wxQuickRun

wxQuickRun is a software application you can use to create a list with programs to quickly launch, write tasks and notes, as well as manage an address book with contacts. It contains approachable options that can be tackled with ease even by inexperienced users.

Before proceeding any further, you should know that the product hasn't received updates for a long time. Although it was successfully installed on newer Windows versions in our tests, it displayed some error dialogs that prevented it from starting up.

The interface of wxQuickRun is user-friendly, represented by a regular window split into multiple panes, where you can separately conduct operations and configure settings.

New programs can be added to the quick launch list by indicating their executables with the help of the file browser, as well as by specifying command-line parameters to enhance their functionality.

In order to put together tasks, it's necessary to write a description, assign a category, set the due date and mention the level of priority. Completed tasks are marked with the strikethrough effect. Similarly, you can create contacts and notes.

Lists from each pane can be exported to file and later imported. Plus, you can remove any entry or edit properties. Keyboard shortcuts are supported and can be configured for adding notes, copying and pasting data, counting characters, converting text to lowercase or uppercase, checking the spelling, and others.

Too bad that wxQuickRun hasn't been updated for such a long time that it no longer works properly on newer Windows versions. It consumed a low amount of CPU and RAM in our evaluation, so it didn't hamper the overall performance of the computer. Plus, it's free and open source.