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Fast Launcher - Overview is replacement for Quick Launch and Start Menu! This application has several features which make this program far more powerful, useful and convenient than Quick Launch.

Sys Shutdowner Shutdown your system easy

Easy StartUp View and delete Windows startup programs with a click

WinLauncher free download. WinLauncher is a free Start Menu alternative

Timed Shutdown If your computer is ATX (which most now are) then
this program can be used to automatically shutdown, restart, log off, disconnect or hibernate your computer. You can set the program to turn your computer off with 4 triggers. At a certain time, after a certain time, when the CPU usage goes down or when you get disconnected from the internet. This means that your computer doesn't have to be on any longer then necessary. The program hides in the system tray when running so it can be easily aborted.

Shutdown This program can be setup to shutdown, logoff, turn off or restart a user's machine. Very easy to use and distribute, no is installation required. By default (with no command line options), Shutdown will simply shutdown Windows. With the command line options, you can manipulate the functionality of this program. There is NO user interface for this program, when you run shutdown, it will execute the commands passed.This utility works well in combination with our Message Manager Deluxe login script utility.

Autoruns This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.

Vista Start Menu - A convenient alternative to the -Start- menu is a completely another approach to the interface. In the process of development we were oriented towards how people perceive information and also towards the ability to remember the position of items

Auto Shutdown for Windows (freeware) Very simple program, which will automatically shutdown system after a specified amount of time.

WheresJames Startup Manager - Disable programs that start with Windows

Super Fast Shutdown Have you ever wished there was a faster way to shutdown your Windows 2000 or Windows XP computer system? I mean instantly shut it down! Now you can! Just install Superfast shutdown and click on one of the desktop icons created to reboot or shutdown instantly.

ShutDownOnTime is a small program that allows to turn off, hibernate or standby your local computer at user defined times every day. ShutDownOnTime is intended to help save energy ressources. ShutDownOnTime is perfect for offices were computers stay on at night and over the weekend because no one cared to switch them off

QuickStart - Start applications with a quick keyword search. allows you to quickly find items in your Start Menu, Favorites, Recent Files, Desktop and History, that match a typed keyword. In addition, you can specify a custom directory, as well as file extensions to look for. Just type in the keyword and press enter to be presented with a list of items that match your entry - you can then select and launch the program, link or file by selecting it from the list.

AutoShutdown automates the shutdown / reboot / power off / log off of your computer . The program can be setup to activate at any specified time or at the end of any specified process . Instant shutdown / reboot / power off / log off is possible from the tray menu .

Windows Startup Inspectors web site. is a Windows™ platform software that helps Windows™ user to manage Windows™ startup applications. On www.windowsstartup.com, there are more than 3,400 known programs in the database. Windows Startup Inspector can thus provide a consultative information on the programs that are running at your Windows startup process. Whether a program is necessary to the system, or is the program a spyware.

EscapeClose is an absolutely free tiny utility, allowing you to close the active window by pressing the Esc button. Or, to work more carefully, it can position the mouse cursor in the upper right-hand corner of the active window, where the Close button is located. It is especially useful when you are working with dozens of files and folders at once. It has two working modes, stays in the system tray, can automatically run at Windows startup.
Using this program, you will make fewer movements, which will increase the productivity of your work.

DiamondCS Autostart Viewer - Show all programs that start with Windows (over 50 known autostart locations!)

DiamondCS TaskMan+ - Terminate any Windows process, including those that say 'Access is denied'.

Launchkey can be used to run an application and then send it keypresses.

Quick ShutDown, the instant shutdown utility

FastFolder is a background program which allows quick access to any of eight pre-selected folders from the system tray. It provides a perfect way to navigate directories without requiring My Computer.

ProcRecon - Task Management Utility is a robust, efficient, extremely fast and full-fledged task manager
replacement utility which enables processes to be terminated with extreme ease. It is fully scalable with features such as auto-detection of new process, etc. Highly informative with specific process information displayed.Also included are command-line support for process termination via the application's PID, Handle and Titlebar.

AMP WinOFF is a utility to shut down Windows computers automatically, with several working ways.

Startup Control Panel is a nifty control panel applet that allows you to easily configure which programs run when your computer starts. It's simple to use and, like all my programs, is very small and won't burden your system. A valuable tool for system administrators!

StartupMonitor is a small utility that runs transparently (it doesn't even use a tray icon) and notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup. It prevents those utterly useless tray applications from registering themselves behind your back, and it acts as a security tool against trojans like BackOrifice or Netbus.

FavLaunch is an organizer for your favorite folders. You can place links to frequently used folders into FavLaunch and access them anytime with only two clicks. New folders can be added to the list with drag-n-drop from Windows Explorer.

