need help finding a "magic" desktop bar

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 by dfn | Discussion: New Users

Hi. I am looking for something, and I don't know what it is called. It is a little semi-transparent bar (with a text box) that sits on your desktop. When you type something in it, it will either auto complete and give you the chance to launch it, or just launch it. For example, lets suppose I have Paint installed. I'd simply type "Pa" in that bar, and it would either auto-complete the word and let me launch, or launch Paint as soon as it sees "Pa." The same can be done with URLs, which would be launched in your default browser. It is always on top, and transparent, so it is convinient. I don't know how to search for this. I've tried searching google and this site, and haven't found it. Without knowing what it is called, this is the best description I can give. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.
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Finhbar
Reply #1 Tuesday, July 1, 2008 4:37 AM
I could be wrong, but from the sound of what you describe, you need the Windows Desktop Search.


Try the link below and if it isn't suitable just Google "Windows Desktop Search".

WWW Link

Hope this helps   

HAPTORK
Reply #2 Tuesday, July 1, 2008 4:57 AM
I think its launchy. I've heard about it a lot but never tried it.

ZubaZ
Reply #3 Tuesday, July 1, 2008 9:15 AM
What about Enso?  Very cool.

http://humanized.com/enso/launcher/

dfn
Reply #4 Saturday, July 12, 2008 2:00 AM
Wasn't any of those. Still looking for it, if anyone can help, that would be great.
Thanks for the links/info so far, I will check those out!

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