Portable Start Menu

Portable Start Menu is a simple and free start menu application that can be installed on USB sticks or local PCs. Organize your programs in a simple menu system and launch them via a tray icon.

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Windows

Portable Start Menu is a simple and free start menu application that can be installed on USB sticks or local PCs.

Organize your programs in a simple menu system and launch them via a tray icon. If you close Portable Start Menu on an USBStick, running applications can be closed automatically, too.

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PortableApps.com

PortableApps.com is a website offering many free, commonly used Windows applications that have been specially packaged for portability. These portable applications can be used from removable media such as USB flash drives.

Free Open Source Windows Web Wine

Portable Ad free Program Launcher Auto update
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Listary

Listary is an excellent enhancement utility for list controls used everywhere: Windows Explorer, Task Manager, Registry Editor, and innumerable third-party applications. It searches folders, files or anything else as-you-type.

Freemium Windows Windows Explorer

Portable Integrated Search Export to Excel Windows Explorer integration Windows Explorer extension
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Synapse

Synapse is a semantic launcher written in Vala that you can use to start applications as well as find and access relevant documents and files by making use of the Zeitgeist engine.

Free Open Source Linux
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RecentX

RecentX is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders, programs, websites & clipboard history. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them even faster.

Commercial Windows

Portable Tag based Tabbed interface Drag n drop Image Preview Clipboard monitoring Program Launcher File search Local Search Windows Explorer integration File tagging Indexed search Bookmark History Browser History Duplicate Files Finder Folder Search Folder Tagging
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LiberKey

Portable applications launcher, LiberKey includes 305 portable applications. In all areas : Audio, Video, Graphics, Internet, Games, Security, Education, System and more..

Free Windows

Portable Program Launcher
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Keypirinha

A lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable). Extensible with Python3 plugins.

Free Windows

Customizable Lightweight Program Launcher File search Calculus solving
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PStart

PStart is a simple tray tool to start user defined applications. Designed to run portable applications, you can start anything runnable from USB key devices or removable disks.

Free Windows

Portable Program Launcher
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ASuite

ASuite is a simple application launcher to manage an unlimited number of files, folders and webpage for quick access. It is designed to work with removable storage (uses relative paths) media like USB sticks, hard drives, iPods, etc.

Free Open Source Windows

Portable Program Launcher USB drives
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SyMenu

SyMenu is .a portable menu launcher and a Start Menu replace to organize your applications quickly and easily. On top of that SyMenu is able to automatically index any application installed on the host pc. .

Free Windows
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FCorp File/Folder Launcher

File/Folder Launcher (FFLauncher) is a simple, very easy to use application specially designed to help you launch files and folders. This utility will also offer you...

Commercial Windows

Portable Program Launcher Support for gestures
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FSL Launcher

Tired of dozens of icons on your desktop? Try this simple, yet powerful & intuitive launcher to organize your shortcuts. Some features: Shortcuts management...

Free Windows Windows Explorer

Program Launcher Windows Explorer extension
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FCorp My Quick Launch

Faster access to your favorite files, folders, programs, etc.

Commercial Windows

Portable Program Launcher
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Scherlokk

Scherlokk is a lightning fast file search utility build for precise and reliable search of every file which meets the search criteria. Music, pictures, bookmarks, documents, etc can be found quickly and easily.

Commercial Mac OS X
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WorldDesk

Currently in Beta: "WorldDesk leverages a unique patent-pending abstraction layer to decouple all aspects of a user's Microsoft Windows workspace from the underlying OS and device.

Commercial Windows
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Promptu

Say goodbye to repetitive, time-consuming tasks, like hunting through your programs, folders, files, and bookmarks for the ones you need. Promptu lets you associate...

Free Windows
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FramaKey

FramaKey is a package of portable and ready-to-use Free Software that can be carried on a USB key designed to make the user’s life much easier. It aims to offer the best Free Software, ready to use directly from a USB key.

Free Open Source Windows Linux

Portable Program Launcher
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8start launcher

8start Launcher is a combination of innovative Application Launcher, countdown and Tree Notes/Shortcuts/Favorites. Launcher Features - Organize shortcuts into...

Free Windows

Portable Skinnable Program Launcher Sits in the System Tray Categories
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JetStart

Tired of digging into crowded Start Menu? JetStart offers you a quick access to categorized Start Menu shortcuts, recently launched programs and system commands. ...

Freemium Windows
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PS Hot Launch VVL

PS Hot Launch is meant to quickly run different applications, open documents, go to the right folders and web pages, send mail to a specified address, etc.

Free Windows

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