Free Launch Bar 2.0
- License: Freeware
- Language: English
- Release: 2009-04-14
- Size: 1 Mb
- Cost: Free
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After collecting and analyzing of sent to us users' opinions about this program it takes our editors award with a rate "5". This means that this program is popular and was found as convenient and useful.
Free Launch Bar is a Free replacement for the standard Quick Launch bar. All functions presented in Quick Launch are also in Free Launch Bar. However, the Free Launch Bar is fully compatible with Quick Launch because it uses the same folder for shortcuts. But there is one huge difference. Free Launch Bar allows you to combine your shortcuts into groups. This feature looks like popup menus. This vastly improves the management of your shortcuts and save working space on your desktop. By using Free Launch Bar, you speed up the launching of your applications like never before.
The main features of Free Launch Bar:
* Creating menu on taskbar with unlimited levels
* Compatibility with Windows XP
* Integration into Windows Shell
* Low resources
* Compatibility with Quick Launch
* Creating separators to group shortcuts inside menus
* Different view modes
* Hotkeys
* Using PNG pictures as icons
* Support of Windows Drag&Drop technology. To add shortcuts you can simply drag them into menus
* Improved tips. You can include some of HTML tags into button description.
* Fast toolbar switching
* Absolutely FREE
Keywords: launch launcher quick taskbar
Latest User Reviews:
Stomperz, 2009-08-19 09:11:24
Version: 2.0
Just love it - why on earth didn't Microsoft think of something so simple!!
R M Kirby, 2009-07-28 11:28:07
Version: 2.0
Great stable alternative to Quick Launch
Rspilot1, 2009-04-10 17:38:53
Version: 1.0
Quick Launch on Windows was VERY slooow!!
Free Launch Bar opens instantly and is better than Windows in every way.
I highly recommend!!
Gstoyle, 2009-02-17 05:16:33
Version: 1.0
Solved a persistent and annoying problem with the default Vista taskbar which is incredibly slow - now all my menus are accessible in an instant - very good....and free!! Thankyou.
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