Start Menu Alternative

Aston2 Menu opens the new line of Aston2 products, which turn your desktop into a yet more convenient and attractive environment. Aston2 is developed on an absolutely new engine, created from scratch. Aston2 product line includes three basic products: - Aston2 Menu, which replaces the regular... Platforms: Windows

I had this problem when I reinstalled Windows on a laptop where Windows XP would not show the shutdown dialog, when I googled for it I noticed more people had this problem. There are other solutions for it but this is by far the easiest and fastest solution. Simply download this exe and place it... Platforms: Windows

FastOpen is a free, system-tray-based menu utility. It lets you launch your favorite programs, documents, Websites, and single-pane Explorer views of your frequently used folders from its right-click menu. Arrange your menu entries in any order you wish and add separators to organize items into... Platforms: Windows

freeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager. The program helps you with daily work in Windows. Here you can find all the necessary functions to manage your data stock. You can take freeCommander anywhere - just copy the installation directory on a CD,... Platforms: DOS, OS/2, BeOS, Palm OS, Windows, Mac, *nix, Windows CE

Orphans Remover searches and deletes shortcuts (*.lnk files) with an invalid target in the given folders and subfolders, like your Start menu, Recent documents, etc. These so called orphans are typically the result of uninstalled programs, deleted or moved documents. Orphans Remover is... Platforms: Windows

DE Launcher is a desktop utility that provides an alternative method of launching your favorite applications, documents and URLs and starting common Windows tasks. It's easier to use than Windows Start menu, and neater than having large numbers of desktop shortcuts. Now you can launch your... Platforms: Windows

Use SE-TrayMenu to get quick access to applications and system commands via a customizable popup menu. You can add various elements to your Windows system tray - programs, documents, folders or files, Internet links and set up shortcut keys to access these elements. You can drag'n'drop elements... Platforms: Windows

CodySafe is simply the best portable menu system and applications launcher that enables you to manage, group, sort and launch programs from your USB drive in most convenient way. It runs as a tray icon and provides a Vista-style start menu from where you can quickly launch your programs, access... Platforms: Windows

SyMenu is a portable menu launcher that allows to organize and find your portable applications in a quick and easy way. Moreover SyMenu can automatically link any application residing on host pc. Any linked item (SyItem) can be organized in a hierarchical structure with colorful folders and found... Platforms: Windows

One of your options is to set the middle mouse button to show a menu to open any of your files (or folder or internet address). Shortcut Menu appears ('on top') on the screen close to the mouse cursor (any where, any time). Easy to build and change, it is more convenient to use than desktop... Platforms: Windows

SSuite Mac Dock is a very simple Windows utility designed to create a Mac OS X-like dock on your desktop, allowing you to launch certain programs with just a single click, just like you do with the ones in the Quick Launch. SSuite Mac Dock sports its very own shortcuts to some of the most popular... Platforms: Windows, Windows 7

Fast Command Prompt will create context menus on-the-fly for every directory or drive in your system. If you right-click a directory or drive, on the start-menu, desktop or in Explorer, one of the menu entries will be "Launch Command Prompt". The new command prompt will start in the...

Customize your Start Button, loose that Windows flag! "Why on Earth did they use the Windows flag? I mean, I shouldn't have to salute the Microsoft banner whenever I need to get into my Start Menu." Hook99 enables the user to customize the start button. You can change or remove the text and... Platforms: Windows

StartScreenSaver is a simple little program to start your screensaver manually. There are 2 versions to choose from: StartScreenSaver is meant to be placed in the QuickLaunch toolbar for easy access, but does not have to be; StartScreenSaver (Tray Ed.) places an icon in the system tray instead of... Platforms: Windows

PStart is a simple tray tool to start user defined applications. Designed to run portable applications (like portable Firefox & Thunderbird), you can start anything runnable from USB key devices or removable disks. Install PStart locally to your hard disk to have an additional start menu with a... Platforms: Windows

NirExt utility adds 3 useful context menu extensions to your Windows Explorer environment. Folder Properties: Change the icon of any folder; Advanced Run: Run an application with command-line and some other options; Create Shortcut+: Instantly create a shortcut and drop it into one of the... Platforms: Windows

Launch It! Pro is a desktop utility that provides an alternative method of launching applications, easier to use than Windows Start menu, and neater than having large numbers of desktop shortcuts. Shortcuts can be to applications, documents and URLs, and can include parameters, and a description... Platforms: Windows

Tidybot is a cross-platform batch (X)HTML syntax-checker and report-generator. It traverses a directory tree of (X)HTML files on your hard disk, and generates a web page listing all the errors and warnings it encounters. Tidybot can be used in two ways: from the command-line, or through a... Platforms: *nix

Windows 8 provides a whole new interface known as "Metro." The interface replaces the start menu, providing convenient and easy access to your favorite sites, feeds and programs. Whether you want to prepare for the coming changes when you upgrade to Windows 8, or you simply want to try out... Platforms: Windows

Powerful launcher and scheduler that provides quick access to your favorite applications, folders, websites, and documents. Input new shortcuts by drag-n-drop, launch shortcuts using hotkeys, schedule shortcuts to run one or many times, group shortcuts, automatically insert commonly typed text,... Platforms: Windows