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Launchy


Launchy
Price: Free

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Reviewed By: Wayne Williams

This review updated: 07/06/2008
Featured in magazine:
Issue 186
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Web Address: http://launchy.net


This is a very tidy and well-designed program. Just hit Alt and Space to call up the search window, type in the first few letters of the program you want to run or website you want to visit, and hit Enter. Launchy indexes programs in your Start menu and websites bookmarked in your browser, and displays and refines matching items as you type. It also indexes music files, documents and pictures.

Although it sounds simple there are hidden depths. It's highly configurable so you can change its look or add additional features using plug-ins. It comes with three excellent add-ons as standard: Weby lets you run web searches directly on popular sites like Wikipedia or YouTube; Calcy is a calculator; and Runner lets you create custom commands. There are plenty of other add-ons available to download from SourceForge.

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