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True Launch Bar User`s Manual

1. On this tab you can change font for menu items Menu items font menu captions Menu caption font and titles Titles font To change font select the new font in the Font field select the font size and set the desired attributes bold and or italic To see how True Launch Bar will look with the new fonts click on the Preview link 33 3 Transparency True Launch Bar Settings amp TLB a Toolbar j Menu transparency SA Menu appearance opaque transparent Skins _ Use transparency ES Colors Toolbar transparency opaque dl Lise transparency Tips transparency opaque transparent E Metrics JUse transparency Fa Icon sizes T Auto sensing uai Toolbars Hotkeys System Info e Registration Ed About On the Transparency tab you can set transparency ratio for the menu Menu transparency toolbar Toolbar transparency and popup tips Tips transparency To set the transparency check the box by the Use transparency option and then grab and drag the slider until the desired transparency 1s set Move the slider to the left to set the transparency value to opaque not transparent or to the right to set the transparency value to fully transparent 34 3 8 Mouse True Launch Bar Settings Quick Launch ae Toolbar BP Menu appearance Auto popup next first level menu timeout ms Skins _ Close menu if mouse is over other toolbar button
2. To create a virtual folder click on the Browse button and then select the folder the content of which you want to see as menu You can also type the full path to the folder in the edit box Or you can click on the Predefined button to select one of the predefined folders on the list that appears Desktop Control Panel My Computer Favorites Programs History My Music My Videos My Documents Printers and Faxes My Recent Documents Recycle Bin My Network Places Clicking on any of these menu items will fill in the name fields and folder paths with the necessary values If you want to leave the rest of the settings unchanged simply click Finish Or click Next to edit the other menu options Choose a View Mode of the Menu launchbar Please choose how the menu must show items This is the default menu like any other system menu True Launch Bar show the Icon and Text label for menu items E True Launch Bar show icons only The text labels are hidden Menu items looks like a buttons on toobar but with color and skin of menu Icons with Text Same as Icons Only but with text labels O Multicolumn text menu Same as Default but True Launch Bar always try make some columns Columns On the next page choose the view mode and the number of columns to appear on the menu a Choose icon size JET 4 ge Please choose the Icons size for menu items Defaul
3. 2 Mouse Online support This copy is licensed to License type Support by E Mail Context menu Buy Now gt Tips El Metrics Fa Icon sizes T Auto sensing 4 Toolbars P Hotkeys ir System Info fi Registration This tab displays registration status and name of the person this copy of True Launch Bar is registered to When you click on the Enter Key button the program will ask you to enter the registration data you receive upon submitting the registration fee Clicking on the Buy Now button will open the purchase page on our website where you can submit the registration fee and receive the registration key This tab also provides links to our technical support website Online support and e mail Support by E Mail _ 4g 3 18 About True Launch Bar settings Quick Launch pi General options a Toolbar H Menu appearance TP Skins ES Colors al Fonts Eg Transparency a Mouse Context menu P Tips O Metrics fa Icon sizes gt Auto sensing uai Toolbars About True Launch Bar 2 Licensed to True Launch Bar v3 2 13RC1 Copyright 2000 06 Tordex Yuri Kobets True Launch Bar web site Support by E Mail support Forums Frequently Asked Questions True Launch Bar plug ins library Skins library Buy Mow WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties You cannot reproduce or 2 Hotkeys distribute the registered versions
4. Open opens Windows Explorer with the selected folder This command is available for menus only TLB Settings opens the True Launch Bar settings window Switch toolbar submenu with a list of predefined toolbars If you select a toolbar on the list True Launch Bar will switch the toolbar content to the new folder Read more on creating new toolbars in article Toolbars Lock buttons locks buttons on a toolbar and or menu The lock action depends on the settings Button locking It may lock buttons either on the entire toolbar and all of its menus or just on the active menu or toolbar New opens a submenu with the list of objects that can be added to the toolbar or menu Once created the new object will be inserted before the button you right clicked on If the context menu was opened for a blank spot on the menu or toolbar the new object will be added to the end of that menu or toolbar The New item s main submenu contains the list of available plugins that can be added to True Launch Bar However a number menu items on the New submenu are independent of the available plugins e Menu creates new menu e Separator creates new separator e Title creates new separator with text e Shortcut opens Windows standard shortcut creation dialog e More plugins opens the download page on our website with more plugins Arrange Icons By a submenu with the list of available arrangement
5. _16 e Menu align Left Top Overlay image H A9 3 5 Floppy Control Panel F DVD CD RW Drive K S C1 SYSTEM nr S 0 DOCUMENTS d AAN Overlay image is displayed under all menu items The transparency of the image its position within a menu and its dimensions are up to you It is not recommended that you use overlay images with no transparency Please note that using overlay images may affect the performance Although it makes the menus look really pretty Overlay Image Main Menu Options Overlay image ea Overlay image Image file D My Downloads jcons nuvola 128x128 ap P z PAi oe y Filtering folder Save image with toolbar Sut Options Transparency lt ee 17H Ea Options transparent Customize menu ap Overlay image tl ment a T Filtering folder Vertical alignment Horizontal stretch _ Vertical stretch dl Constrain Proportions We will now take a closer look at overlay image settings e Image file Full path to overlay image file You can type the path by hand or click on the Browse button and select the file in the explorer window that appears True Launch Bar supports the most popular image types BMP PNG JPEG and GIF lt j e Transparency The slider sets the transparency of the image e Horizo
6. Disable tips True Launch Bar will not show tips Show tip Delay in milliseconds before True Launch Bar will display a tip Close tip Time in milliseconds for how long True Launch Bar must hold a tip displayed When this time is over the tip will be closed If you set this value to zero the tip will remain open until the mouse pointer leaves that button s boundaries Show tips in menu Enable disable displaying tips for menu items 3 Show icons on tips Enable disable displaying button icons on tips Show last run time in tooltips Show time the shortcut was last run on tips Show runs count in tooltips Show the total number of times the shortcut was run Max tips width The greatest width tips may have True Launch Bar will try to fit the tip in this boundary If the tip text does not fit in this width it will be split to multiple lines 3 11 Metrics True Launch Bar Settings amp TLB d General options Metrics 2 sizes a Toolbar Maximum sizes EA Menu appearance P sk Max menu width Max menu height W Skins 39 Colors Button margins al Fonts Width Height ES Transparency Menu item height a Mouse Context menu Max width of buttons with text B Metrics Left Right margin of icon view menu 5 be con sizes gt Auto sensing uai Toolbars P Hotkeys System Info Ko Registration Ed About Cancel This tab allows managing sizes of various True Launch Bar objec
7. changes button text and color e Default Button resets button icon and tip to default e Text Label enables displaying text label for the button at all times e Icon enables displaying icon for the button at all times e Icon and Text enables displaying icon and text label at all times e Enable Tip enables showing tips for the button e Move Right moves all buttons from the active one and on to the right side of the toolbar e Button Properties opens the dialog window for fine adjustment of all parameters for a button or group of buttons on the menu or toolbar read more in article Customizing buttons appearance Related a submenu for opening links related to the selected button To manage related links click Manage Related read more in article Related Links Hotkey opens the dialog for setting a keyboard shortcut to open the selected button menu instantly Hide hides button When a button is hidden 1t will not appear on the menu or toolbar At the same time 1ts files are not physically removed from disk Delete physically removes the button and file or folder attached to 1t from disk Deleting an existing virtual folder button will not physically delete the folder attached to that button However if you delete something within that virtual folder that will physically delete the files and folders from disk True Launch Bar places the deleted files to Recycle Bin so
8. y Download Master y Download Master e Internet Explorer e Internet Explorer e Mozilla Firefox a Mozilla Firefox In this example we have organized our shortcuts in three groups e Open Office e Graphics tools Tools 11 Tools 11 e Internet tools For the better clearness we can add text to separators Please note that arranging buttons will arrange them within a group only 1 e items will only be arranged between two separators or between a separator and the top or bottom of the menu If the menu view mode is set to Icons only or Icons with text the separators will be drawn to the full width of the menu just like they do for the default view mode 60 Graphics tools eee Internet tools E a y Tools 11 Separators add a number of items to the context menu Change title changes the separator title Leaving this field blank will create a separator with no text Enable Expand Collapse enables collapsible separators When this option is enabled the button appears on the left of the separator Clicking on that button or on the separator will hide all items within that group and the separator button will appear as Clicking on the will show all items within that group again Enable Run All allows running all applications within the group The Run button will appear on the left of the separator bar Clicking on that button will run all t
9. you can set a hotkey which will switch True Launch Bar to this workspace and the timeout after which True Launch Bar will return to the regular toolbar content 43 select a hotkey for workspace Vlaunchbar Timeout seconds True Launch Bar uses the timeout value to return back the default workspace Mote timeout used only when you activate workspace using hotkey Workspace hotkey Shift Win O Please select a hotkey to activate workspace To remove hotkey press CTRL key Click Next to continue If you do not want to use hotkeys for switching between workspaces simply click Next On the next page select the programs to be used for example for working with documents select pia TET activate workspace E JE H h F When one of these application is running active True Launch Bar switch is bar content of toolbar to this workspace excel exe Active window winword exe When running This way we will create all four of our workspaces and set the following applications for our activities e Working with documents winword exe MS Word excel exe MS Excel e Surfing the Web iexplore exe Internet Explorer 44 e Processing photographs Photoshop exe Adobe Photoshop PhotoshopAlbum exe Adobe Photoshop album e Processing video moviemk exe MS Movie Maker This is what we will finally have As soon as we open Microsoft Word and begin working with documents Tru
