Chromium App Launcher

What do you think about that, guys? Isn't it cool? This is not one of those 'launchers'. Ok, it is, but it's from Google! Ever downloaded web apps onto your Chrome web browser and wished they could be launched as real apps? This is the Chromium App Launcher; it shows this bubble that lists all the web apps you have installed on your Chromium. Although this feature was specifically meant for Windows 7, you can get it on Windows XP or later as well.

Wait! Did I just say 'Chromium' App Launcher and 'your Chromium'!? For those of you who don't know what Chromium is, it is the cooking version of Google Chrome and it has all the cutting edge features that will make it to the tomorrow's Google Chrome. Chromium is very similar to the Google Chrome web browser except, of course the cutting edge features and some other things which are out of the scope of this article.

One thing before downloading Chromium: it is not so stable as Google Chrome! It crashes frequently...etc. If you really want to download Chromium (which is of course FREE!) and get this launcher, continue reading!

For Windows 7

1. Download Chromium from http://download-chromium.appspot.com/. After download, extract it somewhere!
2. Double click on that blue version of Google Chrome icon (chrome.exe).
3. In the address bar, type chrome://flags (or if you are already viewing this on Chromium, click here. This will get you to the place where you can enable (or disable) the cutting edge experiments. As the notice says, enabling an experiment can be dangerous and continue at your own risk!

   

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4. Scroll down until you find the experiment "Show Chromium Apps Launcher" (or you can press Ctrl+F to search the page).
5. Click on the 'Enable' link. I have already enabled it so I would see the 'Disable' link (as shown in the screenshot).
6. Click on 'Relaunch Now'. Chromium will restart and you'll have the Chromium Apps Launcher button on your Windows 7 task bar!

For Windows XP or Windows Vista

1. Follow the above instructions 1-6.
2. The icon will most probably be shown on the Quick Launch bar. (to enable the Quick Launch, right click on the task bar > Toolbars > Quick Launch. If it is already enabled, a tick will be shown next to it.)
3. If the icon is not visible on the Quick Launch, you will have to create the shortcut manually. Don't worry, it's easy!

Manually Creating the Shortcut

1. Right click on the chrome.exe icon.
2. Click on Send To > Desktop(create shortcut). A shortcut will be created on your desktop (by default named as 'Shortcut to chrome.exe'). Of course, you can manually create the shortcut anywhere you like; I chose to do it the easy way ;)
3. Right click on the shortcut you created and select 'Properties'.
4. The Properties dialog box will be shown. Type  --show-app-list to the text already in the 'Target' text field. You can customize this as any normal short cut (including putting another icon).
   
5. Press "OK"
6. Double Click on the shortcut if you can't stand the pressure!
7. If you haven't already enable the Quick Launch, enable it.
8. Drag the shortcut into the Quick Launch. Actually, you can place the shortcut anywhere! Tada!

Other features

• You can also search the web, bookmarks, apps...etc from the search field!
  
• You can set how the app is shown (in fullscreen, maximized, as a pinned tab...etc) by right clicking on the app and selecting the preferred method.
• You can manually create the shortcut also on Windows 7!

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TuneUp Utilities 2013 Full

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TuneUp Utilities 2013 Review – TuneUp Utilities has been updated to version 2013 today (from TuneUp Utilities 2012). As a reviewer, I was given a chance to get it earlier to test and to review the software ahead of public.

After using it for some time on my computer, the verdict is still the same as the previous versions. TuneUp Utilities 2013 still works wonders (and even better now) for your PC to fix, clean, and optimise it like a brand new PC.

Installing TuneUp Utilities is pretty simple and straightforward. While the files are being installed, you can take a quick glance of the new features in TuneUp Utilities 2013.

The Dashboard gives you a quick overview of the health status of your Windows PC (and a quick access to all TuneUp Utilities 2013 handy tools):

From all of the features packed within TuneUp Utilities, I have always loved the 1-Click Maintenance tool. Just by running the shortcut, TuneUp Utilities scans my computer inside out, looks for problems in the registry, finds cluttered & unused files, and much more. If you think that a technology blogger and reviewer can take care of his own PC without a software, think again after looking at this report:

Thousands of problems were detected by TuneUp Utilities 2013 within minutes of running the scan! And hey, trust me, I do know how to take care of my Windows PC but this is madness alright. After the analysis, you can then drill down into details (such as being able to see the broken shortcuts detected in the registry and such). Though some of these detected problems may not affect the performance of your PC directly, most of them do.

Cleaning happens automatically once you agree to follow all of TuneUp recommendations or you can also pick specific recommendations that you want to apply (for example, I could choose not to let TuneUp Utilities 2013 messed up with my Windows visual settings).

TuneUp Utilities 2013 makes it clear on every recommendation so you can read what it recommends and you can then decide whether to follow it or not. I find the description is quite clear and not too technical, so both techies and non-techies can follow and make the decisions clearly.

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