I’ve finally found an XP replacement for the last remaining feature in Windows Vista that was stopping me from wiping my laptop clean and heading back to happy days with Windows XP.

It’s called Launchy, and is a tool that means you no longer have to go searching through a long list of installed applications in ‘Start > Programs’ to find the application you’re looking for. Just use the Launchy shortcut and start typing the name of the app, then it will do the rest.

In the example screenshot below, I’ve opened the Launchy dialog by pressing <Alt+Space>, then typed Word (looking for Microsoft Word).

[Launchy]