What is Lauchy you ask? It’s a search bar that pops when you hit Alt + Enter, indexing any item on your computer like your start menu for starters. It’s always been such a mission to click, click, find and click just to open a program you have opened a million times. Even if you moved over to Desktop Icons (OOOH!) or even a bit of Quick Launch (for the visionaries) … you’ll be back at square one were you to format.
To put it in plain English… Launchy Rocks! Heres a little taste. Then a series of built-in function that make it even more rocking. It’s available for download here.
I’m afraid Lauchy is only available for Windows users. And if you need any further documentation make use of the Launchy.net website.
Here are some built-in Functions:
- Search Google
- Type in google, then tab, then your search query and press enter
- Check the Weather
- Type in Weather, then tab, then your zip code or city,state 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
- Index custom Commands
- Directory: Your Custom Folder
- File Types: .exe .bat .lnk
