WinLaunch

What is WinLaunch?

WinLaunch puts shortcuts to apps, files, folders and web links into a visual launcher for Windows. It suits people who prefer browsing an icon grid to navigating several desktop folders. Items can be grouped into named folders and spread across multiple pages, keeping related tools together without putting every shortcut on one screen.

The publisher's tutorial lists Shift + Tab, the upper-left screen corner and a double-click of the middle mouse button as default ways to open the launcher. These activation methods can be changed in settings. Add items through the toolbar or by dragging them to the hot corner; create a group by dropping one item onto another. Click empty space or repeat an activation method to dismiss the launcher.

The base application is described as free and open source, but the publisher promotes custom themes as a paid supporter feature. The linked SourceForge catalog lists an installer from November 2022. A successful HEAD check confirms that the selected URL serves a file, not that the installer has been run or that a particular current Windows build is supported. Version, processor architecture and exact Windows-version requirements were not established by the sources used here.

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