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by jkeel 5198 days ago
Launchy has been around a long time and it's one of the first apps I usually install on my Windows machines. I know Windows 7 does a good job now of launching apps but I still prefer Launchy.

It can remember what you chose with the least amount of characters entered (I just type 'pro' for projects folder, 'w' for MS Word, 'f' for firefox, etc.). I use it a lot for quick math calculations and it can be configured to do all sorts of things like start a Putty session to a specific server. On my mac I use Alfred for similar functionality.