In the hopes of making my workstation more efficient, I've been experimenting with different application launchers. When I was on the Mac, I was using a program called DragThing, and I loved it. Now that I'm on Windows, I've found a couple that work well enough, but nothing that I really loved. Then I stumbled on Launchy, which is similar to Spotlight on the Mac: A pop-up search field that lets you search for and launch the application your looking for, without the need for mouse clicking. I never gave this option much thought, until I started using it. Now I find it highly useful, to the point that I can't imagine having never used it.
As great as this is, now I'm looking for something that supports macros. Something to launch multiple applications, with priority, with a single command. Is anyone here using anything simple with this kind of feature?
As great as this is, now I'm looking for something that supports macros. Something to launch multiple applications, with priority, with a single command. Is anyone here using anything simple with this kind of feature?
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It sounds like you already have the setup you're after except the one thing: multiple programs at once.
So I would recommend batch files. Say for instance every time you start working in photoshop you want a browser window open for photoshop reference and Spotify for tunes. Just make a batch file that launches all three! I use shell scripts (the Linux/OSX equivalent (to a point)) to do the same thing.
For more info: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/launch-multiple-programs-single-shortcut-using-batch-file/
This sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. I'll look into it. Thanks, Travis :D
Any time! :)