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plingme 1.02

bchick — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:06:52 +0000

submitted by bchick 1 day, 17 hours ago

plingme is a 3d interface designer & player all in one.... more

lastest changes

Now packaged as a self-extracting exe with uninstaller
Fixed: startup bug that meant some machines with large recycle bins were slow
Fixed: potential hang when updating running tasks icons
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FireDaemon Pro 1.9.2296

DoubleEagle — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:04:31 +0000

submitted by DoubleEagle on 28-08-2008

FireDaemon is a system utility that allows you to install and run any native Win32 application or script (eg. BAT/CMD, Perl, Java, Python, TCL/TK) as a Windows service. FireDaemon features easy configuration (via GUI or XML), a low memory/CPU overhead, subprocess prioritisation, custom environments, CPU binding plus monitoring and logging to the event log and on-disk log files. Running an application as a service has many benefits. For example, the ability to run when no one is logged in, the ability to run a specific local or domain user and to run for specific periods during the day, week or month.... more

lastest changes

All Windows services are editable
Support for Service Recovery options
DEP/NX compatibility
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Perfect Menu 4.0.0

Arthas — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:14:13 +0000

submitted by Arthas on 20-08-2008

Perfect Menu is an innovative software that allows a user to customize or replace pop-up menu (menu that appears on right mouse button click) in any Windows application. It runs on background without occupying your desktop space (just its icon is shown in the Taskbar tray area) and waits for your right mouse button click. When you right-click, depending on how you configure Perfect Menu, it either extends standard context menu by adding new commands or completely replaces it by your own.... more

lastest changes

Executable exclude list
Support for large icons
Support for Vista
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True Launch Bar 64-bit Edition 4.2.7 RC 3

gnuclear — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:12:56 +0000

submitted by gnuclear on 12-08-2008

True Launch Bar is a superior replacement for the standard Quick Launch bar. All functions presented in Quick Launch are also in True Launch Bar. However, the True Launch Bar is fully compatible with Quick Launch because it uses the same folder for shortcuts. But there is one huge difference. True Launch Bar allows you to combine your shortcuts into groups. This feature looks like popup menus. This vastly improves the management of your shortcuts and save working space on your desktop. By using True Launch Bar, you speed up the launching of your applications like never before.... more

lastest changes

Fixed: Text overlap with the menu arrow
Fixed: The buttons can become hidden when using the Spacer plugin
Fixed: Incompatibility with Deskscapes
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True Launch Bar 32-bit Edition 4.2.7 RC 3

DoubleEagle — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:12:36 +0000

submitted by DoubleEagle on 12-08-2008

lastest changes

Fixed: Text overlap with the menu arrow
Fixed: The buttons can become hidden when using the Spacer plugin
Fixed: Incompatibility with Deskscapes
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Find and Run Robot 2.27.01 Beta

Arthas — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:01:48 +0000

submitted by Arthas on 28-07-2008

Find and Run Robot is a program for keyboard maniacs - it helps you rapidly find programs or documents from within the depths of the start menu (or other directories). One keypress launches the utility - then just start typing the first letters of the application you want to launch. As you type the best matches are shown - just hit the number to launch the associated program.... more

lastest changes

[MinorFeature] - Changed default memory use to "Average" (was Use More Memory When Minimized)
[Bug Fix] - Improved autosizing of window, especially with custom font overrides and skins
[MajorFeature] - You can now specify a list of extensions to restrict search to or exclude from searching in each search folder (when combined with search folder keyword modifiers this can be an efficient way of restricting search)
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ProgramLaunch 3.31

gnuclear — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:05:17 +0000

submitted by gnuclear on 07-07-2008

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.... more

lastest changes

Added additional setting for the autohide hotspot, allowing the edges to be controlled in more detail
Added preferences for controling menu shortcuts
Updated German, Polish and Danish translations
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Launch 1.1

macyzhu — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:06:54 +0000

submitted by macyzhu on 24-06-2008

Launch is an application designed to run or execute any type of file. It can pass parameters to the file being executed. It provides support for running new file types such as *.MSU, *.MSP, among others. Launch uses its own process to run files, which means that the file type is not important anymore as long as you have an associated program that can open the files you want to run. It comes with U3 installer, MSI installer for people who want to put Launch in the context menu and the normal portable exe file.... more

lastest changes

Subroutine to display the PID of the running process and to wait until it finishes
The Run button acts like an OK button, so you can just press ENTER to execute a file
The Exit button acts like an EXIT button, so you can just press ESC to exit Launch
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Keyboard Remapper 1.2 Build 12

beta — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:04:33 +0000

submitted by beta on 20-06-2008

Keyboard Remapper allows you to quickly redefine your keyboard's keys function. Program is simple to use. No installation procedure. You do not have to restart you computer. Simply download the archive, unpack it, start the program and redefine your keys.... more

Impulse 1.0

Akimoto — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:01:41 +0000

submitted by Akimoto on 17-06-2008

Impulse is Stardock's new state of the art digital distribution platform. Impulse allows users to quickly and easily find their favorite game or software and download it automatically to their PC as well as get the most out of their existing games and software.... more

Arrange Startup 3.4

asmith — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:01:52 +0000

submitted by asmith on 10-06-2008

Arrange Startup classifies all of your programs that are executed at startup as system programs, suspicious applications that can be viruses, and the programs that are not necessary for startup. It happens very often that the applications that can be executed when needed, form part of the startup list wasting hardware resources after each startup. It will help you to remove programs from startup list or to add them there.... more

lastest changes

New localizations

Key Launch 1.82

Alligator — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:01:16 +0000

submitted by Alligator on 03-06-2008

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.... more

lastest changes

Faster indexing

RunClik 1.0.1

DoubleEagle — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:08:57 +0000

submitted by DoubleEagle on 29-05-2008

RunClik is an application launcher that lets you quickly open more than one program by simply choosing a program group from the system tray. You can create program groups, customize the list of items to include, set several item attributes. You can even launch your favorite program group when Windows starts. RunClik allows you to launch your favorite programs using a simple menu from the system tray. Easily create favorite programs groups that can be opened with a single click. Just drag and drop a shortcut or program to the group. RunClik supports parameters for each item. They include run parameters, delay number of seconds before run, standby for next program execution until current program becomes idle.... more

