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App Launcher widget for Windows

Your applications as a grid of icons on the dashboard, grouped into categories if you have enough of them to need it. A recent apps list keeps whatever you have been using most within reach. Set the column count and icon size to fit the tile.

Free · Windows 10 and 11 · No account required

App Launcher

Click an app to open it

The real App Launcher widget, running live. Drag it around.

What it’s for

What App Launcher is good for

The everyday jobs this widget was built to handle.

Launch your working set without hunting through the Start menu

Group apps by project or by task

Keep recently used applications one click away

Settings

Every App Launcher setting

9 options, set per widget - so two copies of App Launcher on the same dashboard can behave completely differently. Highlighted values are the defaults.

Grid columns

auto234

Show app names

OnOff

Icon size

smallmediumlarge

Show categories

OnOff

Advanced

Confirm delete

OnOff

Show edit on hover

OnOff

Launch animation

OnOff

Show recent apps

OnOff

Max recent apps

3510
Setup

Getting App Launcher on your desktop

  1. 01

    Install

    Download and run the installer. No account, no sign-in.

  2. 02

    Add the widget

    Hit Add Widget, or press Ctrl+K and search for it by name.

  3. 03

    Make it yours

    Drag it where you want, resize it, and set the options below.

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