10. Context menu 5 Tips D Metrics be Icon sizes gt Auto sensing 4 Toolbars P Hotkeys System Info Registration Preview ld About Cancel Apply On this tab you can select a skin for True Launch Bar and set additional skins for the program Skin name The complete list of installed True Launch Bar skins You can select any skin The Author field will show the skin author s name To preview the skin click on the Preview link which will open the preview window 30 Apply skin to You can apply the selected skin to menu Menu change appearance background of the menu and its items or to toolbar Toolbar change appearance of the toolbar and its buttons The skin will apply to menu captions and separators at all times Installing skins You can download new skins from our website http www truelaunchbar com skinslib To install a new skin click on the Install Skin button and then follow the skin installation wizard s instructions Skins can be installed for True Launch Bar or any of its plugins alike When the installation is complete you will see the new skin in the Skin Name field 3 5 Colors True Launch Bar Settings Quick Launch Z General options Customizing colors a Toolbar EP Menu appearance TP Skins AE Colors al Fonts Ey Transparency 2 Mouse Context menu Menu colors E Background Color E E Highlight Colors LZ Border Color
11. Highlight vertical gradient LZ Text Color Z Highlight Text Color J Caption Text Color E LZ Caption Colors d Tite Text Color _ Caption vertical gradient Ez K Separator colors Tips Toolbar colors El Metrics Z Al Background Colors A PA Button Colors be Icon sizes Vertical Gradient Vertical Gradient gt Auto sensing E E Separator colors LZ Text Color P Button Border Color LZ Highlight Text Color a System Info K Registration Preview Ed About On this tab you can change the color of just about any object of True Launch Bar To preview the changes click on the Preview link which will open the preview window Menu colors e Menu Background Color menu background color e Menu Border Color menu border color This color is only applied when the Flat menu style is used le Menu Text Color menu items text color Caption Text Color menu captions text color Title Text Color separators titles text color Separator colors separators are made of two lines you can change color for each of those lines Menu highlight gradient selected menu items color You can set two different colors and True Launch Bar will draw the gradient selection You can also choose the vertical or horizontal shading through the Highlight vertical gradient option Menu Highlight Text Color selected menu items text color Caption gradient menu caption background shading c
12. by TLB You can also select the files that were created or modified within a specific number of days There are two types of filtering available Permanent filtering Apply filter to all new files folders enabled With the permanent filtering enabled TLB will always filter the applicable files and the menu will have no hidden files 18 Temporary filtering Apply filter to all new files folders disabled With the temporary filtering enabled TLB will only hide files that do not meet the filtration terms This happens only once The filtration will not be applied to the new files Moreover TLB will set the Hidden attribute on all files that do not meet the filtration terms and you can unhide a necessary file at any time by toggling the Show hidden option 3 True Launch Bar Settings All True Launch Bar settings are gathered in a single settings window True Launch Bar Settings To view edit the settings open the True Launch Bar context menu and then select the TLB Settings item True Launch Bar settings Quick Launch K General options General options a Toolbar J o Profiles Restore Check for updates EA Menu appearance TP Skins Language Enalish K 3 Colors Settings password e3 Transparency o OO Mouse Context menu Buttons lacking Tips _ Lock buttons _ Ask settings password D Metrics _ Allow locking from context menu _ Allow locking for single folder be Icon
13. caption in full adding blanks on the menu where it is necessary OF W Word 2003 W Word 2003 amp Mozilla Thunderbird C Mozilla Thunderbird Do not cut off caption is turned off pa EA Ba E LS e DL UE LB E O a a m o E O o Do not cut off caption is turned on Show shadow This option enables or disables dropping shadow from menu The shadow will only appear under Windows 2000 XP operating systems If you are using Windows XP you will need to allow dropping shadow in your Windows settings before this option is enabled Flat menu XP Style If the Flat menu option 1s disabled menus will be displayed with the 3D border just like the regular Windows 9x 2000 menus In Windows XP on top of all that the menus stop using Windows XP visual styles W Word 2003 F Word 2003 S Mozilla Thunderbird Mozilla Thunderbird Flat menu is turned off Flat menu is turned on We recommend enabling this option if you are using Windows XP Animate collapse expand True Launch Bar allows creating collapsible groups of buttons between separators This option allows managing the behavior of the collapsing or expanding When this option is enabled the groups will collapse or expand smoothly Fix the noise effect Sometimes you may see the noise effect on menus opened too quickly This option allows removing this effect However it may cause some flicks to appear especial
14. is literally the same as the regular menus you can also set various view modes delete the unnecessary items and do more with that menu All shortcuts within that menu are arranged automatically and you can choose the arrangement rule between Last run time and Runs count The maximum number of items allowed in this menu is defined by True Launch Bar Settings Only one Recently Accessed menu can be created 6 3 Using keyboard If you prefer to avoid using the mouse in your work True Launch Bar will offer you an excellent keyboard based work environment Any menu on the toolbar can be opened with a hotkey True Launch Bar allows using all hotkey modifiers including lt WIN gt or using no modifiers at all Use the UP and DOWN arrow to navigate through the menu ENTER will launch the selected shortcut or open the submenu A submenu can also be opened by pressing the RIGHT arrow key To close a menu hit ESC To open the previous or next menu hold the CTRL key down and use the LEFT RIGHT arrow keys You can type the first few letters of a button text to quickly select that button If the selected button is a menu True Launch Bar will open that menu You can also use accelerators to enhance menus 7 True Launch Bar Components Manager TLB Components Manager is used for adding or deleting individual True Launch Bar components This utility allows checking True Launch Bar website for updates and downloading and installing the
15. modes Read more on arranging buttons in article Arranging The Auto arrange menu enables the automatic arranging when all the new files objects will be arranged automatically according to the rule selected on the menu View this submenu allows changing the view of a menu View Modes size and appearance of menu icons and set the number of columns to appear in the menu There is also the Show Text command on this menu which enables showing text labels for buttons on the toolbar Refresh refreshes the content of active menu or toolbar Show hidden submenu with the list of hidden items You can select Show All Hidden to enable showing all hidden buttons or select the individual buttons you want to show This command does not appear if the toolbar does not contain hidden items 5 Customize Menu opens the menu settings dialog Customizing Menu Appearance submenu with the list of commands for changing the button appearance e Change Icon opens a dialog window for selecting a new icon for the button read more in article Editing icons e Reset Icon resets selected icon to default e Change Description changes the tip text for a selected button read more 1n article Editing popup tips text e Set Image sets an icon for the selected button There must be an image for all three states of the icon read more in article Using custom button appearance e Text Color
16. of this program a System Info e Registration Cancel This tab displays version number and owner information for this copy of True Launch Bar It also has a number useful links to online resources on True Launch Bar 4 Context Menu All operations over True Launch Bar are done through the context menu The context menu can be opened by right clicking on any button or any other object The majority of menu items change settings just for the object you right clicked on Please keep in mind that context menus may significantly differ for different objects depending on the menu template selected in the context menu settings Right clicking on an item while holding the SHIFT key pressed will open the default context menu that contains all available commands regardless to current template settings 49 Open Explore Search Sharing and Security ES Add to archive ES Add to amp Write Uilities rar ES Compress and email ES Compress to 8Write Uilities rar and email Send To K Cut Copy Create Shortcut Delete Properties Run all CS Open ge TLE Settings Switch toolbar Lock buttons O New d 3 Arrange Icons By d View go Refresh FE Appearance K Related Hotkey Hide A Delete ale Rename E Protect al Open in explorer Properties This figure displays an exemplary grouping of menu items by action object l So called Shell Menu is the
17. profile on this menu will instantly load it to the toolbar Backup and Restore buttons Clicking on the Backup button will open the backup wizard You can create any number of backups The backup will create a file with the tlbbackup extension This file will contain all of the toolbar objects except the content of the virtual folders and all of the toolbar settings Please note that if you have changed some objects icons or set overlay images True Launch Bar will normally not save them in the backup file If you want your icons and overlay images to be saved in the backup file you must enable the Save with toolbar option when you change the icons and or overlay images Thus True Launch Bar will copy the necessary files to the toolbar folder and add them to the backup file when it is created The Restore button opens the Restore from Backup wizard where you will be asked to select a backup file IMPORTANT Restoring a toolbar from backup will remove all the toolbar content and replace it with the backup data If you have made any changes since the last backup operation those changes will be discarded Check for Updates button Clicking on this button will launch True Launch Bar Components Manager which will help you check for updates and install the latest True Launch Bar and its components You can also use the manager to delete unnecessary components Settings password This feature
18. sizes da ci n Load Virtual Folders in background Enable accelerators m UT sensim Do not change file type at rename Process WIN key Toolbars m Expand shortcuts to folders Save icons with toolbar LD Hotkeys Jumper AmS ec me a ll System Info Number of programs on Recent menu Ed About Help QK CL Cancel The tabs with the various settings are shown on the left of the window and the right part of the window displays the actual settings for the selected tab When you are done editing click OK to save changes and close the settings window Clicking Apply will save and apply the changes but the settings window will remain open 3 1 General Options This tab contains a number of the basic settings and utilities Profiles button Profiles are used to quickly move identical settings between different toolbars and quickly switch between the settings Clicking on the button will open this menu 19 General options Backup Restore Save current settings to a new profile Organize profiles default big icons 9 Save current settings to a new profile saves current settings to a new profile or overwrites an existing profile True Launch Bar will open the dialog window where it will ask you to enter the new profile name Organize profiles allows deleting profiles that you no longer need This will open the list of all available profiles Selecting a