Task Commander 2.5

MGSolid — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:07:03 +0000

submitted by MGSolid on 23-05-2008

Task Commander is a unique Windows task management and application launcher\maintenance solution capable of freeing up valuable desktop, taskbar and Quick Launch panel space as well as providing one-click access to your favorite applications and files.... more

lastest changes

Added possibility to specify categories for the programs in the Hot Launch menu
Added possibility to change the 'Stay on top' property for the running applications
Added the 'Shoutdown' submenu to the tray menu
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LaunchPro 1.1

Arthas — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:13:02 +0000

submitted by Arthas on 23-05-2008

LaunchPro lets you to categorize all of your applications and allows you to access them with a single hotkey. Once you set your hotkey, just press the hotkey and the LaunchPro window will show up under your mouse cursor. From there, you will see all of you applications categorized the way you want them to be. You can also set global hotkeys for each application, letting you bypass the LaunchPro window and directly opening the application... more

KeyCue 4.2

beta — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:04:36 +0000

submitted by beta on 23-05-2008

KeyCue helps you to use your Mac OS X applications more effectively by displaying a concise table of all currently available menu shortcuts. You no longer need to memorize and remember key combinations; just press the command key and KeyCue tells you what you want to know.... more

lastest changes

KeyCue can now display Keyboard Maestro macros when you press the ctrl key
Under certain circumstances, KeyCue prevented the computer from shutting down or restarting
KeyCue avoids overlapping its shortcut table with the head-up display of CopyPaste Pro

Lock Workstation 1.0.0429

macyzhu — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:16:00 +0000

submitted by macyzhu on 22-05-2008

Lock Workstation uses the Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 "Lock Workstation" feature. If an Administrator has disabled all methods of this feature within Windows, Lock Workstation can bypass those restrictions, allowing you to make use of the Windows "Lock Workstation" feature.... more

Executor 0.98 Beta

gnuclear — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:10:17 +0000

submitted by gnuclear on 12-05-2008

Executor is a launcher that is a more powerful and customizable version of Windows Run. The program originated as I was sick of spending too much time searching for programs through my ever growing windows start-menu and also found myself using windows run more and more frequently. There was of course already programs like this available, but each had it's annoyance or missing features or too( !! ) geeky. So I decide to code my own app to rid me of using the windows start-menu and windows run. Many features like: customizable keywords, history, auto-completion (keywords, history, file system), drop-down or vista like list, start-menu importer, skinable, very customizable, url and email detection, one keyword can launch multiple keywords/files/urls/programs etc, optional icon and program title display, customizable hotkey, a number of special commands and parameters, filesystem autocompletion, optional sounds, intergrated calculator and more.... more

RocketDock 1.3.5

sumomi — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:20:28 +0000

submitted by sumomi on 01-05-2008

RocketDock is a smoothly animated, alpha blended application launcher. It provides a nice clean interface to drop shortcuts on for easy access and organization. With each item completely customizable there is no end to what you can add and launch from the dock.... more

lastest changes

Fixed an INI bug breaking Skin / Theme compatibility

newest comment by sumomi on 01-05-2008

I love this app. And especially the Stack Docklet! Great!! ... more

LaunchOnFly 1.52

macyzhu — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:03:21 +0000

submitted by macyzhu on 28-04-2008

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.... more

lastest changes

New feature: You can now hide individual shortcuts and submenus (in case you want shortcuts to be available only using hotkeys)
Change: Updated icons in Settings window
Change: Misc. user interface changes
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Engage 1.2.3.89 Beta

gnuclear — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:02:08 +0000

submitted by gnuclear on 11-12-2007

Engage is a start menu replacement that gives you fast and easy access to your programs, documents, web sites, search engines, shutdown and your favorites or bookmarks. It will organize your programs for you, automatically. The highly optimized user interface means that almost anything is just a few keystrokes (or clicks) away. All you need to do to launch a program is to press "Start", type a few letters and press "Enter".... more

Start++ 0.7.9

DoubleEagle — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:13:13 +0000

submitted by DoubleEagle on 01-11-2007

Start++ is an enhancement for the Start Menu in Windows Vista. It also extends the Run box and the command-line with customizable commands. For example, typing "w Windows Vista" will take you to the Windows Vista page on Wikipedia.... more

slimKEYS 1.1.2

beta — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:04:57 +0000

submitted by beta on 12-10-2007

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.... more

lastest changes

New toolbar icons in the main window
Fixed primary gradient background color lost when changing the caption gradient background color
Fixed new password entries not showing up in slimLAUNCH until slimKEYS is reloaded
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QT TabBar 1.1.0.1

bchick — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:07:52 +0000

submitted by bchick on 24-09-2007

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

lastest changes

Option to change selection of file name text by pressing F2 while renaming files
Test of saving folder settings on every navigation
Test of option: Toolbar background image ( only for VisualStyled environments )
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LaunchBar Commander 1.61.01

gnuclear — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:05:39 +0000

submitted by gnuclear on 21-08-2007

LaunchBar Commander is a highly customizable professional Launch Bar and Tray Menu tool with tons of features and a powerful configuration gui. It includes advanced button and menu types like Tool Buttons, Batch Buttons, Virtual Links anre more. Full drag+drop support for configuration and launching.... more