RK Launcher is a desktop software that launches programs. It will allow the user to have a visually pleasing bar at the side of the screen that is used to quickly launch shortcuts.

With support for themes, PNG's and ICO's and with smooth amazing animations, RK Launcher is a versatile and great taskbar replacement.

Here are some key features of "RK Launcher":

Zooming:
· When the mouse is moved over the dock, all the icons will automatically grow: this is called zooming. The advantage of zooming is that the user will be able to have a very small strip of shortcuts that virtually take no precious screenspace. Only when interaction with RK Launcher is required, the shortcutbar will automatically zoom in to allow the user to pick the icon he wants.

Taskbar:
· Minimized windows will normally be shown on the Windows Taskbar. RK Launcher provides an eye-pleasing replacement for the taskbar: whenever a window is minimized, it will automatically be placed on the shortcutsbar and will be represented by a small image of the contents of this window. This way, the user will quickly see which windows are minimized.

New Applications:
· It's always hard to track newly installed applications: where did they go? To solve this problem, RK Launcher will automatically place a shortcut on the launcher when an application is started for the first time.

Customization:
· All parts of RK Launcher can be fully customized. From the number of icons that gets zoomed on mouseover to the background and icons; the user can set it all as he likes. With support for themes, users can exchange their favourite looks and change the look of the launcher with one click.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· themes and backgrounds changed completely
· added exclusions for apps/windows
· cannot drag excluded apps to dock
· Y'z Docklet support improved
· icons from any folder (added Browse button)
· browse for application in dock item properties
· hide label
· label transparency
· saves changes on windows restart
· saves items on change
· fixed wrong appearance of OD docklet in add docklets dlg
· fixed save on change for add docklet
· changed 'application' to 'docklet_yz' or 'docklet_od' in itemlist.conf
· added Hide Taskbar option
· added Hotspot for dock showing up when the mouse goes to margin
· added Import Y'z Dock background
· settings are saved when the Settings dialog closes
· fixed DockletSetImageFile not setting the right image
· added Hide Indicators
· added Hide Poofs
· ObjectDock Docklet support improved (still missing some features)
· added void DockletSetIndicator(HWND, BOOL) that's missing in OD Docklet SDK
· docklet settings are saved via OnSave in itemlist.conf
· added effect when a new item is...