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App launchers are quite popular among computer users and I can understand why: they save you a few keystrokes and\/or mouse clicks every time you run a program or open a folder \u2013 and if you’re anything like me, that means loads of keystrokes and mouse clicks by the end of the day.<\/p>\n
But for those of you who prefer not to install extra programs as long as you can avoid it, I’ve got great news: you can replicate the same functionality of a standard launcher, but using the system’s own resources. In other words, we’re going to build a DIY app launcher using Windows Run<\/em> command and program shortcuts.<\/p>\n The trick works as follows: create a new folder and fill it with shortcuts, one for each program you want to include in your custom launcher, and give it a proper name. I’d advise to use short, meaningful names which are quick to type and easy to remember. Then copy all those shortcuts to the C:\\WINDOWS\\system32<\/em> folder. Make sure they’re copied to the root folder, not to any subfolder. Once you do that, your launcher is ready.<\/p>\n Open the Run<\/em> command in the Start menu and write the name of any of the shorcuts you just created: Windows will promptly open whatever app or folder it links to. To make things even easier, you can create a shortcut to the Run command by simply dragging and dropping its icon on the desktop. Another option is creating a new toolbar in the taskbar by right clicking on it, selecting Toolbars > New toolbar<\/em> and browsing to your shortcut folder. You can use it as an extra Quick launch bar and place anywhere on the desktop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" App launchers are quite popular among computer users and I can understand why: they save you a few keystrokes and\/or mouse clicks every time you run a program or open a folder \u2013 and if you’re anything like me, that means loads of keystrokes and mouse clicks by the end of the day. But for … Continue reading “Create your own app launcher”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-6172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335908,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172\/revisions\/335908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6172"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=6172"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=6172"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=6172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Create](\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/08\/app-launcher-02.jpg\")
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