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Start++

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An enhancement for the Start Menu in Windows Vista and a Run box command extender. #Application launcher  #Macro creator  #Command customizer  #Launcher  #Start  #Macro  

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What is Start++?

Start++ is an enhancement for the Start Menu in Windows Vista. It also extends the Run box and the command-line with customizable commands. For example, typing "w Windows Vista" will take you to the Windows Vista page on Wikipedia!

Typing "sudo" followed by a command will run that command with elevated (admin) privileges. A very useful feature from the command-line as well!

Advanced functions can work with search results, powered by Windows Vista's integrated desktop search engine. For example, typing "play radiohead" will find all music that matches the query "radiohead", compile the results into a .M3U file, and launch it in your favorite media player (actually, it only uses Windows Media Player for the moment, but that will change soon).

It also allows users to export and share their favorite commands.

Some commands will trigger custom UI in the Start Menu in response to your commands.

What's new in Start++ 0.8.1.0:

  • The typing delay added in 0.8 will now only affect Start Gadgets, and only once they are already showing. This was added to prevent unnecessary queries to the web server while you are still typing. This fix, combined with prevous ones, should give a much better response to your typing than in the past for all situations.
  • Any systems which use comma-delimited decimal formats should no longer save out incorrect data for the ZoomFactor parameter in the XML. This should prevent the crashes many users of non-English systems have been seeing.
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Start++ 0.8.2.0 Beta 2 / 0.8.1.0

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  runs on:
Windows Vista
  file size:
1.3 MB
  filename:
Start 0.8.2 Setup Win7.msi
  4 screenshots:
Start++ - The Command Startlets tab enables you to establish shortcuts for applications or URLsStart++ - The Start Gadgets tab allows you to assign shortcut keys to gadgets and to edit their propertiesStart++ - In the Search Startlets tab one can modify the queries, shortcuts and actionsStart++ - screenshot #4
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