Open Source Windows Launchers

This an application launcher for removable drives (although it can also be used as a normal application). Rather than organizing the apps as a list like the Windows Start menu, they are organized in a tool bar a bit similar to the Mac OSX dock bar.

ASuite is an application launcher to manage an unlimited number of files, folders and webpage for quick access. It is designed to work with removable storage (uses relative paths) media like USB sticks, hard drives, iPods, etc.

jdMinecraftLauncher is a Minecraft launcher which Look and Feel is close to the the good old official Launcher. You need a Microsoft Account which owns Minecraft to use this Launcher This Launcher is completly fanmade and not supported by Mojang/Microsoft

QMC2 is a Qt based multi-platform GUI front end for MAME NOTE: A new version is hosted and developed at https://github.com/qmc2/qmc2-mame-fe

Open Menu+ is an alternative Start Menu with more options, better features (like quick search), and a more intuitive design. For Tablet PC users, it can open with a mouse-over. Open Menu+ Portable is an advanced portable app launcher.

Do you miss the "point and click" of DOS' application launchers such as AUTOMENU? I sure do. Here is a small application launcher for Windows, written in xblite, an open-source Windows variant of XBasic.

Thunderbird-Tray is a system tray launcher tool for Mozilla Thunderbird, the popular e-mail client. You can use TB-Tray to hide Thunderbird to the tray while you don't need it. When you click the tray icon, TB-Tray will restore Thunderbird.

Game Launcher is a simple application that lives in your notification area/system tray. It maintains a list of games you choose to have on it, and allows you to launch those games from anywhere by right-clicking the icon, or pressing Windows+G on your keyboard. GL supports various methods of adding games, including: browsing for the shortcut, drag'n'drop, shell integration, and direct input of a Steam App ID. Support and bug requests for GL is handled by the GitHub project's issue tracker, so if you have any bugs, feature requests or other suggestions, please post them there!

Allows configuring launch options and configuring more than one copy of the game, allowing simultaneously launching several instances. It also has account management for the auto-login feature, so it's easy and fast accessing more than one account on the same computer without having to re-enter the login info every time you want to change accounts. Small and 100% stand-alone: it doesn't require any 3rd party software installed in the computer.

A cross-platform application launcher providing a GUI for application shortcuts consisting of name, command, description, icon, and sound. Provides the ability to categorise related items into groups.