Overview
What is Launchy?
Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager.
In depth
A closer look at Launchy
Launchy is a free windows 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!Once Launchy has been started, it hides in the background. You bring it forward by holding the ALT key and tapping the SPACE key. You then type in a few keys of the program you are searching for and hit ENTER once it has been found. You can also make Launchy dissappear again by hitting ESCAPE or ALT+SPACE. You can customize which key combination launches Launchy.Launchy is developed to run on XP, however you can try downloading the gdiplus.dll and unzipping it into your Launchy directory to get it to run with Win2000.You can extend and customize Launchy with many themes and plugins developed by its thriving user community.
Requirements
System requirements
Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / XP 64-bit / Vista 64-bit / Windows 7 64-bit / Windows 8 / Windows 8 64-bit / Windows 10 / Windows 10 64-bit
Verdict
Should you download Launchy?
Launchy runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
OpenSource under LGPL
license
— the installer is 4.46 MB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Desktop Tools.
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At a glance
Launchy specifications
- Last updated
- Apr 27, 2026
- Requirements
- Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / XP 64-bit / Vista 64-bit / Windows 7 64-bit / Windows 8 / Windows 8 64-bit / Windows 10 / Windows 10 64-bit
- License
- OpenSource under LGPL
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- File size
- 4.46 MB
- Price
- Free
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- 467
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