Windows Startup Application Manager

Autoclose autoclose is a small utility to shut down Windows systems automatically. Some of its features are: - Shut down the system at certain hour (e.g. at 12:00). - Shut down the computer according CPU usage - Several types of shut down (shut down, restart, ...). - User friendly interface. - Works with Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000.

CloseWin Use CloseWin to open standard Windows dialog Shut Down Windows

windows shutdown is a program that allows you to perform an unattended shutdown of your computer at a set time, or at a time in the future.

CLOSEALL From the Windows taskbar you can minimize but you can't close all the applications. This little utility (33 KB) just do it, asking if you want to save the data, if necessary. CloseAll places itself in the System Tray.

Startup Delayer When Windows loads it's Startup file, it attempts to load every program in there at the same time. Therefore if you have quite a lot of programs starting when Windows starts, each program will try and grab CPU time so that it can load.
If each program tries to do this at the same time, you soon notice the slow down that occurs, due to your CPU trying to help all the programs to load, and your hard disk accessing multiple files.
Startup Delayer allows you to setup how many seconds after Windows has started, to load each program.

Poweroff is a small program for Win95/98/NT/W2K/XP to schedule a shutdown/reboot/logoff/poweroff/Standby/Hibernate/Lock/Wake-On-LAN at a certain time. I also support command line options that allows poweroff to be used in batch scripts.

shutdown prince This utility causes shutdown, power off, restart or logout your computer, if cpu utilize less than any number. Work only in NT, w2K and later, don't work at w95, 98, me (3.1 too :). Utility supports many parameters (shut down by cpu performace, memory utilize, net, ...). It is freeware.

Active ShutDown simple and easy to use tool for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 that allows you to shutdown or reboot your Windows session with the one mouse click. When ASD is running, an accurate miniature icon appears on the taskbar on the end opposite the "Start" button. When you double click it with the left mouse button, it shutdowns or reboots your computer. You can set a keyboard shortcut for any action - shutdown, reboot and logoff. Also, ASD can automatically terminate applications if they are not responding

PowerOff is a small program for Win95/98/NT/W2K/XP to schedule a shutdown/reboot/logoff/poweroff/Standby/Hibernate/Lock/Wake-On-LAN at a certain time. I also support command line options that allows poweroff to be used in batch scripts. It has a built-in scheduler, it allows you to run a program before doing the action, you can give a warning message to the user, wait for a process to finish before doing the action and full remote control is supported.

LastChance LastChance is a desktop utility that provides the facility to run programs when the machine is shutting down. Once the user chooses Shutdown from the Start menu, LastChance will intercept the shutdown request and optionally run the configured programs, waiting for them to finish before continuing the shutdown procedure.

Zigzag Cleaner An easy-to-use utility that lets you clear the desktop with one mouse move.

noPing ShutDown With noPing ShutDown you can Reboot/Shutdown/Logoff/Poweroff your machine if connection to the internet has beed lost for xx minutes. It's a program that sits in the TrayBar

Task Killer This program allows you to quickly terminate applications, ie. you may "kill" a frozen application by clicking on the taskbar's Task Killer icon and choosing it from the list.

AbsoluteControl AbsoluteControl(tm) offers wide range of OS control tools available on single click.

victechsoftware.com ShutdownTray is an application that (from your system tray) allows you quick and easy access to all of your system's power options (shutdown, restart, hibernate, screen saver, etc). You can even set it to start at system startup to your tray so that it's always available when you need it. Version 1.2 is now freeware, recreates the icon in the tray after an explorer crash (!), fixes a folder bug in setup, as well as a bug in the shutdown detect code.

Fast Boot-Fast Resume for the Windows Platform

WinExit This Exit Win thing does nothing then sitting in the task bar and wait for you to shut down Windows with one double click.

FlexRestart Home Page

is a small program for Microsoft ® Windows ® 95 or Windows ® 98 that speeds up the process of system restart and makes it more convenient for the user. It has 3 main features.

It intercepts reboot requests from any program or operating system itself and changes them to restart Windows ® only, which is quicker

FastOpen provides a handy way to access frequently used programs and folders. An easy-to-use setup dialogs are available for you to define and name as many folders, programs or web addresses as you like. Additional features include support for fixed and variable command line arguments, automatically add all your drives to the menu or to a sub menu, easy access to a DOS window instead of opening the folder, full menu customization including separators support and much more

BouMei : It is an utility software that let the user to reboot/logoff/shut down his/her pc. It also has a timer feature, in order for the user to set a specific time to shut down/reboot/logoff his/her pc. So that the user no need to stay up all night while he/she is downloading a huge software on the net.