Written by Just a quick post to mention a tool that I have come to love.
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!
The other day, I accidentally closed this little gem, and then I realized how truly addicted to it I was. I had to go to the Start Menu to open it, and it was like a foreign concept to me. I have Launchy set up to index my entire Start Menu, so anything I open, I open through Launchy.
I set my “hotkey” as Alt+Space. When I press that combination, the Launchy window comes up, and I begin typing the name of the program I want to open. Once the autocomplete feature has correctly identified what I want to open, I hit Enter, and there it is. Simple as that. It’s a definite time saver, especially if you have a large amount of programs installed.
There are other tools like this out there, but Launchy’s simple elegance has me hooked.
I will second your recommendation.
Ever since you told me about this program I have become completely addicted to it. It just works…and I like that it has a memory, so it remembers what programs you use more often. Yep, I would recommend it to anyone and everyone.
You mistyped your post title, dude.
Thanks Martin. I just noticed that.
That’s what I get for being in a hurry!
You are welcome.
Btw. Launchy is a incridible great app.