Do you want an innovative application that will help you in indexing your files?
Introducing, Launchy, an open source keystroke launcher for unix and windows. Launchy is a free windows and linux utility designed by Josh Karlin to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. It indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes! Launchy was originally written using C# for its version 0.5 while the latest version was written in C++.
How does Launchy works?
Upon boot up Launchy will automatically loads itself and waits for the user to call it by pressing Alt + Space or a custom user hotkey. The user then starts typing the name of the program or file they wish to launch. Launchy automatically searches its list of programs for the closest match as the user types. When it finds the desired program, the user hits enter and it is automatically launched.
Launchy also has the option to add folders and file formats to its catalog for indexing. This makes it useful for launching almost anything on a computer, including internet, music, videos, and games. Launchy also can run Google, Wikipedia, MSN, and Yahoo searches, bringing the results up in the default browser. It also launches bookmarks as required. Launchy also supports plug-ins, adding to its versatility.
Few of the problems seen in the later version of launchy was it uses up to 100% of CPU because of its catalog refresh functions however the problem was resolved by upgrading your Launchy to the latest version which is Launchy 2.1.2.
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