There are so many great launchers for Windows to make organizing multiple applications easy. One isn’t necessarily better than the other, as this depends entirely on your needs. To add to the collection of possibilities, MadApp Launcher is a tabbed launcher for Windows 7 and Vista that is exceptional for users who have numerous applications [...]

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Most of the applications that I start regularly are pinned to the taskbar of my Windows 7 system. Some on the other hand are not pinned there. This includes the image editor Paint.net, the text editor Notepad++ or the Bittorrent client uTorrent among others. I’m not pinning those applications because I either do not run [...]

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The Windows Explorer context menu provides a quick way to start frequently-used applications. Although there are quicker ways to access applications, such as placing program links in the Windows 7 taskbar or a third-party program launcher, the context menu is handy directly from within the Windows Explorer interface and does not require additional software to [...]

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Windows users have several options to launch programs on their computer system. They can use the start menu or program shortcuts to do so. Windows 7 has added the new pin to taskbar option to the list which can be used to quickly launch programs by clicking on their permanent taskbar icon. Third party tools [...]

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Most program launchers are started by either clicking on a program icon or pressing a hotkey to show the interface of the program launcher to use it to quickly start applications, open folders, files or start system tools. Mouse Extender offers an interesting alternative which basically changes the way the program launcher is started. Instead [...]

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Microsoft Speed Launch is a prototype application available at Microsoft Labs, the repository that contains applications created by Microsoft employees. Speed Launch is an applications launcher that can also launch websites and every other type of file. It is more or less a file launcher and the thing that makes it interesting is that it [...]

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It’s sometimes a little feature that is enough to make me download and install a software. It happened with the Zen Key software today that the feature to iconize program windows on the desktop caught my attention. It is not only possible to replace windows with icons on the desktop but to display their process [...]

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