19. 2 LNR aiii 45 A sent c one wenin enenee E 46 SAE a A R gst Ss Sait aacin es dane ca aan DRI neon 47 A no eee ere ee ere ere 48 AE E o een Gate ee ato eo SE es Goce on ee meen 49 Arca 49 UN SS aa EAEE EEE AEE 53 A A e EOE E A EA E E E EE E sence E E NTA 53 PA A 54 Ea AE E e erates ea nic 55 A E Nl TTT 56 S LRT A ae A A S6 SUS CUA AE AS 58 O Pacs wond PIELES e A TS ACA cn nce ce E AS 58 6 Working with True Launch Bar 59 OME UO ae operas 59 E Recently ot AO LO a lbs Mem PORRO APO U 5 O P q qeE seus 62 RTRM T E E E QA 62 T uc ELER RTT RIL rd en 62 A io 63 nn er a eee eens ae eee ere eee one 64 A atone oe e eco AE A SI TN 65 TIO nieta aero 66 Molt ali AM 67 1 Getting Started 1 1 Starting True Launch Bar True Launch Bar uses the same methods as does the standard Quick Launch bar To launch open TLB right click on the task bar then select the Toolbars submenu and then click on the True Launch Bar item Address Toolbars Windows Media Player Links w Language bar True Launch Bar Show the Desktop Desktop Quick Launch Task Manager New Toolbar w Lock the Taskbar Properties True Launch Bar started for the first time contains all the Quick Launch bar shortcuts so Quick Launch bar can be now disabled Unfortunately the size and position of the icons may slightly differ from size and position of icons within Quick Launch bar 1 2 Basic methods of using Tru
20. 5 3 Related links True Launch Bar allows setting additional links for each button Those can be links to related Web sites or links to other programs folders documents related to the button To open related links right click on the True Launch Bar button and then click on the Related item on the context menu that appears You will see the list of links related to the selected button Clicking on a link will trigger the action assigned to the link To add edit or delete related links select the Manage related item on the menu Related links amp Write Uilities Link Name Link Location http www tordex com Notepad c windows notepad exe Delete Help b Cancel To add a new link click on the New button then enter the link name in the Name field and then enter the actual link in the Link to field The Link to field may contain an Internet address e mail address or full path to any program on disk To delete a link select the link to be deleted on the list and then click on the Delete button To edit a link select the link to be edited on the list and then edit the link name in the Name field or edit the link address in the Link to field You can import or export related links by using the Import and Export button respectively 5 4 Customizing buttons appearance To customize the appearance of a button or group of buttons on a menu or on the toolbar righ
21. Bar supports the most common image types BMP PNG JPEG and GIF You can enable the Save image with toolbar setting to save the image in the toolbar folder Draw method This preference defines how the overlay image is to be drawn The following three methods are available Draw at position the image will be drawn with no changes at the position set by the Image position value Stretch the image will be stretched to the toolbar boundaries Tile the toolbar will be filled with the image Image position These options define the overlay image position on the toolbar when the Draw Method is set to Draw at position Image position may accept one of these values Center Left top or Right bottom The values in the parentheses are given for the vertical toolbars _ 94 3 3 Menu appearance True Launch Bar Settings Quick Launch Z General options Menu Appearance a Toolbar a Menu appearance Menu options Show menu caption _ Caption text to the top Show items number _ Do not cut off caption Colors Show large icons Show shadow Fonts Flat menu items Flat menus XP Style EJ Transparency _ Show arrow on menu button Animate collapse expand Mouse _ Show menu item hotkey text _ Fix the noise effect Skins d Context menu Run submenu on mouse cick Tips Run submenu on ENTER daa Tides align Columns Fal Icon sizes 1 Auto sensing Scrolling options S Toobars ee E S
22. ES Colors Popup menu on mouse hover hover time ms Fonts al Run shortcuts on mouse hover 800 lt EJ Transparency _ Auto dose menu on mouse leave 500 oo E _ Use auto dose only for menus Tips Popup submenu on mouse hover J Metrics _ Custom submenu show delay 500 Fa Icon sizes T Auto sensing 44 Toolbars Hotkeys al System Info Val Registration E About Cancel Apply This tab gathers the options that are in charge of True Launch Bar s behavior on various mouse commands Let s define a couple of terms to be used in this chapter e First level menu is the menu that appears as a button right on the toolbar e Submenu is the menu included in other menu Auto popup next first level menu You have opened the first level menu and then moved the mouse pointer to the next menu button on the toolbar When the Auto popup next first level menu option is enabled True Launch Bar will open the menu under the mouse pointer Otherwise you will need to click on the button to open that menu You can set the delay in milliseconds before opening the new menu This delay is to be set in the corresponding timeout field Close menu if mouse is over other toolbar button This option completes the Auto popup next first level menu option If the setting is disabled when you move the mouse pointer to the next button that is not a menu while a first level menu is open the open menu will not close If yo
23. My Computer 10 This 1s the regular view mode used by default All items of the menu are listed from top to bottom and from left to right If all items of a menu cannot fit in one column the scrollbar will appear If the number of columns allowed for the menu is greater than one the program will fill the first column from top to bottom then the second one and so on If the content of a menu can fit in a single column the other columns will not be displayed Icons only n O T 9 a DL z O o Te Z When this view mode is selected True Launch Bar will show icons only It is recommended that you set the number of columns more than one for the Icons only mode The columns will be filled from left to right and from top to bottom True Launch Bar will always create as many columns as it is set in the menu settings 13 Icons with text A 3 5 Flo F DVD C C Win 2 gt D DOCU Er SYSTEM Control Panel My Computer 10 This view mode is completely identical to Icons only except that in this mode TLB will show text labels below each icon Multicolumn text menu H A 3 5 Floppy gt E E system Control Panel K F DVD CD RW Drive K S USB pC Camera 301P gt Sg 0 SYSTEM Win 2 gt p D DOCUMENTS This view mode is identical to the default view mode except that TLB will always try to arrange menu items in multiple columns If you set the n
24. Notepad just drop the file to be opened on the Notepad shortcut Please note the events the insertion marker appears for For the regular menus the insertion marker appears when you are carrying an object over the top or bottom edge of the menu item If the menu is in the Jcons Only or Icons with Text view mode the marker will appear when you are carrying an object over the left or right edge of the menu item for that is where it will be inserted even if the menu has only one column in it 1 3 True Launch Bar objects All objects that appear on the toolbar or menus are buttons Here is the list of the most common button types e Shortcuts and files are the primary button types Clicking on a shortcut or file button normally launches the corresponding application e Menus menu or folder may contain any objects including other menus The level of nesting and the number of objects within a menu are not limited e Separators are a special button type which appears as a vertical or horizontal separator bar Separators can be used for grouping buttons within a menu Besides that when menu buttons are sorted the sorting will apply only to groups of items limited by the separators e Titles are separators with text e Plugins are special buttons that extend True Launch Bar s capabilities Plugins can be both menus and regular buttons The content and functionality of the buttons depend on a particular plugin All True L
25. True Launch Bar User s Manual www truelaunchbar com Contents Mt SST NMA BM AP PP AI A o anaveusceaaeecks 6 1 1 Starting AAC UW AEs ccdsneancaansaainaseveasaransagassbeveanoraceoadnatevesaarevonan babe anA A raha arai 6 L2 Bakic meihod ol usine Troe ELO Bai eee ee re eee 6 e ERL e a E E PA o 7 1 4 Creating shortcuts using DDT ae 8 1 5 Creating shortcuts UTE Context MeNi data 8 ERS O T Co E E E E E AI ae E A EE ATTE 9 AA O ont 9 MARS a o 0 E E E 9 E o A E N EN 9 eT A OA EE E E E EE EE EEES 10 O E e L ent 10 PRA E A EE oque E EE E AA 12 6 B IS ias 12 E o A E ei oo E tee 13 NE E A 13 E eos 14 Multicolumn text An 14 A TE LT pea 14 NA AO ranita 15 PA ANA L io 15 A A q caamna nev E eon E aes ameaneenene 15 Rs AAT T nee ee en eee o eee ere eee eee 17 E TT E E AN OE E AN E EN E 18 A A e O E E E ENEA EE E EE EEEE E E 19 Og ACA I N E E E E 19 PEONES ains 19 Dc amd Reco DOON atea 20 ORO te cite O ro r E T EE ER O E 20 UM DASS dia E 20 ES In A T E TA 20 Earn role a ore aT nada 21 EA nn e IAS 21 Do notchanee Hle type ai Oo 11 11 o E Er o ee eee eee ee 21 Pona ROCES 95 aL E E A 21 A cece A NE ees ees 21 A A ds 22 Number of programs on the Recent men 22 S ETT 22 A Pio UE a A A eee ee eee 22 Elle ODIA MO oca 22 EA A o E E E E E SS 23 aa oe LSR UM Cs EE EE 23 BP e A oi AE EEE 23 A O even sates E teeta oe eee conte sen T AEAEE A enna tance eageneeote 24 E EAU A O UA EII 24 B
26. a shortcut to the original file The original file folder will be preserved You can also drag files folders by holding down the right mouse button When you release the mouse button TLB will let you choose what is to be done next Copy Here Move Here Create Menu Here ts Start E WE s Cancel rm e Copy Here will copy the file folder to the toolbar e Move Here will move the file folder to the toolbar e Create Shortcut s Here will create a shortcut to the file folder on the toolbar e Create Menu Here will create a virtual folder 1 e menu reflecting the content of the folder being dragged This command is only applicable to folders e Cancel cancels the drag action 1 5 Creating shortcuts using the context menu Another way to create shortcuts is using the context menu Right click on the TLB toolbar then point to New and then click on the Shortcut item You will see the Windows standard shortcut creation dialog Create Shortcut This wizard helps you to create shortcuts to local or network programs files folders computers or Internet addresses Type the location of the item Po Click Next to continue Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the creation of the shortcut 1 6 Creating separators Separator is a special button type that appears as a vertical or horizontal bar on the toolbar or menus To create a separator right
27. allows setting a password to protecting your True Launch Bar settings The same password is to be entered twice Once the password is set True Launch Bar will prompt you to enter the password every time you attempt to open the settings window If you enter an incorrect password True Launch Bar will deny access to the settings window Button locking This group of settings allows managing the locking of buttons on the toolbar and within menus Lock buttons Locks all objects on the toolbar and within menus Objects cannot be moved while they are locked 20 Allow locking from context menu Adds the Lock Buttons item to the context menu Ask settings password If the settings password 1s enabled selecting this option will have True Launch Bar ask you to enter the password when you attempt to lock or unlock buttons Allow locking for single folder If this option is disabled buttons will be locked on both all menus and the toolbar Enabling this option will let you lock buttons for menus and the toolbar individually Load virtual folders in background Loading virtual folders in background will let you avoid the temporary lockout of the taskbar while a virtual folder with large number of files is loading If this option is disabled the taskbar will be unavailable while True Launch Bar is reading the content of the folder Sometimes that time can be quite long especially with the large fold
