LaunchBar by Lerup.com

LaunchBar is a small Windows freeware program that mimics the behavior of the dockable QuickLaunch toolbar that was available in all Windows versions before Windows 7.

New buttons can be added to the toolbar in three different ways:

1. Any shortcut created by external programs which are placed in the QuickLaunch directory will automatically be added to the toolbar.
2. By selecting the "Add Button" entry in the main menu it is possible to select an existing shortcut or an application to be added to the toolbar.
3. Drag and drop an application or shortcut on the LaunchBar toolbar and it will be added at the actual position as a new button.

LaunchBar automatically updates its buttons and menus whenever the directory structure changes. Changes in directories referenced via shortcuts are however not detected but it always possible to do a manual update via the "Refresh" item in the main menu.

Launchbar is being maintained on Github: https://github.com/plerup/LaunchBar.