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Windows 7 AP Launcher Lets You Launch Multiple Apps With A Hotkey

Posted August 27, 2009 – 1:18 pm in: Freeware

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All Windows user launch a few applications once the PC boots up. For example, users may launch Internet Explorer, Firefox, Messenger, & Feed applications to begin their work. After some time, they might like to launch another set of applications like Word, PowerPoint & Excel to begin the office work.

In order to save your precious time, here is a tiny utility for Windows 7 that helps you launch a single or set of applications with the help of a hotkey or Windows 7 jump lists feature.

Windows 7 7APL (7 Application Launcher) is a free utility that can be used to launch a group of applications using customizable hot keys or Windows 7’s jump lists feature. The application is in Beta stage but works fine on Windows 7 RTM build.

Download, extract, & launch the 7APL program to see the welcome window and also to create a new profile. One can enter any number of applications in a particular profile and rename the profile. To create a new profile, move to New Profile tab, browse to the application, and click on the Include button located below add an application field.

The best thing about Windows 7 AP Launcher is that each feature has a brief description, which makes it very user friendly. User can associate specific picture to a profile which will be displayed in thumbnail view.

If you have been using Windows 7 jump lists feature(know more about jump lists feature), you can launch a profile just by right-clicking on the Windows 7 APL icon on the taskbar and then by selecting the profile name.

Download Windows 7 APL