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

recentx gives you fastest access to your files, folders, programs, websites and also clipboard history in windows. what's special is that it automatically remembers your recent and favorite items so that you can access them faster than searching all the files, folders etc. you can assign tags to all of them. you will be surprised to see how much hassle it saves and makes computing really enjoyable. we have stuffed this app with innovations that will boost your productivity.

automatically detects recently and frequently used files and folders first for faster access. indexes all files, folders, programs, internet history, internet bookmarks on your computer. tag files, folders etc. based on your projects. saves a lot of time. provides convenient hotkeys for quick launch. copy files, folders, rename, delete them right from recentx without launching any file manager like windows explorer. run programs that exists anywhere on your hard drive (not just the ones listed under windows start menu). access internet history from all popular browsers google chrome, mozilla firefox & internet explorer. access bookmarks from all popular browsers google chrome, mozilla firefox and internet explorer. remembers all that you copy to clipboard (text, images etc.) so that you can reuse them again. and a lot of interesting stuff specially designed for you :)

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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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