Overview
What is ShortcutsToTray?
ShortcutsToTray : Lightweight, portable and simple-to-use program for quickly accessing your favorite links, files, folders, drives, and other areas from the system tray
In depth
A closer look at ShortcutsToTray
ShortcutsToTray is a small-sized and portable program that lets users create shortcuts in the system tray area for any file, folder, URL, application, power management option, and others. Too bad it doesn't have a search function, similar to the Start menu in Windows 7.Since there is no installation involved, you can drop the executable file in any location on the hard drive and just click it to run.An alternative is to save ShortcutsToTray to a pen drive or other mass storage device, to be able to run it on any machine effortlessly, without previously installing anything.What's important to consider is that the Windows registry does not get updated with new entries, and no additional files are created on the HDD, leaving no traces behind after removal.At startup, ShortcutsToTray creates an icon in the system tray area and defines categories such as files and folders, Internet links, network resources, applications, operations, system links, and disk drives.For example, it is possible to add a file or folder by simply pointing out its path, as well as to to organize them into groups. In case of applications, it is necessary to establish the title, file name, parameters and working directories (administrative rights are optional for running). System operations include powering off, rebooting, hibernating and locking the workstation.The app does not put a strain on computer performance, as it runs on low CPU and RAM. We have not come across any issues throughout our evaluation, since ShortcutsToTray did not hang, crash or display error messages.Although it is not particularly resourceful regarding customization, ShortcutsToTray offers a simple method to creating multipurpose shortcuts in the system tray area, catering to all user categories.
Requirements
System requirements
Windows 2008 / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 / Windows Vista 64 bit / Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows 2000
Verdict
Should you download ShortcutsToTray?
ShortcutsToTray runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 477 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
System.
✓
Verified clean. Every ShortcutsToTray build on SoftLookup is scanned for viruses, spyware, adware, trojans and backdoors. We re-test on every update.
Sponsored
At a glance
ShortcutsToTray specifications
- Last updated
- Apr 30, 2026
- Requirements
- Windows 2008 / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 / Windows Vista 64 bit / Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows 2000
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- File size
- 477 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 759
Help fellow users decide. Share your experience with ShortcutsToTray.