28. ar is deleted all files in its folder remain intact If a deleted toolbar is currently open it will remain open and you will have to close it manually if that 45 is necessary Clicking on the Activate button will replace the current toolbar with the new toolbar content In the Name field you can set the toolbar name In the Path field you can set the full path to the toolbar folder The new toolbar will appear on the context menu within the Switch Toolbar item so you can switch current toolbar to the new folder instantly 3 15 Hotkeys True Launch Bar Settings amp TLB PE General options H otkeys Mana ger a Toolbar Hot keys used by True Launch Bar EN Menu appearance l Name Hot key TP Skins Programs Win 2 3 Colors New Contact Win A N Programs Win 1 al Fonts Command Line Activate Win c Ey Transparency Command Line cm Ctrl Tn P 7 Turn Off Computer Wint 5 a Mouse Word 2003 Win W Context menu Promt Cirl shift 9 l Prompt Ctrl 5hiHt P gt Tips Calculator C HIRRI C Se se System Win F 10 o Metrics Far Ctrl Shift F E Icon sizes Notepad Ctrl Shift N Auto sensin capi aaa ESE K E Development Alt 0 Spy Ctrl Shift s tibHost Win 3 System Info ToDo Win T Val Registration Ed About This tab displays the list of keyboard shortcuts used in True Launch Bar You can right click on any shortcut on the list to open the context menu The menu has the followi
29. aunch Bar objects except for separators and titles are files physically Those files are located in the special folder called the toolbar folder To find out where the folder is located unlock the toolbar Windows XP only then right click on the toolbar separator on the left and then select Open on the menu that appears l Ll rm View K Show text Refresh Nev K TLE Settings Switch toolbar K Close Toolbar Toolbars K Cascade Windows Tile Windows Horizontally Tile Windows Vertically Show the Desktop Task Manager Lock the Taskbar Properties A toolbar folder contains all the toolbar settings shortcuts plugins and menus Some files in the folder are hidden If you want to see those files you will need to enable showing hidden files in Windows Explorer settings You can also move any object from the toolbar to any other folder using the Drag amp Drop technique 1 4 Creating shortcuts using Drag amp Drop To create a shortcut on the toolbar just drag it to the True Launch Bar toolbar The regular Drag amp Drop rules are applicable Holding the SHIFT key pressed while dragging a file folder TLB will move the file folder to the toolbar The original file folder will be deleted Holding the CTRL key pressed while dragging a file folder TLB will copy the file folder to the toolbar The original file folder will be preserved Holding the ALT key pressed while dragging a file folder TLB will create
30. click on the TLB toolbar or on a menu then point to New and then select Separator on the menu that appears The separator will be created before the button you had right clicked on If you want to create a separator with text select the Title item on the menu during the creation After you have entered the title text TLB will create a separator with that text Separators just like any other buttons can be grabbed and dragged with the mouse 1 7 Creating plugins To create a plugin right click on the TLB toolbar or on a menu then point to New and then select the item with the plugin name on the menu that appears True Launch Bar will let you enter the file name and configure the plugin That will complete the creation of the plugin Since plugins appear to be the regular buttons you can also grab and drag them with the mouse You can even copy move plugins to any folder on disk or to Desktop True Launch Bar will create a file with the tlbplugin extension That file can be placed back on the toolbar that will create the plugin button on the toolbar 1 8 Deleting objects Any object can be removed from True Launch Bar To remove an object right click on the object to be deleted and then select Delete on the menu that appears When True Launch Bar deletes files it places them to Recycle Bin that will let you restore the deleted files when you need to do that IMPORTANT Deleting files from True Launch Ba
31. croll value pixels Scroll time ms System Info Val Registration Always show as file Preview E About lt A The Menu appearance tab contains the settings in charge of the menu appearance To preview the changes you have made click on the Preview link True Launch Bar will display the preview window with the changes you are about to apply Title E Menu Item Menu Item Menu Item Caption 4 A E 0103 bw se E This window displays the sample appearance of the menu Show menu caption Hide Show menu caption The caption appears on the left of the menu The caption comprises of the menu name and it can be enhanced by adding the number of items on that menu 25 Show items number If enabled True Launch Bar will display the number of items on the menu caption 9 a 3 5 Floppy Se C SYSTEM e D DOCUMENTS Se E SYSTEM E PO DVD CD RW Drive g Control Panel l USB PC Camera 301P ae G PORTABLE My Computer 11 That number will also include the hidden items count Show large icons This option sets the program to display the large icons by default Although you may edit the icon size for each menu individually this option allows changing the size for all menus which used to have the standard icon size Flat menu items This option is only available with Windows XP visual styles enabled it defines the style for a selected menu ite
32. e Launch Bar We have tried to use the most common interface items in True Launch Bar so you shouldn t face great difficulties setting up and using it All the settings are available through the context menu Simply right click on the toolbar to open the context menu The content of the context menu depends on the object you clicked on however there are common menu items too You should also be aware that the content of the context menu can be defined in the settings To open the complete context menu bypassing the custom definitions hold down the CTRL SHIFT keys on the keyboard while right clicking on the object The second major technology adopted in the program is Drag amp Drop You can drag any object to just about any place on the toolbar or on the menu You can even create new shortcuts using Drag amp Drop Both the left and the right mouse buttons can be used for dragging objects When the right mouse button is used True Launch Bar will show the menu of the applicable actions when the mouse button is released While you are dragging an object True Launch Bar will mark the position where the object will be placed with a special marker If the marker is not being displayed it means that True Launch Bar will run the selected shortcut and pass the dragged file as a parameter If you select a folder or folder shortcut the file will be copied moved to the selected folder This feature can be used for instance to open some text file with
33. e Launch Bar will change the toolbar content to the content we have prepared for working with documents This workspace may include shortcuts for launching other office applications virtual folders with lists of documents and much more When we launch our favorite Web browser Internet Explorer True Launch Bar will show the toolbar with Favorites and Net Monitor plugin that monitors network traffic And so on Thus with the auto sensing feature you significantly improve the efficiency of your computer aided work simply by keeping only the necessary tools before you while you are working with specific applications 3 14 Toolbars True Launch Bar Settings amp TLB P General options CreatefEdit toolbars Toolbar EN Menu appearance Delete R nev E3 Transparency new user test 3 Mouse infix Context menu J Metrics be Icon sizes T Auto sensing FE Toolbars C toolbars CLOCK Hotkeys System Info Val Registration Ed About Help OK y Cancel On this tab you can define additional True Launch Bar toolbars To create a new toolbar click on the New button In the folder selection dialog that appears select the toolbar folder that contains the necessary shortcuts and settings and then click OK You can instantly activate the new toolbar by clicking on the Activate button If you want to delete an existing toolbar select 1t on the list and then hit Delete Please note when a toolb
34. ed tips Launch Opera Last run time 09 12 03 1 20 52 The fastest Internet browser over earth hotkey action using CTRL W New Window always CTRL C Copy Text always CTRL W Paste Text always This is the test of string CTRL W Paste Text always CTRL V Paste Text always foom eA ae Past True Launch Bar supports basic HTML tags in tips text which you can use to enhance the formatting of the text The supported tags are Tags Description lt b gt text lt b gt text will appear in bold lt 1 gt text lt 1 gt text will appear in italic lt u gt text lt u gt text will appear underlined lt s gt text lt s gt text will appear strikeout lt ct 0000 FF gt The color of the text following this tag will be BLUE You can set any other color in the RGB format lt cb 00FFFF gt The background color of the text following this tag will be CYAN You can set any other color in the RGB format lt al gt or lt al_1 gt Text will be aligned by the left edge lt al_c gt Text will be centered lt al r gt Text will be aligned by the right edge lt hr 100 gt Draws a horizontal line for the entire tip width If you set a different percentage the line will be smaller Tags Description lt hr 50 gt Draws a horizontal line of 50 pixels length lt t gt Tabulation Use tabulation to create the tabular appearance lt br gt New line
35. enu and then select Set Image 3 state image for button Image file D startbuttons Button Blue eng pna Save image with toolbar Preview In the Image file field enter full path to the button image Click on the to select the image file in the explorer window Enable the Save image with toolbar option if you want to save the image with the toolbar In the Preview area you can check how the button will work The button image file must contain an image for all three button states Normal Pressed and Active These images must be of the same width and must follow one another vertically When a button image is set all other styles applicable to the button will be ignored Text labels for the button will also be ignored 5 6 Password protecting buttons To protect a button with password right click on the button to be protected and then select the Protect item on the context menu that appears _ 58 Button protection Old Password New password Confirm new password What to protect Execute Hide Unhide Delete Rename Icon Descripton Properties Cancel In the Old password field enter the current password set for the button Leave this field blank if the button is not password protected yet In the New password and Confirm new pass
36. erbird The Title The Title E e E E Mozilla Thunderbird E S Mozila Thunderbird O Calculator E O O G E E em E Tan o Calculator 6 l Calculator o Be l AA D D walk Ww D w Scrollbar only Scrollers and Scrollbar Scrollers only To scroll the menu with the scroller place the mouse pointer over the menu The speed and the smoothness of the scrolling are defined by the Scroll value and Scroll time parameters Scroll value The number of pixels the menu will scroll per step The less this value is the smoother the scrolling will be 29 Scroll time The pause in milliseconds between two scroll steps The less this value is the slower the menu will move and the smoother the scrolling will be Always show as file True Launch Bar usually shows ZIP files as menus if Windows Explorer also shows them as folders Windows XP The same way some other files usually compressed archives may appear as menus In the Always show as file option define the list of extensions that are to be shown as files and not as menus Separate the extensions with a semicolon and place a dot before the extension Example zip cab 3 4 Skins True Launch Bar Settings amp TLB d General options a Toolbar EH Menu appearance Skin Name Author VogneslaW Vic Sitnizki Z Color y 9 Colors Apply skin to Get more skins all Fonts Menu x Install Skin E3 Transparency F Toolbar aiis 22 Mouse
