I recently was interested in program launchers and there is a discussion about some here. I became so interested I decided to make my own. It is similar to launchy in some aspects, such as similar functions. The only main differences is my is really small in size, less than a MB, mine is portable, and mine does most of the same things but i plan on making it do more but launchy has a much nicer interface than mine. But if you just really want something to open stuff and you dont care about looks then this is for you.
Features:
- Scans current user StartMenu, also AllUser StartMenu so you have access to all your local files
- Implements of hotkeys to restart and exit application
Features to be added:
(Striked out items = Function Added)
- UserDefined Paths
- USB drive scanning if executed from a USB or other removable media (Keeping all paths relative)
- Ability to search popular search engines
hotkeys to open/show program and minimize it (All user configurable)- Any other user requests that are possible that relate to this
Download:
Download Launch Test 2
(MD5: 485145554563e7ff5936da99a31db371)
Notes:
To access your files just type in the full name of your file, you can exclude the path. Just make sure it contains the name plus file extension. Press enter once it is recognized and it loads the full path into the program. That should be it. (Ex: Typing just "wmplayer" will be recognized but if there are two of the same filenames then the file extension that is before the other in the alphabet will be brought up first, press the down arrow to access the next file on the list)
Any bug reports, comments, or nice gestures are all welcome! Also I would appreciate any names or icons that could be used for this so everything looks and sounds nice. 
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cool. i will try this tomorrow
Thanks
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
k, as ive taken a break from coding this, ive started to use it and the only thing that I realized would make people frustrated is not knowing the .exe name that is contained in a shortcut file, since the shortcut just displays a name that can be different than the exe it points to. So I think ill change this so that it just gets the name of the shortcut. What do you guys think about this? I would have to code something so i can remove the file extensions of things like this so it wouldnt be a hassle to always type in "firefox.lnk" or something like that. Or I can keep the current settings and add on the other one in an option so it can be enabled or disabled so the user can find out which one is easiest. Sorry about any confusion as of the moment because all the paths that it recognizes are the ones it extracts from the shortcut file. So if your still confused about this just check out "Data\settings\Launch.ini" and each path with the names it searches for are all in there and they are seperated by a comma.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
This update has the following minor changes. Sorting off the combo box now implemented (Pressing Up/Down arrows will show file paths in order now). A couple of rules added to ensure that if the combo box is "empty, contains a filepath that is incorrect, or a shortcut path loaded into it is invalid or non existent" it will not even attempt to run it knowing that unless the above rules prove that the file you are trying to open is there. Added Options menu to configure hotkey to hide/show app(More options for hotkeys to be added).
Now the following major update was made, Now you do not have to type in the filename and extension. If any match of that text is found it will automatically bring up the one that contains a file extension in alphabetical order, so for example if you have two file names the same but different extension (Example.exe and Example.chm), then Example.chm will be the item brought up first into the combobox. Simply press the down arrow to access Example.exe. Thats all for now, I know there is room for improvement in the search text function but for now it does what it needs to do just fine. Thanks and enjoy
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
Well just droppin a comment by so maybe those who have used this will see this and reply hopefully. I'm wondering what comments you have as of the current release of this? Anything you notice that could be improved/added to make this better or easier to use? I do have the next release partially ready that includes some minor fixes but hopefully I can just add in or fix any modifications that anyone thinks would be useful before I put out another update. Thanks!
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
The drop down list is a bit small. It only shows one item and you can barely see the up/down arrows.
May the Shwartz be with you
Ill try to get it so the drop down can be changed by the user, so for example you could specify 10 items to show each time you activate the dropdown and by default it will be the amount of items it can match from what you have typed. For now one can use the up down arrows on their keyboard to navigate through the drop down faster till i can get something out. Thanks
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)