ProgramLaunch - Features

This page lists the most important features of ProgramLaunch Version 3.33. Changes relative to the previous major release are marked with new and updated signs.

• Simple and intuitive user interface skinned for an attractive look
• Horizontal and vertical layout
• Autohide controlled by mouse and keyboard
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NEWUser configurable hotspot areas
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NEWShortcut key for toggling autohide
• Launches applications, documents and weblinks
• Multiple shortcut keys are assignable for each icon
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UPDATEDUse any combination of control, shift, alt and Windows keys as modifiers**
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NEWIcon and group accelerator keys using the &-letter and optionally assigned automatic by the program
• Batch support for launching several programs with one command
• Shortcut key for focusing the launcher window
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NEWConfigurable previous and next group shortcut keys
• Managing contents through dragging
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UPDATEDFast navigation through groups and icons using mouse wheel
• Easy adding through drag'n'drop:
• Applications
• Documents
• Shortcut files (.lnk/.pif/.url)
• URL's directly from browsers
• Supports following icon formats:
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UPDATEDWindows icons including Windows XP and Windows Vista format (.ico)
• Extracts icons from program files (.exe/.dll)
• Standalone Macintosh® icon files including OS X format (.icns)
• Icons from MacBinary, AppleSingle and AppleDouble files
• Macintosh® iContainers (.icontainer)
• Windows bitmap format (.bmp)
• JPEG and PNG formats (.jpg/.png)
• Alpha transparency is used when available
• Modules with realtime information
• Calendar
• Battery monitor
• Analog clock
• Recycle bin
• Multithreaded updating of active modules
• Popup menus on some modules with relevant commands
• Fading hints on modules*
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UPDATEDOptional fading hints with program titles or comments*
• Multilingual support with the following languages as default:
• English
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UPDATEDGerman
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UPDATEDDutch
• Polish
• Spanish
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NEWBrazilian
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NEWChinese (simplified and traditionel)
• Danish
*) Requires Windows 2000 or above
**) The Windows key only works in shortcuts not already used by the OS (such as Win+E, Win+D, etc.)
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