37. ers If you enable loading virtual folders in background True Launch Bar will display Loading folder content but you will be able to close the menu being loaded and continue using other menus while the content 1s loading Enable Accelerators Accelerator is a letter or character to be used for accessing an item instantly that letter or character is underlined To access an item with an accelerator you will need to press the ALT accelerator shortcut To create an accelerator for a menu item just rename it and add the amp character before the accelerator letter Example Rename Microsoft Word to Microsoft Word and True Launch Bar will display that button as Microsoft Word Thus you will be able to launch Word instantly by simply pressing the ALT W shortcut on the keyboard To add the amp character to an item name just add another amp character 1 e type amp amp Do not change file type at rename This option enables or disables changing file type extension when a file is renamed When this option is enabled True Launch Bar will only ask you to enter the file name during renaming and the extension of the file will remain unchanged Expand shortcuts to folders This option is available to virtual folders only When it is enabled shortcuts to the default folders are expanded to menus Anyway you can explicitly enable or disable expanding a shortcut to menu for each individual shortcut th
38. estarting Unable to move buttons on the toolbar and or menu to other locations One of the causes for that may lie in the enabling of the button lockup option Unlock the button and you will be able to move them The second cause of the enabled automatic arranging of the buttons In this case the button gets back to its original position whenever you try to move it somewhere else Right click on the toolbar or menu then point to Arrange Icons By on the context menu and then deselect the Auto Arrange item True Launch Bar does not appear after the computer is restarted This 1s usually a result of some optimizers activities Run the registry editor regedit exe and open the registry key HKEY CURRENT USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Policies Explorer Set to zero or delete the following values e NoSaveSettings e NoCloseDragDropBands e NoMovingBands Restart the computer After the first time you reboot your computer True Launch Bar may still not appear Open True Launch Bar manually and reboot the computer again Unable to create a toolbar with two rows of buttons This often occurs when the non standard Windows XP themes are used or when the height of a plugin button is too great True Launch Bar has the Sizing Step option to solve this problem It is usually enough to set this parameter to zero and True Launch Bar will automatically find the best height If you are unable to get the second ro
39. for all buttons with text option is enabled ctart Here I Mw Computer A Internet Explorer B Start Here fig My Computer Z Internet Explorer This will let you save the toolbar space significantly Default alignment This option allows managing the position of buttons on the toolbar in case the height width for the vertical toolbars is greater than what is necessary for placing the buttons The following values may be set in this option Top Left 23 Minimum size With this option you can set the minimum number of buttons to appear on the toolbar If you want to see all the buttons on the toolbar at all times set a greater value This is especially useful if the toolbar contains plugins that may vary their sizes along the course of their performance Sizing step This is for how many pixels the toolbar height width for the vertical toolbars will change It is normally enough to set this parameter to U zero in order to have True Launch Bar set the best value automatically However if you are using the non standard themes under Windows XP you may face difficulties creating multiple line toolbars In this case set this parameter to a non zero value for instance 1 2 etc and find the best setting value for your system Overlay image Path to overlay image file You can type the path by hand or click on the Browse button and select the file in the explorer window that appears True Launch
40. he buttons within that group just as if you had run applications within the group one by one This is helpful when you need to run multiple applications at the same time Auto collapse enables the automatic collapsing of a group when another group is expanded or when the menu is closed Graphics tools T Paint NET AC Photoshop Album 2 0 A a Picasa EH Internet tools y Download Master e Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox This figure displays the collapsed Open Office group Collapse Expand and the Run All buttons Tools 11 As it was mentioned above when a group 1s collapsed its buttons become hidden and appear on the Show Hidden item of the context menu A great effect can be created if you enable showing one or a few buttons from a collapsed group When the group is expanded the visible buttons become hidden and the hidden ones will become visible Thus the buttons will toggle every time you click on the item 61 6 2 Recently Accessed shortcuts menu True Launch Bar allows you to create a special menu that contains a number of shortcuts accessed recently To create this menu right click on the position where you want to create the menu then point to New on the context menu that appears and then select Recently Accessed True Launch Bar will create the menu You can change that menu icon the same way as you would do it for a regular menu The Recently Accessed menu
41. inal Release 1276 KB Update The Update tab allows checking our website for the availability of updates then download and install the updates To check the website for updates click on the Check for updates button When the list of available components is loaded from the server the program will display the list of available updates where you can see the component name version status and file size Select the components you want to download and install and then click on the Download and Install button TLB Components Manager will download and install the selected components 63 Uninstall True Launch Bar Components Manager Uninstall True Launch Bar components Select installed component from list and dick Uninstall ess Book plugin Battery Monitor plugin CD Control plugin Uninstall 29 Command Line plugin Drive Space plugin foobar2000 support for Media Control q Tunes support Q J River Media Center 11 support 1 River Media Center support Mail Monitor plugin Media Control plugin MediaMonkey support moon Monitor plugin amp MotherBoard Monitor plugin iher Monitor plugin Enews Reader plugin ll Process Viewer plugin Spacer plugin wb System Monitor plugin HA TLE Clock plugin 52 ToDo List plugin This tab allows removing the components installed on the computer Select the components to be removed and then click on the Uninstall button 64 Favo
42. ions Toolbar options Hide toolbar title Lock toolbar EN Menu appearance gt si _ Same width for all buttons with text af Skins ES Colors Minimum size 0 e al Fonts 20 E buttons EJ Transparency sizing step 2 Mouse Context menu gt Tips O Metrics Overlay image Save image with toolbar Draw method Image position a Draw at position a Center Faj Icon sizes O Stretch O Left top gt Auto sensing Tile C Right bottom 4 Toolbars DD Hotkeys a System Info Ko Registration Ed About Hide toolbar title By default all Windows toolbars have a title 9 There are two ways to hide this title 1 Right click on the title and then select the Show Title item on the menu that appears toolbar must be unlocked under Windows XP 2 Enable the Hide toolbar title option From now on the toolbar will always appear with no title Lock toolbar This option 1s useful for toolbars positioned on the taskbar By default all Windows toolbars can be dragged with the mouse just grab a toolbar at 1ts blank area Sometimes that may create problems since a toolbar can be moved by accident To prevent that enable the Lock toolbar option Same width for all buttons with text If buttons have text labels the width of all standard buttons with text will be the same and will depend on the length of the longest text True Launch Bar will show the buttons the same way when the Same width
43. l stable version installs the stable versions only and ignores the beta versions This option can be selected when the automatic installation of updates is enabled e Install latest version installs all updates This option can be selected when the automatic installation of updates is enabled T Options 8 True Launch Bar Components Manager Sale d TLE Components Manager Options Connection Update Connection Direct connection z PR Port xe Proxy password a Select currently not installed components Clear downloaded files View downloaded files Options This tab provides the options for setting up the Internet connection e Connection connection type One of the following options can be selected e Direct connection connect to the Internet directly not using proxy servers e Use Internet Explorer Settings use connection settings from Internet Explorer If you use a proxy server enter your login and password for accessing the proxy server e Via named proxy use a specific proxy server Enter the proxy server connection settings e Proxy server proxy server address e Port proxy server port e Proxy login user name for accessing the proxy server e Proxy password password for accessing the proxy server e Select currently not installed components marks new components that are to be installed e Clear downloaded files clears cache from the received file
44. ly with the animated groups Run submenu on mouse click When you click on a multiple level menu it usually opens expands If you enable this option True Launch Bar will open the submenu folder in Windows Explorer when you click on the menu You can still expand a nested menu in True Launch Bar by either placing the _ 28 mouse pointer over the submenu button or by highlighting that button and then pressing the right arrow key on the keyboard Run submenu on ENTER When you hit ENTER on a multiple level menu it usually opens expands If you enable this option True Launch Bar will open the submenu folder in Windows Explorer when you hit ENTER on it You can still expand a nested menu in True Launch Bar by either setting the mouse pointer over the submenu button or by highlighting that button and then pressing the right arrow key on the keyboard Titles align This option defines alignment for titles It may accept these values T Word 2003 r Word 2003 Word 2003 The Title The Title The Title Mozilla Thunderbird C Mozilla Thunderbird amp Mozilla Thunderbird Center Left Right O 1 m a o E O D Do not cut off Do not cut off Columns This option sets the default number of columns on the menu Scrolling type Defines how the menu will scroll when its content does not fit in the screen area The following scrolling types are available 2 a Word 2003 iP E S Mozila Thund
