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ActiveLaunch
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Version
1.6
ActiveLaunch gives you the ability to open frequently
used applications, documents, and folders not using
your mouse only, but also using your keyboard, never
having to memorize the multitude of hotkeys.
ActiveLaunch main window looks similar to a regular
folder window in My Computer with icons reflected in
it being analogues to Windows shortcuts. Any icon can
be assigned to any keyboard shortcuts. To launch a
program from the keyboard you only need to call up
the main ActiveLaunch windows by pressing the hotkey,
and then pressing the keyboard shortcut associated
with that program without any keyboard modifiers.
Just two hits. That is very quick. Keyboard shortcuts
are listed next to each icon; therefore you don't
need to memorize them. And surely you may open
folders, documents, or web-sites the same way. Alt +
Backspace is the default hotkey combination, but you
can change it. Different sections can be created as
subfolders. You may use sections as regular folders
to divide your icons into categories. Besides,
sections may be used to run a group of programs,
documents, and folders. To do this it is enough to
create a section, assign it to a keyboard shortcut
and place there the icons you want. After this you
hit the hotkey to call up ActiveLaunch and press the
corresponding key, while holding CTRL key. And
indeed, instead of pressing the keyboard shortcut you
may click the corresponding icon as well. While
holding Ctrl you can also select desired icons and
launch corresponding objects (e.g. folders, files,
and web pages) at once. After launching an
application, opening a document or a folder the
ActiveLaunch window is automatically closed. To add
icons you can either use the menu or the Windows
Drag&Drop technology. However, in some Windows
versions, drives and My Documents folder can be added
only through the menu. In a multi-user environment
every Windows-user is assigned with an individual set
of properties and icons.
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