Jumplist-Launcher

jumplist-launcher-icon

The newly introduced jumplists, which appear when you right-click on an icon in the superbar, help improving the workflow a lot, but if you want combine multiple programs in one icon, you’re screwed.

good stuffThe ‘Jumplist-Launcher’ comes to rescue!

It lets you add up to 10 60 programs or files within self-defined groups inside a jumplist, but see yourself:

Download

Jumplist-Launcher 7.2 (476.6 KB) - 125882 hits

Get testking VCP-410 training to pass real exam and become master of latest technology using testking 350-001 dumps and testking 640-802 study guide.

Changelog

Version 7:

  • You can choose one default-entry which will be opened if you click on Jumplist-Launchers Superbar-icon. An entry will be added to your Jumplists which opens the configuration-window of the Jumplist-Launcher
  • The interface has been revised agaom (special thanks go to Heiko Eckendorf for the concept)
  • The issue where people were unable to create Jumplists is finally fixed

Version 6:

  • Every element can now be executed with command-line arguments (doesn’t make much sense for non-executable files though)
  • Shortcuts added via drag’n'drop will be dissolved to their target. This includes their arguments.
  • If somehow an icon couldn’t be loaded it will now be replaced by a question mark instead of throwing cryptic error messages at you
  • The interface and workflow to add files have been revised
  • People who weren’t able to change the max. number of jumplist-item should now be able to do so

Version 5:

  • groups and entries in the treeview can now be moved via drag’n'drop
  • after deleting items in the treeview icons don’t become mixed up anymore
  • after adding files via filebrowser the correct icon will now be shown in the treeview

Version 4:

  • You can now optionally create a tasklist instead of the normal one. This ones max. number of items isn’t bound to the max. number of recent items, however there is no setting for max. tasklist entries
  • fixed strange behaviour when moving items in the TreeView (e.g. files become groups)
  • multiple items can now be moved at once
  • the icons-folder will be created if it doesn’t exist (fixes the “Datei “…\iconInfo.dat” kann nicht erstellt werden.” bug)

Version 3:

  • You can add single files to the jumplist by dragging the file on the superbar entry of Jumplist-Launcher while holding the shift-key
  • Folder icons can be changed now
  • fixed a bug where icons are mixed up when you delete a folder icon
  • No more “Fehler beim Holen der Daten…” Error, instead it just disables the ability to set the number of entries in the registry if the value couldn’t be read

Version 2:

  • Up to 60 (before only 10) jumplist-items possible
  • You can change the maximum number of jumplist-items inside the program
  • New items are added in the correct groups now
  • Ordner können auch der Liste hinzugefügt werden

Featuresjumplistlauncher1

  • no installation and rubbish in the registry
  • Creates jumplists with up to 10 60 programs or files which can then be directly started(Warning: The setting Max. Jumplist-Items changes the number of possible entries globally for the whole Windows-environment)
  • the jumplist entries can be grouped
  • An entry can be assigned to be opened upon left-clicking the superbar-icon of the Jumplist-Launcher
  • Every entry may contain command-line arguments
  • after creating the jumplist, no program needs to run in the background
  • you can have multiple Jumplist-Launcher-Icons (with different files/programs) on your superbar by copying the folder
  • files can be dragged into the Jumplist-Launcher from Windows-Explorer
  • Icon and name of the entry can be customized
  • Jumplist-items can be added by dragging single files on Jumplist-Launchers taskbar-icon while holding the shift-key

Requirements

  • Microsoft Windows 7 RC

Benutzung

  1. Start Jumplist-Launcher.exe
  2. Add Groups by clicking the ‘Add Group’ button and rename them by clicking on their name in the treeview
  3. Add files/programs by either clicking on the ‘…’ button or directly dragging them into the Jumplist-Launcher window
  4. You can reorganize the order of groups and files by selecting them in the treeview and pressing the up or down-button
  5. if needed change the number of max. Jumplist-items
  6. When you are done, click on ‘Create Jumplist’ to save everything and Create the jumplist
  7. Pin the program to the superbar
  8. Close the programm

Known issues

  • Changing the maxmimum number of Jumplist-entries changes the number of recently used files all across Windows 7This can’t be fixed at the moment because both numbers are represented by only one number in the registry

To-Do

  • Multiple taskbar entries with different icons with just one instance of the program
  • Save settings as a XML-file
  • any ideas?

jumplistlauncher2

FAQ

Q: The program gives weird error-messages

A: The data is likely to be corrupt. In order to start fresh, delete all content of the icons-folder but

the folder itself and the ‘settings.dat’ which is located in the Jumplist-Launcher-folder

Q: How can I have Jumplist-Launcher pinned on the superbar with my own icon

A: Create a shortcut of the Jumplist-Launcher.exe and pin that to the taskbar

Q: 10 60 files/apps only? …I need more

A: You can copy the whole Jumplist-Launcher folder and paste it somewhere else.

