2008-04-29

Description: ProgramLaunch is a simple and easy to use application launchbar for the Windows operating systems. Initially made as a tool to circumvent the anoying start menu, this third generation is completely redesigned from scratch to improve flexibility and performance and make everyday use of the launcher as comfortable as possible. Managing the launchpad is simple and intuitive. Programs are added either through a dialog or by dragging links from Windows onto the launchpad. Organizing the programs is also done easily by dragging the icons and groups arround. Assign one or more shortcuts for each icon. These are used for launching a program by one simple keystroke. If a shortcut key combination is assigned to multiple icons, a list is shown for selecting the which program needs launching.

Keywords: application windows icons tool easy 

File size: 3187 kb; Updated: 2008-04-01

Description: Portable Start Menu is a simple and free start menu application that can be installed on USB sticks or local PCs. Organize your programs in a simple menu system and launch them via a tray icon. If you close Portable Start Menu on an USB-Stick, running applications can be closed automatically, too.

Keywords: application organize system free tray 

File size: 1075 kb; Updated: 2008-03-19

Description: Key Launch lets you forget your start menu and the icons on your desktop - launch programs and documents from your keyboard, with just a few keystrokes, by typing abbreviations. Just type a few letters of what you are looking for and Key Launch finds it - enter e.g. 'calc' to open the 'calculator'. You can add aliases, e.g. you can define that "w" means "Microsoft Word", and from now on, you can simply hit Ctrl+Q, then 'w' and enter to open MS Word, it's much faster than browsing through your start menu.

Keywords: calculator microsoft keyboard desktop icons word 

File size: 1020 kb; Updated: 2008-03-17

Description: FileBox eXtender is a program that extends the standard Windows File|Open and File|Save dialog boxes by adding handy little icon buttons on the right side of the title bars, next to the minimize, restore, and maximize buttons.

Keywords: windows restore save file 

File size: 1590 kb; Updated: 2008-03-10

Description: QT TabBar is a tab bar for Windows Explorer. It allows you to operates files and folders like tabbed browser: folder grouping, histories, etc.

Keywords: explorer windows browser folders folder files 

File size: 501 kb; Updated: 2008-02-27

Description: slimKEYS is a universal hotkey manager that monitors the global hotkeys of your choice, and informs hotkey handlers when their associated hotkeys are pressed. Each type of hotkey handler (also known as a hotkey provider) is a simple managed DLL implementing a few abstract classes.

Keywords: manager 

File size: 766 kb; Updated: 2008-01-24

Description: Keyboard Express is a Windows keyboard macro utility. It allows you to issue just about any series of keystrokes to your windows applications with the touch of a key. These keystrokes can manually be entered in and assigned to over 700 hot keys. In addition, keystrokes can be captured “on the fly” as you are typing in one of your Windows applications. System date and times, symbols and more can be added for insertion into applications and more.

Keywords: keyboard windows utility system into 

File size: 4215 kb; Updated: 2008-01-11

Description: Vista Shortcut Manager (formerly Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover) allows you to either remove or enable the explorer shortcut overlay arrow that is added to all shortcuts. Currently there is no native way to remove the shortcut overlay arrow or to even customize it in Windows Vista.

Keywords: explorer manager windows remover remove 

File size: 1693 kb; Updated: 2007-12-20

Description: Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes.

Keywords: manager windows utility desktop folders files icons free 

File size: 3453 kb; Updated: 2007-12-20