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[rridgely]

I might be the last person on the internet to try this program but anyway...
For whatever reason this program sounded like the dumbest thing in the world to me...
But then I tried it and it might be one of the most usefull programs EVER!

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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!

http://www.launchy.net/#introduction


You have to try this to realize how usefull it really is.

[TheFiresInTheSky]

launchys not launching!
it launches in processes then thats it.
no window pops up or nothin.
whats wrong with it!

[rridgely]

lol hit alt+space bar.

[Monkey Proof]

oh...i thought the topic was Raunchy, not Launchy

[TheFiresInTheSky]

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lol hit alt+space bar.

ah, that helps.
i didnt have acrobat reader installed.
ill have to view the manual when i get home...
thanks.

[JohnDemolition]

neighberaaron, on Jul 16 2006, 06:27 PM, said:

ah, that helps.
i didnt have acrobat reader installed.
ill have to view the manual when i get home...
thanks.

you might wanna get Foxit PDF Reader.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/
if you want a good version, the 2.0 beta is the way to go.

[Andavari]

How about someone posting a real screenshot of it, you know with the taskbar visible and all because the screenshots on the website aren't revealing much to me.

[rridgely]

The screen shots on the site look exactly like the program. I would post more but I dont think it would help. The download is only like 800kb.(even on your connection it wont take to long )


Here is a direct link to the download(hosted on sourceforge)
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/launchy...96.exe?download

[Andavari]

rridgely, on Jul 17 2006, 01:49 AM, said:

The download is only like 800kb.(even on your connection it wont take to long )

Putcha dukes up, thems fighten words maken fun of my ole' dial-up. Joking of course!

[wgan]

nice find, launchy is indeed a very unique program, I had the same initial feeling with you, but after tried it, it's just simply handy, and the gui is very nice... but I found it occupies a bit more resource, about 10m, bigger than I expected. anyway a should-try! (if you're a typing lover:)

[JohnDemolition]

~5k memory on my system

this is a really nice program though. it you can even add directories and file extensions to search for. very very nice. this might make me get rid of RKLauncher .

[Andavari]

I would like it if and only if it was visible at all times. I literally found it rather annoying in a matter of seconds with it constantly disappearing and having to click 'alt+space' to make it appear again. Not for me.

[JohnDemolition]

you know you could just modify the source to make it like that, right?

[Andavari]

Source code, or .ini file? Anyways it isn't all that important as I made a decision in a matter of seconds.

[Eldmannen]

Screenshots are on the site too:
* http://www.launchy.net/#screenshots

Nice that it is open source.

[Andavari]

Eldmannen, on Jul 17 2006, 11:03 AM, said:

Screenshots are on the site too:
* http://www.launchy.net/#screenshots

Nice that it is open source.

So you like it?
You do know it has something you've stated you hate which is skins.