TrayLauncher

A common side effect of installing an application or video game on your computer is an associated desktop shortcut for quick launch. However, there’s only so much desktop space you can use, and it’s just a matter of time before it can get crowded. In this regard, TrayLauncher gives you the possibility to create a custom menu to keep the desktop clean and launch programs faster.

The neat thing about it is that you don’t have to install it to function. This enables you to carry it around on a USB flash drive along with other portable apps, while accessing them from a custom menu, regardless of the computer you’re using TrayLauncher on. Another advantage of portability is that system registries remain intact, thus not having an impact on the target PC.

Right after it’s launched, the application minimizes to the system tray, but you can probably tell this from the name. By default, there aren’t any menus created, so you might want to launch the command editor to set up a few.

TrayLauncher’s command editor module is pretty simple in terms of design, but aesthetics are of no concern here. A navigation panel serves as both a real time updating preview of the panel you create, and the possibility to set the order and add new items. There’s the possibility to add folders, with multiple submenus, plain text labels, and even separators for more style.

The application lets you create shortcuts for almost anything except folders, so you need to spend some time in the command editor for thorough menus, especially because are added one by one. However, when it’s done, the menu can be made accessible from any location through the middle mouse button, and with different color themes to make it more appealing.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that TrayLauncher is a practical utility you can use to create visually appealing, custom menus to launch all your applications and games with little effort. Designing the menu itself is intuitive enough, with various options for separators, text tags, or different icons, making this application worth at least a try.