Tray Launcher
Run your favorite programs quickly from the system tray. Right-click on a Tray Launcher's tray icon and select a program to run from a popup menu. You may easily add and delete programs from launch list and sort them by number of runs.
http://www.axistek.com/downloads/TLSetup.exe - 551Kb - Download

Control Runner
Control Runner is a program launcher and manager for Windows (95/98/Me/2000/XP) that can substantially increase your productivity. Control Runner is built on the popular MomShell program manager, first released in 1995. There are two ways of launching programs on Windows systems: clicking on a... Control Runner will take care of it. ... Want to hide all your sensitive data from prying eyes? ... Do you want to prevent launching a second instance of an already running, huge application? ... Just click on the panic button before leaving your desk.
http://www.momsoftco.com/zip/setup_crunner.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

DigiGuide
DigiGuide, put simply, is a computerised version of the traditional old printed television guide. We call it an "Interactive Programme Guide" or IPG. The main difference being that as an advantage of appearing on a computer, it is intelligent, it is constantly up to date and it carries listings... Gone are the days of having to run down to the newsagent to find out what's on television, or scanning the pages to see which channel the latest Star Trek is appearing on. ... Just start DigiGuide and let it do all that for you!
http://accounts.digiguide.com/installerfiles/digiguide-tv-guide.exe - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

Program Lock Pro
Lock and unlock any program on your pc, including IE, Outlook, AOL, AIM, and more. You can even lock your control panel with one button click. Other features include the ability to choose your own message to display if anyone attempts to run one of your locked programs, and also includes... Easy to use interface shows you current status of all locked programs, and allows you to easily click and unlock as you wish. ... Allows the entire PC to remain active and running, and it only locks and prevents access to the programs that you specify.
http://www.nettrials.com/program-lock-protect/locktr.exe - 608Kb - Download - Screenshot

LaunchPad Event Scheduler
LaunchPad is a task scheduler for Windows. You can run those onerous, oft-put-off tasks after normal operating hours, like disk optimization, tape backups, daily reports, etc. In addition, you can run DOS commands, run/quit any program, communicate with programs using DDE commands and scripts,... LaunchPad can also be set up to run events based on "conditional triggers" such as an application running or not running, a DDE change, a file change, or whether a window is active or inactive. ... LaunchPad sits in the system tray out of your way, and just a double-click away when needed.
http://www.cypressnet.com/Download/lp32.zip - 581Kb - Download - Screenshot

AutoTask 2000 Task Scheduler
AutoTask 2000 is a task scheduler designed specifically for Windows. It is an extremely versatile event scheduling software that can be ran as a service or as a desktop application in the background. It has very flexible scheduling and conditional triggers for running various task and has also... Conditions such as whether or not a file exists, or whether not a specific program is running, or whether or not a specific window is visible are just a few of available triggers that you can define. ... You build a set of actions or commands that need to run sequentially to complete a task.
http://www.cypressnet.com/Download/autotask.zip - 4Mb - Download - Screenshot

Hide Window Plus
Hide Window Plus lets you instantly hide any window off your screen with a single keystroke or right click on the Close button. Plus this utility allows you to quickly run a screensaver, turn off monitor or mute sound using hotkeys. Program runs invisibly in background and doesn't clutter your...
http://www.hide-window.com/hidewin.exe - 588Kb - Download - Screenshot

Simple Startup Manager
When Windows starts it may automatically launch a number of additional programs. Simple Startup Manager allows you to manage which programs to run at Windows startup. This software gives you the ability to add, delete and edit applications to be run at system startup and presents a consolidated... You can save the list of programs that are currently scheduled to be run as a profile that can be restored later. ... You may see a list of started startup application processes, start new programs, terminate running processes and edit the list at any time.
http://www.filesweb.com/download/startup.exe - 358Kb - Download - Screenshot

Startup Select
Startup Select is a powerful startup manager to help you get a faster running PC. It allows you to identify, enable disable, and remove the programs located in the Registry and Startup Folders, which run automatically every time Windows starts up. Startup Select contains a builtin database of... Your PC will turn on faster, run faster, and shutdown faster with this powerful optimizing tool. ... Startup Select makes it easy to manage the programs which run at Windows startup and optimize your PC.
http://www.dummysoftware.com/StartupSetup.exe - 921Kb - Download - Screenshot

Visual Batch File
Fast Backup/Synchronization program that is easy to use. Restore your backups with one click. Friendly user interface using drag and drop. Support for network and removable drives. Files can be backed up incrementally. Full and partial restore. Useful for synchronizing files on multiple computers. ... Can be scheduled to run at a specified time. ... File operations can be run in batch. ... External programs can be run in sequence to complete other tasks. ... Includes commandline options for running invisibly etc.
ftp://zdftp.zdnet.com/pub/private/...ogrammer_s_utilities/visbatfl.exe - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot