mylauncher Help
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interface

Above is the picture of main window of the program. Main window has only one text box (blue part) and a few buttons. By clicking on flat part of main window (in between the left most button and "W" button or all the way at the right) the window can be dragged and placed anywhere on screen.

Main window can be minimized and still be placed any where on the screen. The picture above shows how the minimized window will look like.


Left most round button minimize|maximize main window keeping the window on screen.


"W" button show|hide "Add Web URL" pane, can be seen in the picture all the way at the bottom of the page.
  Blue part is the Main Text Box. This is where to type Command to launch an item.
"+" button show|hide Add Item pane to be used to add items to Launch List.
">" button show|hide "Open" pane, to be used to launch a program or a file in old fashioned way.
"L" button show|hide Launch List.
"C" button show|hide the pane to view CommandCodes and Predefined LaunchNames.
"P" button show|hide Preferences pane.
"?" button show|hide Help.
"M" button minimize main window in system tray. To bring back main window just hover mouse pointer on tray icon.
"X" is the Exit button.


QuickLauncher

In main window, small round button in between "?" and "H" button,  show|hide QuickLauncher window. QuickLauncher window can be dragged and placed anywhere on screen the same way as the main window.


QuickLauncher has two parts. Bottom part shows only information and can be hidden by clicking the small round button at the very right of the bottom part or the red button of the top part.

QuickLauncher - Top Part

Left most button minimize\maximize QuickLauncher window, keeping it on screen.
Next, to the right, two buttons to go back and forward in the Launch list to add desired items to QuickLauncher.


Next five buttons are type selection buttons. Types are:
F = File    D = Directory    P = Program    E = Email  and  W = Web URL
Type selection button on a green background represent selected type. QuickLaunch buttons launches items only of selected type.
Type selection button as a "Star" on a black background indicates that the list of that type is empty.
Next to the right of type selection buttons are twenty round QuickLaunch buttons. Each of these buttons launches an item from LaunchList of selected type. Hovering mouse pointer on any of these buttons, LaunchName of the item that will be launched if the button is clicked can be viewed as a ToolTip. These buttons will look like a Star on a transparent background if no item are added to the buttons.


The smaller red button next, to the right, show|hide bottom part of QuickLauncher.
Smallest button to the right hides the QuickLauncher window.


QuickLauncher - Bottom Part

Bottom part of QuickLauncher shows only information.
The very left label showing number "86". This is the total number of items of selected type in the LaunchList.
Next label to the right showing the type of selected items, in this case "P", meaning that the type of selected item is "Program".
Next label showing "Showing 21 - 40". This is the range of items of selected type in the LaunchList that is currently being displayed on QuickLauncher.
Next 20 labels showing the position (or index or serial number or whatever sounds good to you) of the items in the LaunchList of selected type. These items can be launched by clicking on the button just above any of these label.


Next to the right, the small round button hides the bottom part of QuickLauncher.