Top 15 8start launcher Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

8start Launcher is a combination of innovative Application Launcher, countdown and Tree Notes/Shortcuts/Favorites.

Launcher Features
- Organize shortcuts into groups and categories
- Accessed by system tray, hotkey and middle mouse
- Create and manange buttons fast and easy. Shortcuts, url favorites , files, folder, and application link can be defined easily
- Launch applications and files fast and intuitive
- Keeps the desktop clean, no more shortcuts block the view of your wallpaper
- Portable with relative path defined supported, can be run in flash drive or install in harddisk.
- Show program name / description when mouse over the icon
- Quick access to the drive content by click the drive letter
- Changable skin with transpancy png format supported, 30+ beautiful skins available for download
- Able to use picture files .jpg, .png, .ico, .bmp, .gif as button icon
- Individual customizable button style. Link to the application, favorite documents, music files, folders.... intuitively by apply the most suitable style
- Auto download website favicon to local for url type button. Url icon still available if the internet cached have been deleted.
- Launcher auto shrink to fit number of icons
- Whole new concept of launching your applications and files ...

1. Kana Reminder

Kana Reminder Kana Reminder is a program which can be used to set a reminder to be triggered at a specified time. It can also be used to run another program at a specified time.Features:Can be set to remind on hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or annually basis. Can be set to run......

2. BarLaunch

BarLaunch BarLaunch is a program launcher which starts up the program. It is a convenient tool to start the program quickly. BarLaunch has a lot of customizing.Button type launcher which lines up icon on bar. Convenient program launcher The program and the associated file can be opened only by clicking the......

3. Icy Radio

Icy Radio Icy Radio is a handy desktop player for online radio stations. It will allow you to easily listen to your preferred stations and manage the favorites list in the same time. Several nice skins are available for customizing the looks of the application.......

4. HotShut

HotShut HotShut is a free tiny app which lets you shutdown, restart, lock, hibernate or log off your Windows computer instantly from your taskbar notification area.......

5. HS Quickstart

HS Quickstart HS Quickstart shows you a window with quick access to your installed programs, eMails, Scripts and much more. A click in one of the borders of your screen and the quicklist appears. It also gives you the ability to open every entry with a shortcut. Its shareware but fully functionally,......

6. LaunchTab

LaunchTab [Last update was released on 05 Oct 2007, but you can download it from Softpedia.com on http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Other-Desktop-Enhancements/LaunchTab.shtml ]LaunchTab is a freeware skinnable pop-up file launcher for Windows. LaunchTab has a graphical skinning feature that lets you create a "skin" toreplace the graphics for Tabs.LaunchTab uses simple file formats......

7. Launchy

Launchy Launchy is a free Windows and Linux utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes.......

8. Ghost-It

Ghost-It Adjust the transparency of your active and inactive windows, taskbar, and desktop with this small application, which suffers from a minor performance glitch. Ghost-It places an icon on your system tray, with options to independently configure the transparency levels of your active window and inactive windows. It comes with a......

9. Quick Access Popup

Quick Access Popup The freeware Quick Access Popup (QAP) lets you move like a breeze between your frequently used folders, documents, applications, web pages and much more!Save thousands of clicks while browsing your favorite folders in windows explorer or file dialog boxes. Launch your most used applications, documents or web sites instantly with......

10. AveIconifier2

AveIconifier2 [Download link: http://tinyurl.com/AveIcon ]AveIconifier2 convert ICO to PNG and vice versa.Features - Simple drag-'n-drop interface.- Totally skinnable application.- Right click on the captionbar to select a skin.- Select output formats for icons (right click on the icon pane).What's new?- Multi Icons are now created from PNGs: 16x16, 24x24, 32x32,......

11. CBurner

CBurner CBurner is a free tool for burning CD/DVD with a simple and intuitive user interface which makes it very easy to use for a novice user. It is small, portable, very fast and uses low system resources.......

12. Treetle

Treetle Treetle helps you Connect with others around you who share your interests so you can together Do the things you love.Find the right Treetle clubs to join and connect with like-minded people through events posted in your clubs. You can just as easily create your own clubs or post your......

13. Clam Sentinel

Clam Sentinel Clam Sentinel is a system tray application that detects file system changes and scans modified files using ClamWin . It also detects new devices (like USB flash drive) and monitors them until the program is closed or until the device is disconnected.......

14. USBAgent

USBAgent Launch the programs you have on your USB stick with this tool.USBAgent is an easy to use application designed to check your USB ports and run a program when plugging in or removing an USB stick.Furthermore, it can mount on the USB device contained TrueCrypt container and supported directly from......

15. AutoLyrix

AutoLyrix AutoLyrix was designed to download Lyrics, AlbumArt (artwork) and SyncLyric (LRC files) automatically. It is an open-source solution to EvilLyrics. Saved lyrics from EvilLyrics can be used by AutoLyrix. AutoLyrix is simple: run AutoLyrix and it will find the player running (if the player is supported), get the current song......