# Listary 6 new launcher mode preview **URL:** \ **Category:** Release\ **Created:** [September 15, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385 "2018-09-15T13:41:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 15, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/1 "2018-09-15T13:41:05Z")
Download: [http://listary.com/download/beta/listary6/ListaryPreview.zip](http://listary.com/download/beta/listary6/ListaryPreview.zip) Subscribe to the newsletter to get updated of new beta versions: [Download Listary beta - File Search Tool and App Launcher](https://www.listary.com/beta) - This version is a preview of the new **launcher mode** , it’s **not the real beta** yet. Features and UIs of other modes are incomplete. - The full-featured real beta version is coming soon 🕶. - This version only supports Windows 10. The official version will support Windows 7. - Bugs and crashes are (very) expected. - This version is portable, it won’t change your existing setting file. ### Usage - Exit your existing Listary. - Run `Listary.Main.exe`. - There may be a UAC window asking for admin permission. Click Yes. - There will be a black `node.exe` window, keep it open. - It’s recommended to wait for a few seconds for building the index when running it the first time. - Press `Ctrl` twice to open launcher mode. - `Alt + P` for preview - `Ctrl + O` or right arrow for actions. ### This version is packed with some simple extensions - Calculator. Just type your formula in the search box. - Wikipedia. Type `wiki` with a space. This extension needs to download components from the internet and may not work properly if your connection is not very good. ### Screenshots - Main UI ![image](https://discussion.listary.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8506345d304940fe5d367351da407f20e45b312c.jpeg) - Calculator ![image](https://discussion.listary.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c82db528b17f43d4bfe72c9c03619c8a5c01c4d3.jpeg) - Actions ![image](https://discussion.listary.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0e8d4c8dcfcc787f396c8326bbf4e34fca21152f.jpeg) - Dictionary (English - Chinese) extension ![image](https://discussion.listary.com/uploads/default/original/2X/4/443bf8d897005beac4b81c75a59ff6c0234a8557.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![fchai](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/fchai/32/1224_2.png) [@fchai](https://discussion.listary.com/u/fchai)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/2 "2018-09-15T14:35:40Z")
Happy!!! ---
**Author:** ![lcsdms](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/lcsdms/32/402_2.png) [@lcsdms](https://discussion.listary.com/u/lcsdms)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/3 "2018-09-15T15:10:07Z")
I’ll wait for the official beta, couldn’t run this one on my W10 =( ---
**Author:** ![AllenEllis](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/allenellis/32/1304_2.png) [@AllenEllis](https://discussion.listary.com/u/AllenEllis)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/4 "2018-09-15T15:16:00Z")
Looks really nice, thanks for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Kim](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/alexander_kim/32/1297_2.png) [@Alexander\_Kim](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Alexander_Kim)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/5 "2018-09-15T17:15:28Z")
Its built on electronjs? Why do you need nodejs to be running? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/6 "2018-09-15T18:05:27Z")
No. Just to support extensions. ---
**Author:** ![blackmamba93](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackmamba93](https://discussion.listary.com/u/blackmamba93)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/7 "2018-09-15T19:08:36Z")
> [@Channing](#): > > Ctrl + O When i hit Ctrl + O for actions, is there a way to actually try an action? Clicking on an action does nothing. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/8 "2018-09-15T19:17:35Z")
Use Up/Down to select one and press Enter. You can also search for one. ---
**Author:** ![blackmamba93](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackmamba93](https://discussion.listary.com/u/blackmamba93)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/9 "2018-09-15T19:35:48Z")
I only had one issue with Listary 5. When i searched for a song and tried to use the action “add to windows media player list”, it didn’t work (i reported the error message more than a year ago). Well… it works now 🙂 Thanks for the most amazing piece of software, Channing ---
