Ruast

If you are the kind of user who prefers to keep a clean and uncluttered desktop, then one of the solutions to account for is a launcher that allows you to organize everything smoothly according to your needs and preferences.

Ruast is a tiny piece of software designed to help you maintain your desktop clean while providing you quick access to the programs and utilities that you are using on a regular basis.

The application does not require installation and you can decompress the archive and any location on you hard disk. Upon launch, you can access the program from the System Tray and add the utilities, documents, spreadsheets and other files you are working with via the context menu.

Although it is rather minimalistic, the interface is streamlined and non-distracting. You will be happy to learn that the utility enables you to customize the app's display style from window to taskbar. At the same time, you can modify the colors of the window and border as well as adjust the level of transparency for them.

You can add a new shortcut by accessing the Settings from the context menu and then specifying the program's path and name, the latter being quite useful when you are adding numerous documents with similar names, for instance.

In case you deem it necessary, you can also add a different icon and parameter for the app to execute when launching. Considering that you can also add parameters, it means that you can add administrator tools with your desired configuration.

On a side note, if you run the program as administrator, then you can execute all programs you added without having to worry about permissions. The option can be helpful when you are working with tools that modify system files and registries, for examples.

While it comes in a simple and intuitive package, Ruast is an easy to use launcher and organizer that permits you to seamlessly add shortcuts to all the applications, documents and other files that you are frequently using.