Comments on: Launchy: The Must-Try Application Launcher

By: Laura Earnest

Laura Earnest — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:36:45 +0000

In reply to Mike. That's actually a really great point. I think I will need to write an article about getting around locked down environments. :)

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:29:33 +0000

An advantage of Launchy for those of us who work on locked-down laptops and do not have administrator access is that it can be installed as a Portable application.

By: LifeButBetter

LifeButBetter — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:18:16 +0000

I couldn’t live with a application launcher. I use AHK and Slickrun.

Recently I’ve found that the desktop search application Everything – http://www.voidtools.com/ kills two birds with one stone by being a file finder too.

By: LJ

LJ — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:06:16 +0000

I mostly use XP. As I understand the search feature in 7, though, it doesn’t allow you to limit the catalog, which Launchy does. For example, I only want it to allow two programs to launch off my USB drive, so I specify the directories to include.

I do like the plugins, but I haven’t found much need for them yet. I will admit, I haven’t really put them through the paces. 🙂

By: Rafal

Rafal — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:14:48 +0000

Hi LJ,
I’m not sure which version of Windows you’re using but I find that standard search feature on windows 7 works good for me.
Launchy really shows it’s power when you use plug ins to expand it basic functionality.
Prior to windows 7 I’ve used FARR (Find and Run Robot). This program is even more powerful than Launchy but learning curve is much steeper to really unleash it’s power.