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".

Fast Launcher - replacement for Quick Launch and Start Menu! This application has several features which make this program far more powerful, useful and convenient than Quick Launch. Fast Launcher is easy to use - you need just two clicks to launch the program. Now you can divide different programs into groups, minimize the programs to tray or just hide them, use hot-keys for quick access and much more! This awesome software is freeware!

Power Launch 2 is the simply easier Windows management tool, giving you the power to automate any number of simple or complex tasks, and even start and close multiple programs with a single key stroke. You can also speed up and simplify your life by creating complex and powerful menus, as well as start screensavers automatically. Power Launch 2 also features a scheduler so any set of task within Windows can be easily, and effectively, automated.

Able Launch Bar is a window similar to the Quick Launch bar. This is Application Desktop Toolbar with built-in Windows Explorer. Able Launch Bar offers a system of shortcuts far more superior than Quick Launch. Arranged into folders, they are just the same as folders in the Explorer window. Able Launch Bar support for Drag & Drop helps quickly fill the folders with shortcuts from your desktop or start menu.

Flexiblesoft Launcher is a small program that allows you one mouse-click access to a pop-up menu of your favorite shortcuts, minimizing use of valuable desktop space and system resources. By extending mouse functionality, your customized pad of shortcuts appears with the click of a mouse- or a combination that you specify. Click one of the shortcuts on your pad, and your application is launched.

Websio Quick Launch is a simple and powerfull Web Part which allows start applications right from portal site. The Web Part contains a set of properties which allows you to customize all necessary settings: buttons/applications sets, visual style, etc. There are two versions of the Web Part: for SPS/WSS 2003 and for MOSS 2007 B2TR.

Free Launch Bar is a Free replacement for the standard Quick Launch bar. All functions presented in Quick Launch are also in Free Launch Bar. However, the Free Launch Bar is fully compatible with Quick Launch because it uses the same folder for shortcuts. But Free Launch Bar allows you to combine your shortcuts into popup menus. This vastly improves the management of your shortcuts.

Now your contacts, calendar etc. buttons can serve a second purpose. They can launch other programs, explore folders or open documents! Easy to configure, this application has different layouts that match the buttons on your specific device. Skinnable, choose a read-made background or use your own! Awarded 5 cows at Tucows

Launch Pivot provides an easy way to explore your computer. With fast search capabilities you can find and open your programs and documents in seconds. The user interface displays a detailed overview of your files. With integrated scheduler any file or various tasks can be executed at specified times. You can search the Internet (news, videos, images, maps, books etc.), look up a word in a dictionary and check the weather.

WorkManager Pro lets you automate working with multiple tasks on a PC. With this handy tool you can arrange as many tasks (programs, documents, URLs and system commands) as you need into one Work. Once this is done, the Work can be run with just one click. Just imagine clicking once and getting your browser, mail program, messenger, all your favorite URLs run and open in a second! The new Windows XP is fully supported!

Command Creator will help you create run-commands for use in the Start Menu´s Run dialog. The commands can launch programs, open folders, run files and launch URL´s. Fast Folders, which is a part of Command Creator, is a shell enhancement that gives you fast access to your favorite folders in Common Open/Save -dialogs, the desktop and in Explorer.

True Launch Bar is a utility that helps you strike the delicate balance between the comfort and integrity of your system. It is an extension to MS Windows file management that harnesses the system and gives you the reins. What’s more, it helps spruce up the system’s standard looks with new attractive skins and a range of customizable features. True Launch Bar works wonders with your system, putting things in order, and adding polish to its looks

Okoker HotKey Launcher is very easy to create hotkeys for keyboard. It allows to start beforehand chosen programs or files on the beforehand adjusted combinations of keys. It is very convenient, because for start of the program it is not necessary even to touch the mouse. You can adjust combinations of keys for start of the programs and files used more often by you.

This small program makes a huge difference! Launch Express puts any program, document or folder only one click away! It works with special folders (which aren't really folders) like My Computer or Control Panel too! You do not need to browse through endless folders and scroll through files to find what you need. Simply press the system tray icon, Win+Q or mouse roller and click a program to launch or folder to open. As simple as that! Try it now!

FastTouch v.3 Standard is interface system utility that facilitates the access to your programs, files, folders and drives. FastTouch handles all programs and Windows applications and offers an easy way to organize and free up valuable desktop space for convenient working. FastTouch Manager will assist you with the editing all appropriate setups to make your work incredibly fast.

XStart is an easy to use application launcher. A good alternative to the Windows Start Menu. Friendly and intuitive. It provides quick access to your favorite programs, shortcuts, folders, documents and websites. You can create custom categories, change themes and much more! How many times during the day you open a program or a document? With XStart you can reduce this time!

A shortcut launcher and organizer that will be a huge time saver when using your computer. It removes your desktop clutter and speeds up your daily and repetitive tasks. Also, it comes with the useful add-ons: Shutdown NOW! (to quickly Turn Off, Restart, Log Off, etc. your system), Cleanup NOW! (to remove any evidence of your work or Internet activities) and RevealPassword NOW! (to recover passwords behind a row of '*****' asterisks).

Launch by one simple click (exactly one!) your favorite programs, without any kind of toolbars and hotkeys. Add applications you need to the launch menu, and start them at any time. Manage another window by moving the mouse. Restore, close, and maximize the windows, instead of using title bar buttons, and save a lot of your time.

Prg Text Launcher is a desktop tool to open applications, files, folders, URLs, e-mails in three steps. The program provides an easy way to starting your tasks or switching between tasks quickly. You do not even focusing on computer monitors! Come on! Press Ctrl + Enter, type a keyword as 'ie', then press Enter. You will find that everything is so relaxed.

Web, email and file hyperlink control with customisable hovered characteristics. Acts like a web browser hyperlink for your own applications. The control can be made transparent so it can be placed on top of pictures and other controls. Unregistered controls work in a limited Freeware mode so the control is still useful without purchasing a licence. Purchasing a licence releases the full potential of the control. ActiveX control for VB6.