Desktop Tray Launcher

When you have multiple windows on your screen, it may be difficult to reach your desktop icons to run a new application. Desktop Tray Launcher can make your work a bit easier. The application gives you the possibility of running any desktop shortcut from the system tray. There are no advanced configurations to make, so all you have to do is install the application and launch it.

Desktop Tray Launcher is freeware and it works on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. If you want to enjoy the application's functionality, you need to have .NET Framework 4.0 running on your computer. Besides that, you don't have to go through an installation process. You just need to extract the application's executable from a 400 KB archive.

There is no need to add applications to a list or to drag and drop their shortcuts on an interface. When launched, Desktop Tray Launcher will place a new icon in the system tray. Right clicking this icon will reveal all your desktop shortcuts in a pop-up menu. If you create new shortcuts, files or folders on your desktop, they will be added to the same menu automatically.

If you left click the application's system tray icon, you will find options for shutting it down, opening an About window and bringing up the general settings panel. You can set Desktop Tray Launcher to launch automatically, during the system's startup, to check for updates when it starts, to show folder structures, and you can also change the size of the menu icons. If you set the application to show folder structures, it will allow you to navigate through a folder's contents, in a series of sub-menus.