rLauncher

Descontinued, still functional though

A small multi-language portable launcher for removable drives, written in AutoIt, available only on Windows.

Quick Start

1. Download the latest release or in turn download the latest source and compile the script locally (require AutoIt installed).
2. Update launcher.cfgto your liking.
3. Add categories to categoria.list and binary paths to bins.list.
4. Add rlauncher binary with launcher.cfg, categoria.list and bins.list to your removable or secondary drive.

Adding applications

To add applications you need to update categoria.listand bins.list accordingly.

Adding a new category

1. Open categoria.list file.
2. Add a new line with id and chosen category name, csv style.
3. Save file.

Sample:

ID,CATEGORY NAME

Adding a new application

To add a new application you'll need to associate it to a category, to add a new category check Adding a new category.

1. Open bins.list file.
2. Add a new line following the sample down below, csv style.
3. Save file.

Sample:

APPLICATION ID,CATEGORY ID, APPLICATION NAME, BINARY NAME, RELATIVE BINARY PATH, "nada"

Note: Last field nada was reserved for future use.

Mini QA

Q. Does this work with USB thumb drives?

A. Yes, this works with any removable drive as it uses relative paths to binary files.

Q. Does this work on Windows Vista?

A. This application works on any computer with any Windows from XP onwards.

Q. Can I omit a category without updating bins.list?

A. Yes but any applications within that category won't be visible on the launcher app.

License

Distributed under MIT License. See license.md for more information.