Title: PrettyRun
Available languages: Spanish, Portuguese, German, Slovene.
Compatibility: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Seven
Type of License: Freeware (donationware, postcardware if you want).
Author description:
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Pretty run was started years ago when Windows knew nothing about searching through start menu. It helps you find shortcuts.
Many times we know we have some program somewhere in the start menu but just takes too much time to locate its icon and run it. Pretty Run helps you with that as it searches start menu, desktop or any other folder for the shortcuts or files that meet your query.
With Vista Windows got their own search box. But Pretty Run is now much more:
- Search Internet Explorer favorites
- Search Firefox bookmarks
- Search Chrome bookmarks
- Search printers and start printer properties
- Search Control panel items
- Setup internet search engines and you can search internet with selected engine
- Remember last items copied to clipboard and bring them back in case you need them
- Search mp3 files (not file names but tags)
- Run a group of programs with one click
- Setup your magic words and start favorite programs really quickly"
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Opinion:
For me one of the best program launchers out there. It is portable, supports environment variables, the program itself has "One special variable: "PrettyRunDrive", which will give you the drive where PrettyRun.exe is, so you can setup magic words for portable version. Very easy to use, hotkey activation, finds programs that are in "Start Senu", or any place the user defines. Magic Words are great, also has a list of latest launched items.
Link to the author website:
http://delphistep.cis.si/prettyrun.htmLink to the download page:
http://delphistep.cis.si/prettyrun.htm