Taskbar Launcher
Taskbar Launcher is a small Windows tray launcher for folders, applications, scripts, files, and nested menus.
Download
Download the compiled Windows release from:
Features
- System tray launcher
- Global hotkey, default
Ctrl+Alt+Space - Search/filter in the launcher popup
- Recent items section for quickly relaunching entries
- Nested menus, drag/drop ordering, and drag/drop item creation in Settings
- Right-click launcher entries to edit them in Settings
- Right-click launcher entries to pin or unpin them from the top
- Right-click launcher entries or Settings items to temporarily disable them
- Right-click app/file entries to open their containing folder
- Validate missing app, file, and folder targets from Settings
- Right-click item duplication in Settings
- Right-click items in Settings to pin them to the top of their menu
- 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
Screenshots
Launcher Popup
Settings
About
Project Layout
TaskbarLauncher/
App.xaml
MainWindow.xaml
Assets/
Models/
Services/
Views/
docs/
Build
Requires the .NET 10 SDK on the developer machine.
dotnet build
Config Files
config.json is local runtime data and is ignored by Git. Keep your personal launcher menu there for testing.
config.example.json is a public-safe sample config for documentation and reference. New users do not need to copy it; if config.json is missing, the app creates a clean starter config on first run.
Personal test configs should stay in config.json; public release packages do not include private configs.
Versioning
The app version is controlled in TaskbarLauncher.csproj.
Recommended release flow for maintainers:
- Update
<Version>inTaskbarLauncher.csproj. - Commit the change.
- Build a release package locally.
- Tag the release, for example
v1.0.1. - Upload the release zip to Gitea Releases.