A free Application Launcher to make your desktop clean, with Tree Notes feature to keep and share your notes fast and easy. Portable, skinable, customizable, innovation...

8start Launcher is a free portable application launcher, I created 8start Launcher because I believe there should be a convenient way to access application than using windows start menu, quick launch and desktop. Windows desktop look messy if too many shortcuts in the desktop, windows start menu become hard to access if too many applications installed in the computer, windows quick launch not suitable to handle too many shortcuts.
Now you can make your desktop wallpaper never be blocked by the icons, you never have to search program shortcuts in start menu. You can divide different programs into categories and groups, and access it by a single click.
I put a lot of effort on created 8start Launcher, included skinable design and shortcuts grouping interface. After using this application I am so used to it that I can't manage to work on computers where it isn't installed.
With continuous improvement, 8start Launcher is including fast and beautiful Tree Notes feature.
I am publishing this software, hope that it can be a help for you to also. You are free to download and distribute the software. This software is freeware!

Launcher Features
- Organize shortcuts into groups and categories
- Accessed by system tray, hotkey and middle mouse
- Create and manange buttons fast and easy. Shortcuts, url favorites, files, folder, and application link can be defined easily
- Launch applications and files fast and intuitive
- Keeps the desktop clean, no more shortcuts block the view of your wallpaper
- Portable with relative path defined supported, can be run in flash drive or install in harddisk.
- Show program name / description when mouse over the icon
- Quick access to the drive content by click the drive letter
- Changable skin with transpancy png format supported, 30+ beautiful skins available for download
- Able to use picture files .jpg, .png, .ico, .bmp, .gif as button icon
- Individual customizable button style. Link to the application, favorite documents, music files, folders.... intuitively by apply the most suitable style
- Auto download website favicon to local for url type button. Url icon still available if the internet cached have been deleted.
- Launcher auto shrink to fit number of icons
- Whole new concept of launching your applications and files

Tree Notes Features
- Opacity of notes is adjustable on the fly, ease for you to read through the content behind the note while editing the note.
- Unlimited of Tree and Notes can be defined
- Each Tree has its own Path for storing notes, notes can be saved in File Server, Flash Drive, Portable Device... Combination of notes storage path is possible.
- Each Tree have its' own note color , ease for you to differential type of notes, e.g. Notes in Server, Notes for research Linux....
- Notes can be shared if store in File Server, or by network sharing in normal worktation
- Portable with relative path defined supported, you can store and access your notes in your flash drive
- 200+ beautiful icons included, you can add in your prefer icons in icons library. .ico and .png format is supported.
- Notes information show last edited time and user

Tree Shortcuts/Favorites Features
- Multi-Level/Unlimited of Shortcuts/Favorites can be added easily
- Note Taking feature for Shortcuts/Favorites
- Very easy to be organized by using the 'Move' function
- Portable with relative path defined supported
- Shortcuts/Favorites can be shared if store in File Server, or by network sharing in normal worktation

8start Launcher is
- A combination of innovative Application Launcher and Tree Notes/Shortcuts/Favorites
- Run on Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista
- Freeware, free for personal and commercial use, for everybody
- Clean, No Adware, No Spyware

8start Launcher is specially for :
1. Flash Drive Users - With the portable feature, flash drive users can copy 8start Launcher in the flash drive, use it as the main menu to access to the portable notes / software / folders / files in the flash drive fast and visually. After configure the 8start Launcher, they can see and launch the portable software by the 8start Launcher, which are arranged in category and group, rather then dig into the folder to find it.
2. Artists - Artists are always prefer to have a clean and nice looking desktop. 8start Launcher can keep the desktop clean, and artists can design a nice skin for the 8start Laucher which they prefer.
3. Presenters - Presenters can create buttons in 8start Launcher for all the documents / applications which want to be presented, they will find this is very efficient during the presentation. And aslo, presenters can design a skin for the presentation (e.g. add the company logo, picture/word related to the presentation topic).
4. Your Grandma - Yes, with intuitively access concept and customizable buttons in 8start Launcher, even your grandma can launch the applications easily now.
5. You - Try launching your favorite applcations by this fast, intuitive, skinable, customizable and beautiful free launcher, you should find this can save a lot of time rather than using windows start menu. And also, the tree notes feature is useful for you to access and sharing information.

The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this shutdown software.