Comments on: Windows equivalent to Butler or QuickSilver on OS X?

Question: Windows equivalent to Butler or QuickSilver on OS X?

arathorn — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:36:29 -0800

Is there a launching tool for Windows with capabilities similar to Butler or QuickSilver on OS X? I've tried tons of different launcher tools on Windows, but haven't found any that match the power of either of these. Ideally, this tool would periodically index start menu items, and provide a command line window to enter launch commands (with partial/abbreviation matching). Thanks!

By: kindall

kindall — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:19:48 -0800

Tried AppRocket?

By: socratic

socratic — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:15:22 -0800

Wow, that things pretty much a direct rip of LaunchBar. Heh. On the other hand, I've been looking for something like this on Windows for a while, so thanks for a) asking and b) answering. :)

By: ajr

ajr — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:54:16 -0800

ActiveWords

By: gd779

gd779 — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:23:42 -0800

This page lists a few alternatives in the comments.

By: TuxHeDoh

TuxHeDoh — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:57:22 -0800

I tried app rocket after seeing it on del.icio,us... it ate a lot of memory.... and caused start up issues. I uninstalled it, but it does almost exactly what you're looking for. I must say I've never used either of the apps you're looking for replacements of.

By: arathorn

arathorn — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:46:23 -0800

AppRocket looks like it'll do the trick. Not nearly as powerful as Butler/QuickSilver, but it has the basics, and a nice GUI to boot.

(Following the link that gd779 suggested, I tried a couple others that didn't work out: runfast (really a command/alias-based launcher, not auto-indexing) and run++ (crashed, gui didn't look as pretty as AppRocket's).)

Thanks again!