Utilities
Launchers
Desk Drive
Desk Drive solves a really annoying problem. You pop a USB thumb drive or DVD into your computer and then you have to open Window's Explorer and find the mapped drive or folder. Desk Drive adds a desktop icon pointing to the drive automatically. Remove the media and the shortcut goes away. Brilliantly simple and effective.
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Aero QLaunch
Aero QLaunch was designed to be a quick launch toolbar in 3D. This utility is very lightweight and easy to use. It places an icon in your system tray. Just hover with the mouse over it and the quick launch bar will be revealed.
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Quick Menu
Quick Menu is a lightweight application that allows you to instantly launch the desired application with a single mouse click. Pressing 'control key + middle mouse button' triggers the launcher menu which lists predefined shortcuts. For 64bit environment, use the file in the x64 folder.
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Quick Cliq
Quick Cliq is a portable menu based application launcher and productivity tool with features that you won't find anywhere else! Quick Cliq speeds up your daily computer activities by giving you links to folders, files, programs, URLs and command line operations. It also offers window management, extreme clipboard manipulation, and note taking capabilities. All of this is provided in a compact menu that you can show anywhere and within any application or window through customizable hot keys and mouse gestures.
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QuickWayToFolders
QuickWayToFolders provides quick folder content access.
The four display possibilites are
- Desktop : Act like your desktop, with possibility of navigate through subfolders
- Small Browser : Act like windows explorer
- Menu : Display folder content in menu
- Multiple Folders Menu : Display multiple folders content in a single menu
Each entry is added to the taskbar notification area (near to windows clock).
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UAC Trust Shortcut
Create new shortcuts of any program on your desktop, and you will never be prompted by UAC (User Account Control) for that specific program. Make sure you specify known and trusted paths, else you might end up having shortcuts that give unknown programs full access.
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Clavier+
Clavier+ allows creating keyboard shortcuts using almost any keys, including the Windows key.
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Folder Menu
Folder Menu is a folder switching tool. You can quickly jump to your favorite folders in explorer, open/save dialog or command prompt...and more.
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WinBar
WinBar is a free and compact program that lets you monitor your system and provides easy access to frequently used controls.
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Krento
With Krento you can launch your programs or open web pages from a circular 3D set of rolling 'stones' (widgets).
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