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Portable Menu launcher colour rectangles
« on: January 13, 2019, 11:19 PM »
:-*
I need a portable launcher for folders, programs or files with a similar modern UI like in windows 8.
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Do you know anyone ?

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Re: Portable Menu launcher colour rectangles
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2019, 12:25 AM »
Well, Windows 8.1 is still supported. So you could use that.

And as far as I know you can enable this functionality within Windows 10 as well.

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Re: Portable Menu launcher colour rectangles
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2019, 12:32 AM »
Thanks Shades.
What I need is a menu launcher with rectangles in color.
Each rectangle is an option to launch a program, file or folder.
Is not for substitution of the start menu.
is an independent portable menu.
:-*

Edit P.D. : In each rectangle or figure i can write text to explain the use or area to explain. Fully configurable.
I want to use large figures (rectangles) to write long text. Each rectangle is an option .

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Re: Portable Menu launcher colour rectangles
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2019, 01:23 AM »
:-\ I am tired of the searching.
I can try with a pdf and linkable rectangles.
Or in word with linkables rectangles
Freemind is possible but I don't know how to draw rectangles.
Perhaps with a diagram program. May be DIA ?
Running to try !!!!!!
:P :-*

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Re: Portable Menu launcher colour rectangles
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2019, 01:39 AM »
You might be able to use Ath's WinButtons program.

http://www.dcmembers.com/ath/download/winbuttons/

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Re: Portable Menu launcher colour rectangles
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2019, 10:31 AM »
Thanks Skwire. I will try inmediately.
I was trying with ToDoList (a wonderful program for me nowadays ) with the .rtf files. To make in the rtf format a mosaic menu or similar modern ui , but is not possible directly . Then try in word and copy and paste, but obtain strange results.....
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Re: Portable Menu launcher colour rectangles
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2019, 04:53 PM »
You might be able to use Ath's WinButtons program.

http://www.dcmembers.com/ath/download/winbuttons/
The first of july 2012 i download this wonderful program and I write a comment not to be reproduced here because I was searching for other similar application.
Now in the 2019 even the examples included with the program are splendid.

Thanks Ath !!!
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Re: Portable Menu launcher colour rectangles
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2019, 07:13 PM »
I'm glad you appreciate it. :Thmbsup:
It can be rather complex to configure, though, that's why I included the examples ;)
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