Control Pad is a portable software program (that alternatively can be installed as well) for the Windows operating system that turns the numeric keypad into a command launcher. The software basically works by assigning actions like opening programs, websites or files to key combinations which can then be executed by pressing and holding the * [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Open Multiple Applications With A Single Click
Many users have some kind of sequence they perform every time their operating system finished loading. They start their favorite applications using shortcuts, the start menu or an application launcher. But no matter which way they choose they always have to perform the action several times until all applications are started. I usually load a [...]
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Ghacks Christmas Giveaway: Direct Access
Day 16 of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway means that we pass the 2/3 mark today. We handed out lots of popular applications in the last 16 days thanks to our sponsors who donated their software products for the good cause. We got readers with new Kaspersky Internet Security, Bitdefender or Cyberlink packages. Today’s application is [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Launch Applications With The Mouse
Hot Corners is a relative small Open Source application for Windows operating systems. It was written in the Auto It language which means that some virus scanners detect it as a virus although it is not. The basic application of the software program is to launch functions, programs or services by moving the mouse around. [...]
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Windows Advanced Run Dialog
The default Windows run dialog is as basic as it can get. The only real advantage is the global keyboard shortcut [Windows R] which opens it. It can then be used to run known applications or Windows services without having to navigate the Start Menu or hard drive. It does offer a Browse button which [...]
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Key Launch Application Launcher
Key Launch is an application launcher for Windows that can launch applications but also commands with just a few keystrokes. Application launchers speed up working with the operating system but require a period of vocational adjustment before the user can utilize their full potential. The software program is driven by the global hotkey [CTRL SPACE] [...]
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Software Applications Launcher 8start
There is not really a shortage of software applications launchers in Windows. Users have lots of choice from relying on program shortcuts and the Windows Startmenu to keyboard launchers like Launchy to interfaces like 8start. 8start is a software applications launcher and note taking application in one. It comes with several interfaces and provides lots [...]
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Circle Dock
Circle Dock was another contribution to the Donation Coder Programming Challenge. It was an entry by Eric Wong who contributed not only this but another software program to the Challenge. Circle Dock is a program launcher, but not your usual stationary one. It is activated with a shortcut, the default one is CTRL Windows, and [...]
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Orbit provides a circle based menu for Windows
Short question to get this article started: What is the main advantage of a circle based menu when compared to the usual rectangular menus in Windows ? Right, every menu entry is the same distance away from the mouse pointer. It looks nicer as well but that’s just a cosmetic difference. Orbit (discovered at the [...]