Portable Start Menu is a simple and free start menu application that can be installed on USB sticks or local PCs. Organize your programs in a simple menu system and launch them via a tray icon. If you close Portable Start Menu on an USB-Stick, running applications can be closed automatically, too.
Yes
- Faster startup speed due to icon caching
- Program icons with more than 256 colors supported
- Folders can be opened (eg. e:\data)
- Relative paths supported (eg. ..\editor\edit.exe)
- Variable %windir% supported (eg. %windir%notepad.exe to start Notepad on the host PC)
- Variable %ProgramFiles% supported (eg. %ProgramFiles%Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe to start IE on the host PC)
Reviewing 1.3 (Jul 16, 2008)
A simple to use and easy to set up front end for accessing programs on a usb drive. There are some slightly more sophisticated programs available but this is more than adequate. The only shortcoming that I noticed was that it is not possible set the order of items in the menu created.
Reviewing 1.3 (Mar 19, 2008)
I've been using this for some time, and it works like a charm. Easy to use and works great on several of my flash drives. Recommended.
Reviewing 1.1 Beta 2 (Oct 19, 2007)
Must give a 1 because the program don't see my USB-Stick, which I've set to Letter A:\
Reviewing 1.1 Beta 2 (Oct 18, 2007)
I give it a 3 because it sounds like a promising replacement for Sandisk's U3 crapware.
But when I try to download it my employers firewall blocks it and gives this message...
The website you are trying to access has been blocked by the Barracuda Web Filter because it is in the Spam category
URL: http://www.aignes.info
Threat Name Spyware.Rogue.SpyPry
The author might want to pick a different host for their downloads.
I bumped it up to a 4 after I downloaded it at home. Definantly a perfect replacement for Sandisk's lame U3.
The one thing thing that would make it a 5 would be the close all running apps also eject (safely remove) the flash drive. That was the ONLY thing good about U3.
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