Taskbar Launcher

Taskbar Launcher is a small Windows tray launcher for folders, applications, scripts, files, and nested menus.

Features

• System tray launcher
• Global hotkey, default Ctrl+Alt+Space
• Search/filter in the launcher popup
• Nested menus and drag/drop ordering in Settings
• Per-item icon and display mode
• Automatic icon selection from app/folder targets
• Portable config.json
• Backup/restore config
• Optional Start with Windows shortcut
• Windows light/dark theme support

Project Layout

TaskbarLauncher/
  App.xaml
  MainWindow.xaml
  Models/
  Services/
  Views/
  Tools/
  docs/
  builds/        generated locally, ignored by Git

Build

Requires the .NET 10 SDK on the developer machine.

dotnet build

Release

Create the small framework-dependent release package:

.\Tools\New-TaskbarLauncherRelease.ps1

Create a self-contained package that does not require users to install .NET:

.\Tools\New-TaskbarLauncherRelease.ps1 -SelfContained

Release zips are written to:

builds/releases/

Versioning

The app version is controlled in TaskbarLauncher.csproj.

Recommended release flow:

1. Update <Version> in TaskbarLauncher.csproj.
2. Commit the change.
3. Run .\Tools\New-TaskbarLauncherRelease.ps1.
4. Tag the release, for example v1.0.1.
5. Upload the generated zip to Gitea Releases.