Both Jumplist-Launcher.exe use different datasets and therefore can have different files/programs linked to them

Related Posts

  • Beth

    Just what I was looking for! Works beautifully with Windows 7 Pro (64-bit) — with one small exception, namely:

    Jumplist Launcher is configured to show 60 items (I don’t actually have that many yet), but when I display the JL-Menu (with left-click) only the first 32 lines will actually display. What am I doing wrong?

  • Benny

    Cooles Tool! Einen Feature-Wunsch hätte ich für die nächste Version: Wäre es möglich, bei Verknüpfungen, die man in die Liste einfügt, auch den “Ausführen in”-Wert mitzunehmen?
    Konkret geht es um Verknüpfungen zu exe-Dateien, die im Netzwerk liegen und auch im jeweiligen Netzwerkverzeichnis ausgeführt werden sollen…

  • GInfo

    Hi Hedgehog, the Add Folder and other dialogs show buttons in German, is there a way to force it to display in English? Thanks

  • andimoor

    Ich nutze den Launcher im Startmenü – funktioniert auch.
    Allerdings wünschte ich, dass bei einem Linksklick nicht der Launcher oder ein Standardprogramm geöffnet wird, sondern die Jumplist selbst. Ist das möglich?

  • Gr3gw

    Thank you for a great utility.

    I support Nickleclacos’s suggestion for reversing the functions of left and right click. I understand that’s how Windows works BUT… Left clicking intuitively means run the application which in JumpList Launcher’s case is **show** jumplist. I like the launch default program too so perhaps it could be an option for left click – either launch default or show jumplist.

  • Rossi

    Hallo
    Hedgehog, nach diesem Tool habe ich lange gesucht. Wenn ich jetzt noch kapieren würde, was ich hier falsch mache… JumplistLauncher 7.2 unter Windows 7. Ich kann das Programm öffnen
    und die Liste der Programme bearbeiten – perfekt, aber ich finde keinen Schalter zum
    generieren der Liste als Jumplist. Etwas schwer zu erklären… ich komme
    gar nicht aus dem “Einrichtungsfenster” raus. Wo bitte findet sich der
    Button “Create Jumplist”, bei mir findet sich nur “Update Jumplist”, es passiert aber gar nichts, wenn man diesen betätigt. Hilfe wäre toll!
    Danke!
    Gruss
    Rossi

  • RadarNyan

    Great job! this stuff really helped me a lot.

    Icon background is forced white – why not make it transparent? I’m using placebo VS – a pretty nice dark Win 7 VS (you can get it from deviantart) white background looks ugly. I know I can replace the ico file but it’s really a boring job while having 30+ icons to fix.
    and also a BUG: i co file won’t be deleted after remove an entry from jumplist – even manually delete them, after Update jumplist they’ll be back.

  • derWeisseDrache

    Problem mit Internet Exploer (64-Bit), egal was ich mache wird nur der IE32 aus “C:Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer” und nicht aus C:Program FilesInternet Explorer” geöffnet.

    Habe nun den IE32 in iexplore32.exe umbenannt und bekomme die Meldung “Datei wurde nicht gefunden”, obwohl Eindeutig “C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe” angegeben ist. Im cmd Fenster funktioniert es.

    Liegt es villeicht daran, daß in “File Location” keine Anführungsstriche akzeptiert werden?

  • derWeisseDrache

    Problem mit Internet Exploer (64-Bit), egal was ich mache wird nur der IE32 aus “C:Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer” und nicht aus C:Program FilesInternet Explorer” geöffnet.

    Habe nun den IE32 in iexplore32.exe umbenannt und bekomme die Meldung “Datei wurde nicht gefunden”, obwohl Eindeutig “C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe” angegeben ist. Im cmd Fenster funktioniert es.

    Liegt es villeicht daran, daß in “File Location” keine Anführungsstriche akzeptiert werden?

  • UXGaurav

    I have a feature request for JumpList Launcher. If you drag a shortcut to it, it adds the EXE process name as the “Name”. It should add the **Shortcut’s** name. Can you please add that feature?

    • http://www.ali.dj Hedgehog

      Very good idea. I wrote that down for the upcoming version.

  • Shodan

    Eine schöne Idee mit der JumplistLauncher Anwendung!..meine Frage Explizit: Ich versuche eine Konfiguration als DEFAULT zu hinterlegen und bei Veränderungen die Korrekturen aus der Settings.dat übernehmen zu lassen. Jedoch muss imemr ein MANUELLER Update aus der Anwendung herraus erfolgen! Wie liesse sich das mit Parameterisierung umsetzten? Vielen Dank :)

  • Alan

    Fantastic idea, but it appears that it doesn’t work at all with x64 version of Win 7.

    What a huge shame – this was exactly the feature I’ve been searching for!!

    • Faulker

      FYI: I’m running it on Windows 7 x64 pro without any issues

    • http://www.ali.dj Hedgehog

      Excuse me but you’re saying here that it does work on Windows 7 x64 pro but not on Windows 7 x64. I don’t really understand the problem.