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.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2003-05-30
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: 32.95 $

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".

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2008-06-26
• Size: 976 Kb
• Cost: Free

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.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2008-02-25
• Size: 514 Kb
• Cost: 9.95 $

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.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-08-29
• Size: 613 Kb
• Cost: 39.00 $

Speed up your day with Launch-n-Go. Launch-n-Go is a smart multipurpose productivity tool. A Text Inserter, Program Launcher, Shortcut Manager & Desktop Toolbar – all in one! Use hotkeys and keywords for instant access to nearly everything on your computer. Launch web sites, files or programs instantly, or search the Internet. Use the program's text inserter to type any text into any Windows program. Action & information at your fingertips!

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2005-07-06
• Size: 2 Mb
• Cost: 24.95 $

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.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2004-11-05
• Size: 522 Kb
• Cost: Free

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

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2001-10-01
• Size: 831 Kb
• Cost: 10.00 $

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.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-10-09
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: 12.75 $

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!

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-01-26
• Size: 772 Kb
• Cost: 19.95 $

QuickStart allows you to quickly find items in your Start Menu, Favorites, Recent Files, Desktop and History, that match a typed keyword. In addition, you can specify a custom directory, as well as file extensions to look for. Just type in the keyword and press enter to be presented with a list of items that match your entry - you can then select and launch the program, link or file by selecting it from the list.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-11-21
• Size: 339 Kb
• Cost: Free

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!

• License: Shareware
• Language: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
• Release: 2006-03-10
• Size: 4 Mb
• Cost: 20.00 $

LogWatcher is an advanced utility designed to search through Windows NT event logs to find certain keys that you define, and to execute special tasks when it finds them. LogWatcher also supports text-based event logs, typical of those created by unattended processes that do not write to the Windows NT event log. LogWatcher will search logs on multiple remote computers, and will examine any of the event logs on those machines.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2001-09-04
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: 149.95 $

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).

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-05-15
• Size: 2 Mb
• Cost: 8.95 $

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.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-11-14
• Size: 382 Kb
• Cost: 17.95 $

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.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2002-09-15
• Size: 578 Kb
• Cost: 19.95 $

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.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2005-08-25
• Size: 455 Kb
• Cost: 20.00 $

XKat is a simple-to-use, affordable backup program. XKat is a file synchronization tool. And XKat is an FTP client. Using XKat, you can compress, copy, backup, and synchronize your files in a click or on a schedule. XKat's +Internet edition expands the range, adding the ability to copy and synchronize files with an Internet computer. Free to try, XKat Basic sells for $25.50 while XKat +Internet sells for $35.50.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2005-03-19
• Size: 10 Mb
• Cost: 35.50 $

Monidir 2000 is a freeware tool that will monitor up to 20 different folders. Files that are deleted, changed or added to the folders are reported via e-mail or via an audible and visible alarm. The program runs in the system tray and will scan your folders in user defined intervals. When a change occurs the filenames are gathered and sent via e-mail to one or more recipients. Network folders can be monitored.

• License: Freeware
• Language:
• Release: 2002-10-25
• Size: 504 Kb
• Cost: Free

Have you ever wondered how to group your favorite programs and run them all - with just one click? RunClik is an application launcher that lets you quickly open more than one program by simply choosing a program group from the system tray. Easy! 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.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2005-10-06
• Size: 561 Kb
• Cost: 14.95 $

RecoverMyFiles is a powerful document recovery tool for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher and Visio. RecoverMyFiles can recover documents lost due to computer crashes, accidental deletion - even if the recycle bin has been emptied, formatting of a disk drive, and even when a document has never been saved! Easy to use with no technical skills required, as well as a feature rich advanced mode.

• License:
• Language: English
• Release: 2005-05-05
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: 59.95 $