**Author:** ![ProTon](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/proton/32/1229_2.png) [@ProTon](https://discussion.listary.com/u/ProTon)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/10 "2018-09-16T01:28:49Z")
Please, make possible to manually delete items from the list forever. So, if I see an item, that I never don’t want to see - I need to delete it forever. (ignoring list) And also, please make possible to give manually privileges to items to be ON TOP of the list. (favorite list) ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Kim](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/alexander_kim/32/1297_2.png) [@Alexander\_Kim](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Alexander_Kim)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/11 "2018-09-16T02:31:44Z")
Improvements suggestion: 1. Add setting to redefine hotkeys, currently only Ctrl+Ctrl calls Listary, but would be nice if i could remap it to Ctrl+Space. 2. Results list is too long, goes beyond the screen down, add setting to limit number of results. Make the search input 25% higher than it appears right now (in the middle of the screen) 3. Why node runs in a terminal window on the app start, make it background process. 4. If i launched word, then typed “Word” in Listary again, it would run second instance of the Word, how to call running instance? Just like in Alfred, if you launch an App, then launch that app again in alfred, it would open running instance, instead. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/12 "2018-09-16T02:46:28Z")
> [@ProTon](#): > > Please, make possible to manually delete items from the list forever. That will be available. > [@ProTon](#): > > And also, please make possible to give manually privileges to items to be ON TOP of the list. (favorite list) It works automatically. Just type your search query, select and run a result. The next time it will be on top. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/13 "2018-09-16T02:51:23Z")
1. The Options UI is incomplete in this version. That setting will be available soon. 2. Will also be available. 3. It’s temporary. 4. This behavior is defined by the app itself and Listary has no control over it. No matter how you launch Word on macOS (e.g. using Terminal), it will only have one instance. ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Wong](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/eric_wong/32/2046_2.png) [@Eric\_Wong](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Eric_Wong)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/14 "2018-09-16T02:59:48Z")
起床第一件事就是这个。 ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Kim](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/alexander_kim/32/1297_2.png) [@Alexander\_Kim](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Alexander_Kim)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/15 "2018-09-16T03:05:03Z")
well, can you add a prefix like in Wox now: ```auto w Word ``` So it would open an already running instance of app, if you type just `w` then it shows all running apps. Also hotkeys on a result list would be nice, first 10 results would have hotkeys, like: Ctrl+1/2/3/4/5 ---
**Author:** ![whzecomjm](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/whzecomjm/32/1557_2.png) [@whzecomjm](https://discussion.listary.com/u/whzecomjm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/16 "2018-09-16T03:18:58Z")
Glad to get this good news! Trying ---
**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:** [September 16, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/17 "2018-09-16T14:20:56Z")
> [@Alexander\_Kim](#): > > So it would open an already running instance of app, if you type just `w` then it shows all running apps. There is likely to be an extension for this. > [@Alexander\_Kim](#): > > Also hotkeys on a result list would be nice, first 10 results would have hotkeys, like: Ctrl+1/2/3/4/5 This will be available in the beta. ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Kim](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/alexander_kim/32/1297_2.png) [@Alexander\_Kim](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Alexander_Kim)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/18 "2018-09-16T17:02:43Z")
When do you plan to release a stable version? ---
**Author:** ![eagleeyez](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/eagleeyez/32/242_2.png) [@eagleeyez](https://discussion.listary.com/u/eagleeyez)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/19 "2018-09-16T18:20:56Z")
Finally, I am very excited and happy to try this… initial bug report : actually I get this error when I try to extract (copy) the file to C:\Program Files\Listary ![image](https://discussion.listary.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0a5eb0ed254058efcef05e1bc95b206150c0ebb7.png) ![image](https://discussion.listary.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/37cde1fc1a45a978860e72269400397b42357c18.png) ![image](https://discussion.listary.com/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bb941c2204fec286a90a3c52315a5ca4a63c3f45.png) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385/20 "2018-09-16T18:22:16Z")
No ETA yet, but it should not be long. [Next page](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-6-new-launcher-mode-preview/4385.md?page=2)