Launchy: A Complete Replacement for Windows Start Menu, Taskbar, Desktop Icons and File Manager

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!

Once Launchy has been started, it hides in the background. You bring it forward by holding the alt key and tapping the space key. You then type in a few keys of the program you are searching for and hit enter once it has been found. You can also make Launchy dissappear again by hitting escape or alt+space.

Launchy is developed to run on XP, however you can try downloading the gdiplus.dll and unzipping it into your Launchy directory to get it to run with Win2000.

Here are some tips for Launchy:

Search Google

Type in google, then tab, then your search query and press enter

Check the Weather

Type in Weather, then tab, then your zip code or city,state and press enter

Search other sites

Other sites you can search include wikipedia, msn, yahoo, amazon, netflix, imdb, and more.

Browse your computer

Type in c:, then tab, then a folder or file, hit tab, and continue

The Launchy Calculator

Did you know that Launchy has a built in calculator? Type in some algebra and see what happens!

Index your Bookmarks & Folders

Directory: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Favorites
File Type: .url

Index your Music

Directory: My Documents
File Types: .mp3 .aac .ogg

Index your Pictures

Directory: My Documents
File Types: .jpg .gif .bmp

Index your Documents

Directory: My Documents
File Types: .doc .pdf .xls .ppt

Index custom Commands

Directory: Your Custom Folder
File Types: .exe .bat .lnk

Download Link

Homepage

Skins

Plugins

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