Launchy users please stand up

[wasker]

I installed this thingy several days ago, but it still didn't index my Start Menu in full (i.e. it can't find Excel when I type it's name). Any suggestions on what to do with it?

[mouser]

One option is to install our own program instead:  Find and Run Robot

https://www.donation...r/findrun/index.html



ps.
don't take this as me saying you shouldn't use Launchy - use what you like best - i just mention Find and Run Robot since i'm not sure if you know about it yet.

[wasker]

Well, probably that's an option.

[jgpaiva]

Definitelly, go for find and run robot

[wasker]

Tried this one. I'm really missing an ability to configure it to use a Win-key combination for activation.

[tim254]

I use Launchy.  I have no problems with it ... it works with Excel and I use Winkey+C to launch it.  I also use it to open folders in My Documents directory.  I love it because its fast and is very simple to configure and use.

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Tim

[wasker]

Tim, are you running your Windows from under admin or limited-user? I just filed the bug report and am wondering if that matters.

[tim254]

Admin user. 

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Tim

[Tekzel]

Good god, I think Find and Run Robot is my favorite program in the history of the world.  It is a required install on both my PC at home and workstation at work.  I thought I wanted a win+key combo to run it when I first started using it, but I VERY quickly got used to using the break key.  When I found a program that let you remap Win+key combos (qliner on sourceforge) I tried mapping FARR to a win+key combo but I used it once.  Went right back to break. 

FARR for president!

[tim254]

I like Find and Run Robot, but it's missing Folder search support, Winkey support, and it's cache is too slow for my taste.  I love the features of it, but Launchy is drop dead simple and has the main features I want.  It's far from as sophisticated as FARR, but I like it.  I was using SlickRun, but I don't like the fact that  it doesn't have an index feature, you have to manually setup the shortcuts.  I was using that for about 6 months, but got tired of having to deal with the huge bug in the beta version that deletes your Magic Words.

[Tekzel]

Well, like I mentioned I don't need winkey support, and I am glad FARR does not index.  FARR is so damn fast that indexing would only marginally increase speed and I like the instantaneous updating that realtime search allows.  If Mouser added indexing to FARR as an option, I personally would never turn it on.  I can't even think of a feature it needs for me, it pretty much does everything I need perfectly.

[tim254]

I think the main reason I love Launchy is that it's smart from the start.   I type in "pf" and it figures out that I want "program files."  I didn't setup an alias, it just figures it out.  I type in audiobooks and it knows that "audio books" is the directory where I want to go to.  It's not a perfect program, but it's working for me ... with minimal effort on my part.