45. m Control Panel 4 Control Panel K g Local Disk C1 Local Disk C1 K 344 Floppy 4 344 Floppy A Computer 1 Compact Disc D 3 K Compact Disc Dr Y Flat menu items is turned off Flat menu items is turned on Show arrow on menu button This option toggles showing or hiding arrows on the menu buttons positioned on the toolbar Buttons with arrows Buttons without arrows 26 Show menu item hotkey This option enables disables showing keyboard shortcuts that launch menu items instantly The keyboard shortcuts appear on the right of a menu item D Control Panel 1 Local Disk My Documents Programs Internet Explorer Win if My Computer G My Documents Caption text to the top If this option is enabled True Launch Bar will print caption text from top to bottom the program will print the text from the bottom up otherwise JH X 3 5 Floppy eB 8 A 3 5 Floppy ze C SYSTEM ze C SYSTEM za D DOCUMENTS M lt D DOCUMENTS EH E SYSTEM ag gt E SYSTEM LA F DVD CD RW Drive 7S EL F DVD CD RW Drive E B Control Panel Control Panel a4 USB PC Camera 301P PT USB PC Camera 301P 41 gt G PORTABLE ze G PORTABLE Caption text to the top is Caption text to the top is turned off turned on Do not cut off caption This option enables or disables cutting caption text If the option 1s enabled True Launch Bar will always show the menu
46. ng items e Edit changes selected hotkey You will be asked to choose a new keyboard shortcut for the selected action e Clear Hotkey deletes selected hotkey e Show menu opens a menu with the shortcut for selected hotkey _ 46 3 16 System Inforation True Launch Bar Settings amp TLB General options oystem information a Toolbar EN Menu appearance Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional TP skins version 5 1 2600 Service Pack 2 dy Coke Shell Version 6 0 2900 27635 IE Version 6 0 2900 2180 all Fonts Eg Transparency Computer Name LAPTOP Ha Mouse User Name Administration Context menu Installed True Launch Bar s plugins P Tips Address Book Y Metrics Battery Monitor l Calculator a Icon sizes CD Control 4 Command Line ap Auto sensing x Drive Space uai Toolbars Empty Button D Hotkeys at System Info Generate Bug Report Val Registration Ed About This tab shows brief information on your system and the list of available plugin and their versions Clicking on the Generate Bug Report button will open a new e mail message window with the filled system information Use this window to describe your problem and send a message to the support service _A7 3 17 Registration True Launch Bar Settings Quick Launch General options License owner amp Registration a Toolbar H Menu appearance TP Skins 3 Colors al Fonts Eg Transparency
47. ns plugins context menu e Empty space blank space within a menu e g menu title Show icons in the context menu This option enables or disables displaying icons on the context menu Show full shell menu If this option is enabled True Launch Bar will show the complete context menu including items like Copy Paste Properties etc For virtual folders the complete context menu will be shown at all times Please note Windows Explorer s menu will be added to the context menu when the chosen template permits 37 a 3 10 Tips True Launch Bar Settings amp TLB pi General options a Toolbar H Menu appearance TP Skins 3 Colors al Fonts Tips style 0 Rectangular Rectangular with rounded corners Balloon Disable tips EJ Transparency Mouse Context menu Time intervals ms Show tip 1000 Close tip o Other options Show last run time in tooltips Show runs count in tooltips its Metrics Show tips in menu Show icon on tps Max tins width Fa Icon sizes T Auto sensing 4 Toolbars 2 Hotkeys al System Info e Registration E About s This tab gathers the options for managing popup tips Tips style Tips style appearance The tips can be of these three types e Rectangular regular rectangular tips e Rectangular with rounded corners rectangular tips with rounded corners e Balloon balloon shaped the tips look like tips in Windows XP If you select
48. ntal alignment Horizontal position of the image May be set to left right and center e Vertical alignment Vertical position of the image May be set to top bottom and center e Horizontal stretch Stretch image horizontally e Vertical stretch Stretch image vertically e Constrain Proportions Preserve image ratio during stretching This setting is ignored if neither Horizontal nor Vertical stretch is enabled As it was mentioned already using overlay images can negatively affect the performance This is especially true when you apply stretching True Launch Bar can save overlay image with the toolbar if the Save image with toolbar option is enabled When the image is saved with the toolbar the image file will be copied to the toolbar folder Later on you can select that image on the popup list The image is also preserved when the toolbar is backed up or restored Filtering folder Customize menu File filters Main Menu Filtering folders Options ia Overlay image Apply filter to all new files folders SM nesne w deu fies Fles mask to hide fless L Ea Options Files modified during last o day s enter 0 to disable ap Overlay image Files created during last o day s enter 0 to disable p Folders processing Apply mask to folders E Filtering folder piy The content of any virtual folder can be filtered by a number of terms You can set a mask for files to be shown or hidden
49. of the icon Left Right margin of icon view menu Margin in pixels on buttons left and on the right edges This option can be enabled only with the Icons only or Icons with text view mode 40 3 12 Icon sizes True Launch Bar Settings amp TLB a Toolbar Standard icon sizes fA Menu appearance EP dl Small Large TP Skins 9 Colors Additional Icon Sizes EJ Transparency a Mouse Delete Context menu gt Tips JD Metrics Et Icon sizes T Auto sensing uai Toolbars P Hotkeys El System Info e Registration About On this tab you can set sizes for the large and small icons Those sizes are to be set in the Standard icon sizes group e Small small icons size e Large large icons size Use the Additional Icon Sizes group to add custom sizes Click on the New button to add a new icon size To delete a size select the size to be deleted on the list and then click Delete True Launch Bar supports all icon sizes The icons can be of the square shape only with the same width and height Although you may set any size for your icons it is recommended that you use the standard sizes 16x16 32x32 and 48x48 For the non standard sizes True Launch Bar will select the closest size and stretch the image This may cause the loss of the image quality 4 3 13 Auto sensing True Launch Bar Settings CLOCK General options Auto sensing
50. older A a 43 Options Ea Options Arrange sR overayimage Ato Arange by jo E 7 _ Descending Arrange folders like files E Filtering folder Maximum sizes enter 0 to use standard size Max menu width o Max menu height o E Show menu caption Disable tips Docking point default M Cancel Here you can choose the tabs with the settings on the left Options e View Mode Menu appearance described in detail in chapter View Modes e Icons Size Icons size e Arrange Arranging icons 15 True Launch Bar User s Manual Max menu width Max menu height Menu dimensions limits The zero values will reset the menu to the default dimensions Show menu caption Disable or enable menu title Disable tips Enable or disable tips for all menu items Docking point Location of the point to attach the menu to Menu align Menu alignment related to Docking point The Docking point and Menu align settings allow you to create truly innovative combinations of menus a E Db slin 0b s B Ba 0 Ta W The following settings were used in this example First level menu e View Mode Icons only e Columns 1 e Docking point default e Menu align default Second level menu e View Mode Icons only e Columns 4 e Docking point default e Menu align default Third level menu e View Mode Icons only e Columns 1 e Docking point Left Bottom
51. olor You can set two different colors and True Launch Bar will draw the gradient caption You can also choose the vertical or horizontal shading through the Caption vertical gradient option Toolbar colors Toolbar background gradient toolbar background color You can set two different colors and True Launch Bar will draw the gradient background You can also choose the vertical or horizontal gradient through the Vertical gradient option Separator colors separators consist of two lines and you can change colors for each of those lines Button Colors defines button colors when the mouse pointer 1s over the button You can set two different colors and True Launch Bar will draw the gradient button You can also choose the vertical or horizontal shading through the Vertical gradient option Text Color changes button text color Highlight Text Color changes button text color when the mouse pointer is over the button Button border color changes button border color when the mouse pointer 1s over the button This color is only used when the button color is selected ie 3 6 Fonts True Launch Bar Settings amp TLB ae Toolbar Menu items font EA Menu appearance lt default font gt Size Menu caption font Eg Transparency Font e BG Context menu Size inad O aic Tips JD Metrics Tites font E on ses on Auto sensi ep Auto sensing Mix oer oe Preview
52. on the menu to select an icons file or folder True Launch Bar supports the following icon file formats ICO ICL DLL EXE CPL BMP PNG GIF and JPEG The selected file or folder will appear in the File name field and the icons from the file or folder will appear on the Current icon list Select the icon to be set for the button and then click OK You can change the icon size by selecting the desired size on the Icon size popup list This size will not affect the size of the icon on the button To find necessary icons quickly you can bookmark frequently used icon files and folders To create a bookmark click on the EH button then select Create Icons Library and then enter the bookmark name True Launch Bar will create a bookmark to the file folder To quickly open a bookmark click on the button and then click on the desired bookmark To delete a bookmark select the bookmark to be deleted and then click Delete Icons Library By default True Launch Bar already has a bookmark to Windows basic icons such as Standard Windows Icons The menu also has the Saved Icons bookmark with all icons stored with the toolbar To save an icon with toolbar enable the Save icon with toolbar option True Launch Bar oe will copy the file to the toolbar folder If the folder already contains a file with that name True Launch Bar will ask whether it should rename the new file or overwrite the e
53. options we Toolbar EN Menu appearance TP Skins Open Office Choose a workspace Programs to activate workspace ES Colors When runnin al Fonts be Eg Transparency a Mouse Context menu P Tips El Metrics Common programs Ba Icon sizes tibHost exe 5 Auto sensing uai Toolbars DB Hotkeys E System Info Val Registration Ed About The Auto Sensing feature will let you create a toolbar with the content that varies depending on the running or active programs Let s define a few terms to be used in this chapter e Workspace is the toolbar folder True Launch Bar is to switch to Workspace as well includes the list of programs that will trigger the switching between different workspaces e Programs to activate workspace list of programs that activate current workspace A program on the list may have the two attributes When run and Active window On When run True Launch Bar will activate the selected workspace as soon as the selected program is launched On Active window the workspace will trigger when any window of the specified program gets the focus becomes active e Common programs programs that are common for all workspaces True Launch Bar will not switch current workspace when you switch to a program on the Common programs list This feature is handy for adding frequently used programs like Calculator Notepad etc Using Auto sensing To begin using the Auto Sensing feat
