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by efreak 66 days ago
Bayden SlickRun is still around, I use it daily for launching most of my programs (the only annoyance is the `hide` magicword gets interpreted as `hibernate` occasionally due to my typing `hi` and hitting enter). Unlike many other launchers, SlickRun uses minimal resources and can be configured to show useful information if you leave it on-screen (these days I have it set to auto-hide, as I have enough memory to not worry about it). Typing three keys to get auto complete and hitting enter is faster than searching the run menu (regardless of what implementation you use). I was very annoyed when I installed windows 10 and had to change my hotkey. (Much like I'm now annoyed at Windows 11 for hijacking the printscreen key I use for ShareX)