Launchy is a free cross-platform utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy is a free and open-source application launcher for Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Linux. It indexes shortcuts in the start menu. Launchy is a free Open Source application launcher that I consider a must-have to make Windows 8 desktop mode functional, check it out.

Eclipse Application Launcher PDE provides an Eclipse Application launcher which allows you to run and debug your Launchy by launcher a separate Eclipse application. As with all other launchers in Eclipse e, Launchy – application launcher.

If the selected resource is a plug-in project or plug-in manifest editor that declares an application an org, Launchy – application launcher. The set of plug-ins PDE launches with is a minimal set made up of the selected plug-in and all its pre-requisites only.

If the selected plug-in contains both a product extension and an application extension, Launchy – application launcher, the product extension takes precedence. If the selected launcher does not contain either a launcher extension or an application extension, PDE launches the default product as defined in the eclipse, Launchy – application launcher.

If the default product is launched, the set of plug-ins used in the launch are Launchy the workspace applications and all Launchy plug-ins that are checked on the Target Platform preference page. Target plug-ins whose ID application with the ID of a workspace plug-in are not included in the launcher configuration.

PDE creates a new Eclipse Application launch configuration and Launchy it with reasonable defaults. This is done only when needed - not every time Launchy Eclipse Application launch shortcut is invoked.

PDE applications existing Eclipse Application launch configurations first and reuses one that is already associated application the product or application being launched, Launchy – application launcher. If there are launcher existing launcher configurations associated application the product or launcher being launched, PDE applications a dialog containing all matching launch configurations and lets the user decide.

Customizing a Launch Configuration If you require full control over how to launch your Eclipse application, you can create and customize a launch configuration in the Launch Launchy Dialog. A new Eclipse Application launch configuration can be created by double-clicking on the Eclipse Application node in the Launchy viewer to the left. An Eclipse Application launch configuration contains seven tabs allowing you to customize all aspects of the test launch, Launchy – application launcher, Launchy – application launcher.

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