uStart - simple application launcher

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uStart - simple application launcher

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Description:
This program is designed with ease of use and filesize in mind. It occupies
only some kilobytes of the valuable space on your USB stick.
It has some features which are very useful for a mobile office on you USB stick.

Special features:
* Applications could be organized into groups.
* Separators for better overview
* Paths to applications or home directories are stored relative to the location of 'uStart.exe'. '\' for the actual drive is also allowed.
* Environment variables within paths, applications or options are automatically replaced, e.g. '%windir%' becomes 'C:\windows'.
* When exiting uStart, the started applications can be optionally closed.
* After Start you see only an additional trayicon, nothing else.
* Occupies only 75k (uncompressed) on your drive.
* Support for applications, folders and other files that are opened through their associated applications.
* Applications/Folders/Files could be run/opened automatically on program start

Free for personal and commercial use.
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#2 Post by Fluffy »

Though I personally couldn't stand the lack of a simple Drag 'n Drop interface, this app would probably be great for true minimalists. Adding it now.

[EDIT] Andrew, how do I add the "mu" symbol like you did with uTorrent? I know how to use the charmap to do it normally, but is it different on the web?

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#3 Post by Replika »

try copy&paste "µStart"

this program's only 75k 8) , sourcecode's included in zip file.
Love portable freewares :wink:

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#4 Post by shaggystyle »

From http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php
How do you write µ?
If you're using English-International, or most other international IMEs, as your keyboard setting (but not EN-US), press AltGr M, or Ctrl Alt M. Alternatively, you can press Alt 0181 (on the numpad), which works on ALL IMEs and regions.
does it help?
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#5 Post by Andrew Lee »

Andrew, how do I add the "mu" symbol like you did with uTorrent? I know how to use the charmap to do it normally, but is it different on the web?
I normally enter the HTML entity code directly eg. "µTorrent" becomes "& #181;Torrent". I use the excellent Unicode Characters to HTML Entities Converter to perform the conversion.

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Re: uStart - simple application launcher

#6 Post by Midas »

Very old topic update: µStart v1.6.0 released 2017-08-02 (no changelog).

This update happened notwithstanding the warning posted by the author (in German) at the homepage back in 2008-06-27 that "There won't be any further development for this project. I found [Aignes] Portable Start Menu that does just about anything I want."

According to the source file (included), µStart was developed with PureBasic v5.60; its GUI remains pretty much unchanged...

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FTR, here's the content of µStart help/about dialog:

Spoiler!   
uStart -- a small and easy usable application launcher for your USB stick

Description:

This program is designed with ease of use and filesize in mind. It occupies
only some kilobytes of the valuable space on your USB stick.
It has some features which are very useful for a mobile office on you USB stick.

Special features:

* Applications could be organized into groups.
* Separators for better overview
* Paths to applications or home directories are stored relative to the location
of 'uStart.exe'. '\' for the actual drive is also allowed.
* Environment variables within paths, applications or options are automatically
replaced, e.g. '%windir%' becomes 'C:\windows'.
* When exiting uStart, the started applications can be optionally closed.
* After Start you see only an additional trayicon, nothing else.
* Support for applications, folders and other files that are opened through their
associated applications.
* Applications/Folders/Files could be run/opened automatically on program start

Usage:

When left-clicking on the trayicon a popup menu containing the previously
defined applications. With clicking on the menuitem you start the application.
When right-clicking on the trayicon a different popup menu opens, where you
can set the applications to appear in the launching menu and configure them.
Additionally you can set the option whether marked applications that are started
should close on exit. Just click on it And you will see a marker, when activated.
Opened file types other than .exe are not closed automatically.
An additional option is the general activation of the automatic run of marked
applications. When this option is unchecked it is not possible to activate
automatic run when setting the aplications.

Free for personal and commercial use.

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All rights reserved.

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Re: uStart - simple application launcher

#7 Post by bitcoin »

Midas wrote: Wed Feb 03, 2021 5:29 am Very old topic update: µStart v1.6.0 released 2017-08-02 (no changelog).
thanks for adding the release date on that page

its annoying when some of those older programs dont even have a year listed

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Re: uStart - simple application launcher

#8 Post by Midas »

@bitcoin: I always try to be as thorough as possible with any updates, but sometimes it isn't at all possible due to lock of reliable sources.

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