Launchy - Open Source Keystroke Launcher for Windows

In this post I’m just kicking out one item from my “to do list“.

Being a developer means that you tend to stick to your keyboard instead of wasting time to reach for the mouse and do some movements. That’s why learning R# shortcuts could yield an immense productivity boost in your .NET projects. Same principle applies to the other areas outside your IDE as well.

Launchy (aka “Open Source Keystroke Launcher for Windows”) is just like your {Ctrl}+{N} Resharper shortcut for your Windows Operating System. And it is also extensible, skinnable and works. I’ve used HiddenMenu and PStart before, but this tool is way more efficient.

Launchy in action

BTW, do you know, that you can type something like *Report in R# type search and it will work?

4 Responses to “Launchy - Open Source Keystroke Launcher for Windows”


  1. 1 Bill Pierce

    Haven’t tried Launchy but SlickRun is…well…slick :)

  2. 2 Alex Hoffman

    Have been using Launchy for a while and love it. Been using Resharper for ages too, but didn’t know about the searching for “*Report” in R# - thanks!

  3. 3 Rinat Abdullin

    Bill,

    I’ve tried SlickRun as well, while searching for the perfect launcher. But it just didn’t work out for me (don’t remember the reason, since it has been quite some time ago)

  1. 1 Some more new ReSharper 4.0 features at Rinat Abdullin

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