Launchy: Keystroke Launcher for Windows

Published on May 10, 2007 By Ram 7 Comments

Launchy is a small application which will help you in opening your computer programs in a few strokes. With Launchy installed you can forget start menu, desktop icons etc, Launchy will do all the work for you.

For opening any program you can just type a few letters it will show you the matches, then press enter. If you have lot of programs starting with a name like Google, Google Talk, Updater etc, it will show you a drop down list of those programs, you can select one and press enter.

How to use it

By default launchy sits in the background, to use it hit ALT+Space Bar, once it appears start typing the program name you want to use and then press enter.

Search Google: Type in google, then tab, then your search query and press enter

Search other sites: Other sites you can search include wikipedia, msn, yahoo, amazon, netflix, imdb, and more.

Browse your computer: Type in c:, then tab, then a folder or file, hit tab, and continue

The Launchy Calculator: Did you know that Launchy has a built in calculator? Type in some algebra and see what happens!

Index your Bookmarks & Folders: Directory: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Favorites
File Type: .url

Index your Music: Directory: My Documents
File Types: .mp3 .aac .ogg

Index your Pictures: Directory: My Documents
File Types: .jpg .gif .bmp

Index your Documents: Directory: My Documents
File Types: .doc .pdf .xls .ppt

You can download the application from sourceforge.net, Thanks Jeff