Microsoft Speed Launch from Office Labs: An alternative to Launchy

You might be well aware of Launchy, desktop utility available to the windows PC to launch programs without using the windows start menu and with few keystrokes.

Now Microsoft Corporation also made an initiative to provide a Launchy like desktop utility for Windows PCs. The utility named Microsoft Speed Launch can help the windows users to invoke selected programs as per the users choice. Once you install Microsoft Speed Launch a DART like icon will appear in the Desktop. If you wish to add a shortcut to the Microsoft Speed Launch utility, so that you can invoke the an application with few keystrokes, you need to drag the required shortcut icons to the DART icon of the Microsoft Speed Launch. The keyboard shortcut for launching the command window for Microsoft Speed Launch is “Windows Key + C”.

Experience the Microsoft Speed Launch to keep away from the windows start menu and to improve the productivity. The only requirement for Microsoft Speed Launch is Windows Vista or Windows XP SP2 with .Net Framework 3.0.

Also read : Forget Start Menu, Icons and Bookmarks with Launchy