# Launch applications! Listary beta 4.20.1480 **URL:** \ **Category:** Release\ **Created:** [January 8, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434 "2014-01-08T06:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ligq](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@ligq](https://discussion.listary.com/u/ligq)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/41 "2014-01-21T08:11:36Z")
In win8, win+s is the shortcut for “search everywhere” ---
**Author:** ![Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/channing/32/5497_2.png) [@Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Channing)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 9:01am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/42 "2014-01-21T09:01:18Z")
@baifengs Win+G是Windows 8下的默认快捷键，Windows 7用Win+S就可以了。 ---
**Author:** ![Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/channing/32/5497_2.png) [@Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Channing)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/43 "2014-01-21T09:02:09Z")
@ligq The default hotkey on Windows 8 is Win+G. ---
**Author:** ![Archicle](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@Archicle](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Archicle)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/44 "2014-01-21T20:08:37Z")
Channing，请问下一步的开发能考虑下结果排序吗？工作中（我记得Pro版本是可以用于商业的吧）我经常需要优先定位word和excel文件，现在是每次都输入“月末总结 xls”这种形式，能否让我自己指定优先显示某些扩展名的文件？ 另外搜索结果中不同类型的文件（文件夹）是否能够，嗯，用不同的背景色加以区别？当然我知道Listary主要是以搜索定位为主，这些只是进一步帮我们快速从结果中找到想要的那个…… ---
**Author:** ![Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/channing/32/5497_2.png) [@Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Channing)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/45 "2014-01-22T23:52:30Z")
@Archicle 马上会支持自定义搜索。你可以定义一个关键字（可以短到只有一个字母，如d）来搜索全部的xls和doc文件，例如`d 月末总结` ---
**Author:** ![aquaqu](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@aquaqu](https://discussion.listary.com/u/aquaqu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/46 "2014-01-23T04:22:16Z")
> Archicle said: > Channing，请问下一步的开发能考虑下结果排序吗？工作中（我记得Pro版本是可以用于商业的吧）我经常需要优先定位word和excel文件，现在是每次都输入“月末总结 xls”这种形式，能否让我自己指定优先显示某些扩展名的文件？ > 另外搜索结果中不同类型的文件（文件夹）是否能够，嗯，用不同的背景色加以区别？当然我知道Listary主要是以搜索定位为主，这些只是进一步帮我们快速从结果中找到想要的那个…… 你可以试试：.xls gzzj 或 .ppt jdhb 或 .doc workReport ---
**Author:** ![tourmaline](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@tourmaline](https://discussion.listary.com/u/tourmaline)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/47 "2014-01-25T14:48:51Z")
> Channing said: > @raziel024 > @tourmaline > > Please give the new version (v1480) a try. Download links are listed on top of this > page. I still would like to have a list for launching applications. (popup menu and a list in there for the applications you like to launch this way. And ofcourse a possibilty to add the applications manually to that list. This still would be much faster then searching for applications. I like the fact that you changed the results for apps below the results for folders. ---
**Author:** ![Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/channing/32/5497_2.png) [@Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Channing)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/48 "2014-01-25T15:09:28Z")
@tourmaline You can create a folder containing shortcuts to the applications you like, and then add that folder to “Launch Apps” in Listary Options. I think this is easier than managing a list in Listary. ---
**Author:** ![tourmaline](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@tourmaline](https://discussion.listary.com/u/tourmaline)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/49 "2014-01-26T17:09:22Z")
ok! Will try this out and report back. It might be easier, but managing a list is more versatile. Something like this: [http://members.ziggo.nl/hstadman/Foto’s/launch-apps.jpg](http://members.ziggo.nl/hstadman/Foto's/launch-apps.jpg) It makes more sense, it’s faster and you don’t have to search for applications. You can assign a hotkey to the program as well, wich is way faster then searching for a program. Granted in the beginning this is slower, you have to manually add the programs(could you make it drag & drop?) but in the end this will be always faster. Would be a nice idea if you actually could search that folder for a specific application and launch with enter. With win+j search finds photoshop.exe before the shortcuts in a folder i made, so there really is no point in making a folder with shortcuts. ---
**Author:** ![jbhq](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@jbhq](https://discussion.listary.com/u/jbhq)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/50 "2014-01-28T02:56:55Z")
As a launcher I suggest prefixing search with &(?) and then only (say) shortcuts to exe’s would show up ? ---
**Author:** ![eltioseba](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@eltioseba](https://discussion.listary.com/u/eltioseba)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/51 "2014-02-04T16:37:54Z")
Hi, nice to see the app launching feature, it is very useful. One little problem: In search filters I exclude c:\ because I just want Listary to search d:\ files (working files). Because of this the launcher don´t find any app. If a remove c:\ from the search filter everything works as expected. ---
**Author:** ![Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/channing/32/5497_2.png) [@Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Channing)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/52 "2014-02-05T03:15:16Z")
@eltioseba The launcher feature is based on disk search, so you need to have these folders indexed. ---
**Author:** ![gelitenight](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@gelitenight](https://discussion.listary.com/u/gelitenight)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:15am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/53 "2014-02-13T09:15:49Z")
search app的时候应该加一下文件类型过滤，因为启动程序一般就是想启动exe或是lnk的，现在比如我把c:\program file加到search app里，那下面的所有文件都会出现。关于这点可以参考一下launchy。 ---
**Author:** ![Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/channing/32/5497_2.png) [@Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Channing)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434/54 "2014-02-14T12:52:33Z")
@gelitenight 当前版本中会搜索所有文件，但是exe和lnk总是排在最前面的。之所以没有直接过滤是因为考虑到一些其他类型的文件（如脚本之类）可能也有启动的需要。在以后版本中可能考虑增加一个相关选项。 [Previous page](https://discussion.listary.com/t/launch-applications-listary-beta-4-20-1480/1434.md?page=2)