Powershell is very cool, but I have had a helluva time calling powershell scripts directly from Launchy. If you would like to know how I finally figured out how to nail down this capability, read on.
The Problem
The problem is not Launchy, but that it can be very painful to execute a powershell script unless [...]
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I realized recently that I was never looking at my Outlook application when I wanted to start a new email to someone, and I had no quick-and-easy way to launch a new email message. So after a quick search Google search, I found this site with instructions on how to do many things in [...]
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I don’t like Windows links (.lnk). They are useful to create shortcuts to other places in the filesystem, but they lack meat. You can’t do much else with them. And the way I use them with Launchy, all I want to do is put them somewhere that Launchy can find them and [...]
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I work with someone from OCI who has noted that there are a finite number of keystrokes within his fingers, so every one needs to count. This leads us geeky developer-types to take advantage of shortcuts within our IDEs and frequently-used programs. I have found an application that extends this mindset seamlessly into [...]
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