Looking at the motley crowd of shortcuts on your computer desktop but not able to find the one you need? Do you often find yourself looking for an app to run rather than doing your work? True Launch Bar can make your day go easier as it can solve these and many other problems related to quick access to your PC content!
It’s the same Windows desktop you know and love. But with True Launch Bar, your workspace becomes more convenient and fun to use. Create a custom menu on the taskbar to list similar apps. Drag and drop necessary shortcuts there. Select menu icons to find applications quickly. If icons are not enough, True Launch Bar can show tooltips for you to find what you are looking for almost on autopilot. With separators and submenus, you can group items by topic and create any kind of a custom menu you want. Are you a fully-fledged touch typist? Awesome! True Launch Bar lets you specify hot keys for menus and shortcuts to open them with a touch of a button.
Key features
Compatibility with standard Quick LaunchTrue Launch Bar is fully compatible with the standard WindowsTM Quick Launch toolbar. It uses the same folder for shortcuts. If some program installs an icon into Quick Launch, then the program also installs the icon for True Launch Bar as well. True Launch Bar can be docked into the taskbar like just like Quick Launch.
Grouping links into popup menusThe huge advantage of True Launch Bar is popup menus. You can create menus on in the True Launch bar panel and place your shortcuts there. This will save space on your taskbar and give you another dimension in using the taskbar. True Launch Bar is Quick Launch on steroids!
Full support of Windows XP Visual StylesTrue Launch Bar completely supports Windows XP Visual Styles. You turn on the Flat Menus option and TLB will begin to look like All Programs menu from the Start Button.
Windows 7 compatibleSince version 4.4 True Launch Bar is Windows 7 compatible. True Launch Bar supports all Windows 7 features including the Aero interface.
The Aero Glass Effects for Windows Vista/7True Launch Bar allow you make the menus semitransparent by using the new Aero Glass effect.
This feature works on Windows Vista/7 with Aero turned on. To enable the glass effect, open the TLB Settings->Menu->Effects. You can define the glow text color also. This allows you to see text on every background.
Improved separators (unique)Separators help you to combine your shortcuts into groups inside menus or on the toolbar. The separator is simply a horizontal or vertical line. More-over you can add Titles (a separator with text). This will help you group and quickly find shortcuts inside menus.
Virtual Folders (unique)You can also create virtual folders on the True Launch Bar. When you create a virtual folder, you select the folder's content you want to see in the toolbar menu. It can be any folder on your disk or on a local network (Favorites, Programs, Recent, etc.); or you can add file system folders such as Printers, Control Panel, My Computer, Dialup Network or other similar folders.
Hot keysTrue Launch Bar lets you specify hot keys for menus and shortcuts to open them with a touch of a button.
Run your shortcuts without click (unique)Now True Launch Bar offer the "Run on mouse hover" feature. This means that you can run your shortcuts without click the mouse.
SkinsTrue Launch Bar is skinable. This means that you can change the appearance of buttons, menu items...
Fast toolbar switching (unique)You can define some of shortcuts sets (toolbars) and quickly switch between them using TLB’s context menu. Define one toolbar for working and another for gaming!
Related Links (unique)You can add related links to every button in True Launch Bar. This can help you to associate more useful links (to web sites or files) with the particular application. Create your own links libraries!
Protection (unique)How many times has your child removed your shortcuts from the Launch Bar? Or your users lose some of their buttons? Now you can right-click on any button and select Protect. Select a password and nobody can run, delete or change your button. You can protect the setup with a password too.
Auto-sensing toolbar (unique) Overlay Images on menu (unique) Hot keys manager Backup/Restore toolbar Improved tips (unique) Support PNG images as icon