54. r virtual folders deletes the files from your disk moves to the Recycle Bin physically Use Hiding Objects to delete a file from the menu and yet preserve it on disk 1 9 Hiding objects To hide a button right click on the object to be hidden and then click Hide Unlike with the deletion hiding True Launch Bar objects does not physically delete them from disk instead the objects are simply marked as hidden You can unhide a hidden object at any time by using the Show Hidden item on the context menu The Show Hidden submenu displays the list of hidden objects Clicking on an object on the list will return that object back to the menu You can also show all the hidden objects by clicking on the Show All Hidden menu item 2 Menus Menu is the primary feature of True Launch Bar You can create menus of any complexity and dimensions All True Launch Bar menus belong to one of these two types Regular menus TLB creates the regular menus on the toolbar The content of the menu loads when the toolbar is run when the system starts This menu type is perfect for shortcuts to frequently used programs and for plugins Virtual folders These menus display the content of any folder on your computer as a menu That can be My Documents My Computer Control Panel or any other folder The content of the virtual folders loads only when you access to the virtual folder menu for the first time That
55. regular menu which you see when you right click on a file or folder in Windows Explorer The items of this menu apply to the button you right clicked on The action is performed on the system level 1 e selecting Delete will actually delete the file or folder from disk Please use this group of items carefully You can cut the number of menu items in this group by disabling the Show full shell menu option on the Context menu tab in the settings dialog This way the shell menu items from Send To down will not be displayed although all other important items will remain on the menu Button Menu this group contains the menu items that depend on the button type shortcut menu plugin etc For plugins this group contains the plugin management menu for v RUT shortcuts it has the Find target item which opens Windows Explorer with the target file the shortcut is referring to selected Common common menu items applicable to the entire menu in which the context menu was open or to the toolbar or True Launch Bar general settings Common for buttons common operations for all buttons within a toolbar or menu These commands are applicable to the selected button and allow changing the button appearance renaming or deleting it and so on Let s take a closer look at all the menu items commands Run All runs all visible shortcuts within the menu This operation is available for menus only
56. rites True Launch Bar Components Manager d B Favorite TLB Components Click the action column of any item and select what to do with this component Update al Product Name Version Installed Action S na 42 True Launch Bar 3 2 13 3 2 13 Ask Uninstall ee Czech language for TLE v3 2 f Dutch language for TLB v3 2 a 8 French language for TLE v3 2 N ha EE German language for TLB v3 2 ee ee Hungarian language for TLE v3 2 F 3 italian language for TLB v3 2 F a a m Polish language for TLB v3 2 la L e BW Portuguese language for TLB v3 2 EE Russian language for TLE v3 2 Options MN Simplified Chinese for TLE v3 2 Swedish language for TLB v3 2 eae Ukrainian language for TLE v3 2 25 TLE Plug ins ZZ Address Book plugin E Battery Monitor plugin 8 CD Control plugin E Calculator plugin 29 Command Line plugin This tab allows you to set your preferences On the list against each component you can edit TLB Components Manager s actions to be performed if the update is available The following options are available e Ignore ignores the component The component will not appear on the list of the available components e Ask displays the component on the list of the available updates and marks the component for the following download and installation e Ask do not select displays the component on the list of the available updates but does not mark it for the following download and installation e Instal
57. rough the context menu Thus you can create virtual folders within other virtual folders Process WIN key This option works jointly with our freeware utility StartKiller http www tordex com startkiller StartKiller removes the Start button from the taskbar If the Disable Start Menu option in StartKiller is enabled it will redirect the WIN key press to True Launch Bar with enabled Process WIN Key option and True Launch Bar will open the first menu on the toolbar Thus you can emulate the Start menu and manage its behavior 91 Save icons with toolbar Enables saving icons and overlay images with the toolbar by default When this option is enabled True Launch Bar will save icons with the toolbar by default Number of programs on the Recent menu The Recent menu is a special menu that registers shortcuts to programs and documents launched through True Launch Bar This parameter allows you to specify the maximum number of shortcuts that may appear on the Recent menu Show hidden files This setting allows managing the showing and hiding of the hidden files in virtual folders It may accept the following values Default True Launch Bar will use Windows settings and show hidden files the way they appear in Windows Explorer Always True Launch Bar will always show hidden files Never True Launch Bar will never show hidden files 3 2 Toolbar True Launch Bar Settings Quick Launch Z General opt
58. s e View downloaded files opens the downloaded files folder _ 66 8 Solutions for Typical Problems The toolbar height is greater than the standard when True Launch Bar starts This often occurs when the non standard Windows XP themes are used To cut the toolbar height reduce the size of buttons on the toolbar That can be achieved through the Metrics options of the TLB Settings window To change the button size reduce the Height value in the Button margins group You may also want to cut the Width value to preserve the square form for the buttons The invalid height problem may also be related to the excessive sizes of a button on the toolbar Maybe a plugin icon height is too great If that s the case try changing the skin used in that plugin Hotkeys in Virtual Folders do not work after restarting The content of virtual folders loads only when they are accessed for the first time Right when you start your system True Launch Bar does not know of the virtual folders content and cannot process those folders hotkeys Once the folder has been opened True Launch Bar will continue to process that folder s hotkeys properly Virtual folders add the Load on Startup option to the Appearance item of the context menu When this option is enabled True Launch Bar will load the content of the virtual folder on startup thus the hotkeys will be available immediately after r
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60. t click on the button to be customized then point to the Appearance item on the context menu and then select Button Properties Sh Customize Menu items dEl C SYSTEM ranas R D DOCUMENTS K Ang Button text E SYSCOPY 3 Windows Explorer Right aligned tex Icon Size 0 El Programs View mode Text Label Gl System Tools l Control Panel ii Align Left w R Network Connections _ Show text label Bold L Italic nai _ Show icon A Text color 53 Volume Control a Command Line Default command ca a My Computer Context menu le Turn Off Computer l Mozilla Firefox The left part of the dialog window displays the list of buttons available on the toolbar or on the menu You can select several buttons at once by holding the CTRL key down and clicking on the buttons on the list The button properties that have been edited appear in bold The following properties can be edited e Button text sets description text for the button If this field is blank True Launch Bar will use the button name for description You can enter any text in this field no restrictions apply to it e Right aligned text text to appear on the right of the main text This place normally contains keyboard shortcut set for the item e Icon Size sets size for the icon on the button Enter zero to set the default icon size e Default view sets the default view for the button the default
61. t icons Menu uses the default icon size for menu items You can change this size from TLB Settings dialog box C 7 Small icons By default small icons are 16x16 but this size can be changed O Thumbnails Show small preview pictures instead of icons Type the size of the thumbnails also O Custom Type the size of the icon Icons Thumbmails size Next select the size for the menu items see also 2 2 Icon Sizes To complete the creation of a new menu click Finish At any moment you can also click Cancel to decline the creation of a new menu 2 2 Icon sizes True Launch Bar supports all icon sizes By default 1t will let you use the Large icons and Small icons only TLB can also display menus with no icons or display thumbnails instead of icons To enable other icon sizes open TLB Settings and then open the Icon Sizes tab On this tab you can edit sizes for the large and small icons and add other sizes Please note TLB only supports square icons with the same width and height Please keep in mind that the standard icon sizes include 16x16 32x32 and 48x48 Some icons support the sizes of 64x64 92x92 and 128x128 The icon image can be distorted if you choose a non standard icon size 2 3 View modes Menus in True Launch Bar can be of the following four types a 7 Default H A 3 5 Floppy S F DVD CD RW Drive K Si C1 SYSTEM Wn2 gt D DOCUMENTS
62. the setting is enabled the menu will automatically close regardless to position of the mouse pointer unless the pointer is within the menu If you disable this option the menu will close automatically only when the mouse pointer is outside the menu and True Launch Bar Popup submenu on mouse hover This option is identical to Popup menu on mouse hover but it applies to submenus only If you want to change the delay before opening a submenu enable the Custom submenu show delay option and set the delay in the corresponding delay time field _ 36 3 9 Context menu True Launch Bar Settings amp TLB General options Context right click menu a Toolbar EN Menu appearance i Buttons ithout Shell Butto TP Skins Without Shell Button Menu templates for 3 Colors Virtual Folders Shell Button menu only al Fonts Plugins Recommended for plugins a Mouse is Context menu AE P Tips Show icons in the context menu El Metrics Show full shell menu Fa Icon sizes T Auto sensing uai Toolbars P Hotkeys El System Info Val Registration E About Cancel Use this tab to select a context menu template for various objects and change the context menu appearance Menu templates for You can set a custom context menu for the following objects e Buttons buttons on the taskbar and on menus that are not virtual folders e Virtual folders virtual folder menu items and virtual folders e Plugi
63. ts Max menu width The greatest width in pixels menus may have True Launch Bar will limit the menu width with this value If the menu text does not fit in this width 1t will be cropped and appended with the omission 39 Max menu height The greatest height in pixels the menus may have True Launch Bar will limit the menu height with this value If you set this value to zero True Launch Bar will limit the menu height by the resolution of your screen If all menu items do not fit in this height or the screen resolution depending on the selected view mode True Launch Bar will draw additional columns and or show the scrollers and or the scrollbar Button margins e Width blank space in pixels added to button on the left and on the right For instance 1f you set this value to 6 three blank pixels will be added to the button on the left and on the right of it e Height blank space in pixels added to button on the top and on the bottom For instance 1f you set this value to 6 three blank pixels will be added to the button on the top and on the bottom of it e Menu item height the same as Height applies to menu items Max width on buttons with text You can limit the greatest width of a button with text that may appear on the toolbar Set the width limitation for large and small buttons separately Text will appear below the button for the large buttons for the small buttons text will appear on the right
