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Provides an easy to use utility that will scan a location for your specified applications, and build an alphabetical menu that runs in your taskbar.
So ... if you have a lot of applications that you need to frequently access. MyLaunchMenu provides a great method to quickly launch the program you need, when you need it. Just Left click the customizable icon, and click on the application you want, directly off the immediately visible launch menu!
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Features
- Windows compatibility
- Speed
- Reads Paths Recursively
- Allows you to specify a pattern to match for your applications
- Groups all of the applications alphabetically.
- Allows you to specify a launch time prefix (for interpreters or similar)
- Allows you to specify a launch time suffix (for command line options)
- Allows you to specify the Menu Display Text (make it your own)
- Allows you to run multiple copies by launching from configuration files (.mlmcfg)
- Allows you to specify what icon to use
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Updates
Version 1.0 released
Brand New Release!
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Example Usages
Want to launch Interpreted code like DB/C ?
Want to run programs fast without having to dig for them?
Do you have a large group of similar programs, that you need organized access to?
Want to give your users a customized quick menu?
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Screen Shot
the above menu comes from a config file named test2.mlmcfg that looks like this:
| MenuTitle="Example Menu" MenuText="My Example Menu" IncludeSubDirs="Yes" SearchPattern="*.exe" SearchPath="c:\src\dx\13.0.2\" RunApplication="" Prefix="" Suffix="" IconPath="" |
and the above results in a command line like this:
| c:\src\dx\13.0.2\foundapp.exe |
the above comes from a config file named myanothertest.mlmcfg and looks like this:
| MenuTitle="db/c" MenuText="My DB/C Menu" IncludeSubDirs="Yes" SearchPattern="*.dbc" SearchPath="c:\src\dx\" RunApplication="c:\src\dx\dbc.exe" Prefix=" -cfg=c:\src\dx\dbcdx.cfg " Suffix="" IconPath="" |
and the above results in a command line like this:
| c:\src\dx\dbc.exe -cfg=c:\src\dx\dbcdx.cfg foundapp.dbc |
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The key to making MyLaunchMenu work is its configuration files.
The configuration files must end with (without the quotes) : '.mlmcfg'
The Configuration file contains the following parameters in plain text :
| Parameter | Example syntax | Description |
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| MenuTitle |
MenuTitle="Order Programs " |
This is shown in the menu as a header. |
| MenuText |
MenuText="Acme Sales Order programs " |
This is shown when you hover your mouse over the icon in the system tray. |
| IncludeSubDirs |
IncludeSubDirs="Yes" |
Dictates whether sub-directories are included in the scan for your menu applications |
| SearchPattern |
SearchPattern="*.cmd" |
Is the file matching pattern that determines which found files are included in the menu. |
| SearchPath |
SearchPath="c:\Program Files \AcmeSystems\" |
Is the location that your applications will be searched for, in order to be included in the menu, |
| RunApplication |
RunApplication=" c:\AcmeSystemes\run.exe " |
Allows you to force the execution of an application. This makes the found files a parameter to this application. |
| Prefix | Prefix=" -cfg=c:\AcmeSystem\Runtime.cfg " | Is appended as the first parameter to the RunApplication parameter list when launching your applications. |
| Suffix |
Suffix=" > c:\AcmeSystems\logs\errorlog.txt" |
Is appended as the last parameter when launching your applications. |
| IconPath | IconPath="c:\AcmeSystems\app.ico" | Specifies what icon to use in the system tray. |
the above example syntax would result in this internal launch command: "c:\AcmeSystemes\run.exe -cfg=c:\AcmeSystem\Runtime.cfg c:\Program Files \AcmeSystems\foundapp.cmd > c:\AcmeSystems\logs\errorlog.txt" |
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MyLaunchMenu installs with three example configuration files that demonstrate some ways that you can utilize the launch features. BUT YOU SHOULD CREATE YOUR OWN BEFORE USING! Or just edit one of the installed to suit your needs.
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| Download Links | Size | Comments |
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| This is the full setup | Requires .Net framework |
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| Microsoft .NET framework only *note: Install this first if you are having trouble! |
MS Download Page | |
Note! There is no guarantee that this product will perform as expected. There is no warrantee offered or implied. Use at your own risk. |
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