The other day I started using SlickRun. It was in Scott Hanselman’s Ultimate Tools List. I’d seen it a while back, but finally downloaded and installed it the other day. Here’s a screenshot:
In short, I like it a lot when I remember to use it (which is spotty, but getting more frequent). I have it set to show on Win-Q (the default) at the location of my mouse cursor (not default). You can run commands there as if it was the command window or Start->Run, but you can also create “MagicWords” to be shortcuts to other programs (with or without parameters). For example, if I type Win-Q then “mor” (for morning), my e-mail, my RSS reader, and iTunes all open.
The best thing about it: it’s free! 🙂 Long live the keyboard!
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There is also (in slickrun.ini) the option (also listed on his site) to bind it to Windows-R which would make you more likely to use it…
Gerry Heidenreich
RunFast at:
http://www.idiogensoftware.com/runfast/index.htm
It’s not .Net, but it’s a great util that has the killer features of slickrun. Since it’s native Win32, it’s a very fast & tight app.