64. u enable this option that menu will close However as soon as you move the mouse pointer to any menu button True Launch Bar will open that menu e ee Popup menu on mouse hover When the Popup menu on mouse hover option is enabled True Launch Bar will open the menu as if you had just placed the mouse pointer over a menu button on the toolbar If this option is disabled you will need to click on the button in order to open the menu You can set the delay in milliseconds before opening the menu This delay is to be set in the corresponding timeout field Run shortcuts on mouse hover When the Run shortcuts on mouse hover option is enabled True Launch Bar will run the shortcut file as soon as you place the mouse pointer over a button or menu item If this option is disabled you will need to click on the item to complete this action You can set the delay value in milliseconds before running the item This delay is to be set in the corresponding timeout field IMPORTANT Hold the SHIFT key pressed to temporarily disable the automatic opening of items Auto close menu on mouse leave Automatically closes the menu when the mouse pointer is outside the menu boundaries You can set the delay value in milliseconds before closing the menu This delay is to be set in the corresponding timeout field Use auto close only for menus This option completes the Auto close menu on mouse leave option If
65. umber of columns in the settings to one this view mode will be completely identical to the default view mode 2 4 Arranging menus Any menu can be arranged by one of these terms Name Type Size Created Modified Last Run Time Runs Count The by name arrangement has the priority i e if two items have the same other terms type size etc they will be arranged by name Also all folders will also be arranged by name and appear on 14 the top of the menu by default To apply the arrangement to folders too enable the Apply to Folders option You can also enable the Descending mode to have menu items arranged in the reverse order The arrangement can be enabled through the context menu or in the menu settings dialog 2 5 Inheritance of settings When used for the first time submenus inherit settings from their parent menus However you can also make individual settings to be inherited by the submenus If you have edited a submenu settings the default inheritance will no longer work for them In this case to configure all the submenus enable the Overwrite submenu options setting and the submenu settings will be overwritten 2 6 Customizing menu To customize a menu right click on the item to be customized and then select the Customize Menu item Customize menu General Options Main Menu Menu layout da Overlay image a ay mag View mode Default Columns i r Filtering f
66. updates To open TLB Components Manager use the shortcut in the Programs group of the Start menu or click on the Check for Updates button in the True Launch Bar Settings window 62 True Launch Bar Components Manager x Updating True Launch Bar Product Name Update Version Status Size F EF Languages be Czech language for TLB v3 2 SS Dutch language for TLB v3 2 8 French language for TLE v3 2 LC WM German language for TLE v3 2 s Hungarian language for TLE v3 2 C Ei Italian language for TLE v3 2 Favorites Polish language for TLE v3 2 BM Portuguese language for TLB v3 2 _ gm Russian language for TLE v3 2 Mi simpli ed Chinese for TLB v3 2 E Swedish language for TLB v3 2 ee Ukrainian language for TLB v3 2 Ol 5718 Plug ins E 8 calculator plugin O E Key State plugin F E virtual Desktop plugin F A Media Control Players Support 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 Final Release Final Release Final Release Final Release Final Release Final Release Final Release Final Release Final Release Final Release Final Release Final Release Final Release Final Release Beta Version Final Release 63 0 KB 57 9 KB 37 5 KB 67 7 KB 63 5 KB 67 5 KB 58 2 KB 67 6 KE 60 9 KE 66 4 KB 56 4 KB 56 6 KB 356 KE 184 KB 111 KB 128 KB F ll J River Media Jukebox support 4 uin tessential Flaver support F
67. ure we will need to categorize your activities For example e Working with documents e Surfing the Web e Processing photographs _42 e Processing videos Before creating workspaces it is helpful to create four in our case toolbars see 3 14 Toolbars then switch to each of the toolbars using the Switch Toolbar item on the context menu and add the necessary shortcuts and menus to each toolbar Once we are done setting up the toolbars we will need to create a workspace for each activity Click New by the list of available workspaces That will open the workspace creation wizard In the workspace creation wizard enter the workspace name and path to the toolbar folder you have set a step ago Creating Workspace E workspace you can easy switch toolbar content using hotkeys or gt flaunchbar This wizard helps you to create workspace for Auto Sensing After creating e automaticaly depending of running active aplications Type the name of the workspace This name will appear as toolbar title if you are show title on toolbar Also this name will helps you to identify workspace Type the location of workspace folder c toolbars Docs True Launch Bar uses workspace folder to store shortcuts plugins and toolbar settings We recommend you to use Switch Toolbar feature to setup this folder before using it in auto sensing Click Next to continue Cancel On the second page of the wizard
68. view is defined in the menu settings e Show text label enables showing text label for the button e Show icon enables showing icon for the button e Align sets alignment for the text label Left will align the text by the left edge of the button Right will align the text label by the right edge of the button and Center will align the text by the center of the button e Bold displays the label text in bold e Italic displays the label text in italic e Text color sets the label text color e Default command sets the shell command to be executed when the button is clicked on This property allows you to customize the default behavior of the button For instance you 57 can set playing all the music in the folder in your favorite media player for folders with music Another example you can set the Empty action for the Recycle Bin shortcut and empty Recycle Bin when the Recycle Bin button is clicked on Please note shell commands only can be entered in this field To see the list of all shell commands click on the button on the left of the field e Context menu sets the context menu for the button e Hidden hides the button 5 9 Using custom button appearance True Launch Bar allows setting custom appearance for buttons To set a custom image for a button right click on the True Launch Bar toolbar then point to the Appearance item on the context m
69. w of buttons set the 67 Sizing step value equal to the toolbar icon size and then add to this value until the height good enough for creating the second row of buttons 68
70. will take some time during the first time you open it However that saves the system startup time and saves the CPU resources If you want the content of a virtual folder to load when TLB is run right click on the virtual folder then select the Appearance item and then enable the Load on Startup option 2 1 Creating menus To create a new menu right click on the TLB toolbar or on another menu then point to New and then click on the Menu item The menu creation wizard will not only help you create a new menu but also help you set the basic options for it Create Menu E elaunchbar This wizard helps you to create menu on True Launch Bar You can create Virtual Folder special menu that show the content of any folder on your computer a el ls MyMenu To create Virtual Folder type the folder path or click the Browse button to select a folder Click Predefined button to select one of the default folders Type the path for the Virtual Folder uN z Sa TS GL 5 l gt Browse Predefined Clear NOTE If you delete files from Virtual Folder TLB delete files from hard drive too Use Hide feature to remove file from menu only Click Next to continue or Finish to create menu On the first page of the wizard enter the menu title The title must comply with the file naming rules 1 e in the titles you must not use these characters gt lt 10
71. word field enter the new password you want to set for the button These fields must contain the same password You may password protect a button from the following actions modifications e Execute protects from launching button s default command e Hide Unhide protects from hiding or showing button e Delete Rename protects from deleting or renaming button e Icon Description Properties protects button properties from modification On an attempt to perform a protected action True Launch Bar will ask to enter the password IMPORTANT This protection is not strong and may not be considered a serious barrier for skilled users 6 Working with True Launch Bar 6 1 Using separators Separators are buttons of a special type which appear as vertical or horizontal bars Please read article Creating Separators for more information on creating separators Separators are helpful for grouping different shortcuts within a menu 59 Open Office Qa G OpenOffice org Base A C OpenOffice org Calc E aia C OpenOffice org Draw cy OpenOffice org Draw i OpenOffice org Math OpenOffice org Base OpenOffice org Calc OpenOffice org Math OpenOfice org Writer OpenOffice org Writer Graphics tools gt Paint NET Paint NET P Photoshop Album 2 0 1 B Photoshop Album 2 0 1 a j E A Picasa2 io Picasa2 Internet tools
72. xisting file Saving icon file with toolbar can be useful for moving the settings between computers and for restoring the settings from backup since the icons will not depend on the physical location of files on disk 5 2 Editing popup tips text True Launch Bar allows you to easily edit texts to appear button popup tips To edit a text right click on the button to be edited then point to the Appearance item on the context menu and then select Change Description True Launch Bar will display the dialog window where you can edit the tip text Edit description Development Hide 2 Default Enter custom caption ee Description Custom L Hide Enter custom description You can edit the caption and the description texts separately To edit a tip caption select Custom in the Caption group and then enter the caption in the Enter custom caption field If you want to remove caption from the tip select Hide in the Caption group If you select Default True Launch Bar will show the default caption which normally repeats the button name To edit a tip description select Custom in the Description group and then enter the description in the Enter custom description field Just as 1t was described in the previous paragraph the Hide option removes description from the tip and the Default option shows the default description 54 Enhanc
73. you can restore deleted files later Rename renames selected button Opens the dialog window where you can enter the new item name Depending on the settings see the Do not change file type at rename option you can change either the file name or both the name and the extension Protect enables password protecting the actions performed over a button You can password protect the launch of a program editing the button settings deleting and so on On an attempt to perform a protected action True Launch Bar will prompt for the password see Password protecting buttons Open in Explorer Opens Windows Explorer with the folder that contains the file related to the button and selects that file 52 e Properties opens the standard properties window for the file related to the button For plugins this command opens the plugin settings window 5 Advanced Button Settings 5 1 Editing icons True Launch Bar allows changing icon for just about any button To change icon right click on the item to be edited then point to the Appearance item on the context menu and then select Change Icon True Launch Bar will open the icon selection window MS Select Icon amp Write Uilities C WINDOWS system32 shell32 dll Current icon shell32 dll 3 Icon size Large icons w To select a file or folder with icons click on the Browse button and then select the Browse Icon File item

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