MadAppLauncher: Best Free Application Launcher For Netbooks

MadAppLauncher is a freeware application launcher for netbook users. We have seen many application launchers in the past, MadAppLauncher takes a different approach to increase productivity. It accomplices this by offering an intuitive way of launching applications.

The application hosts many keyboard mapped boxes which you can fill with the most frequently used applications and links. In total, there are 10 tabs, and each tab contains 30 boxes. You can assign 30 programs for each of the 10 tab pages. Thus you can assign a total of 300 per configuration. It also allows you to export the configured boxes with all user-preferences to a single file for backup. You can use this backup on your other computers without having to configure the settings and associating programs all over again.

How to use MadAppLauncher?

First, launch the MadAppLauncher application. Under first tab, right-click on any box and select edit. Now, enter the program details that you want to associate it to. To save yourself from typing all the details, simply browse to the application and select it. MadAppLauncher will automatically extract all the required information. Now, if you want to, you can customize the icon assigned by choosing a custom icon. If you want that program to run using administrative privileges, enable Run as administrator.

Repeat the above steps to assign your favorite applications to different boxes. After you have assigned applications, just press the keyboard shortcut assigned to the particular box of your favorite application to launch it.

All the 10 tabs are mapped with 0-9 keys. So, if you’re managing more than, lets say, 90 applications and shortcuts, you can simply switch to the tab where the application’s shortcut box is residing and launch it by using the numpad keys.

Don’t forget to save the settings before closing the application. You can save the settings from the file menu of the application.

You can watch the quick start demo video for a quick how to of the application:

MadAppLauncher works on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.