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The most functional and convenient tool in Vista is the instant Search Box. Here is how to get your own instant search box on for Windows XP. Launchy is a small software that provides XP with an instant search bar like Vista.

Launchy Indexes the folders you specify and hides itself in the background. When you press a hot key (The Hot Key can easily be configured) the search box is shown. As you type in the characters, the matching results are shown.

Pros :

Easy Searches, inbuilt Calculator, Web search enabled, Easy configurable Hot Key, Indexes all file types, Low on memory, cool looks, skins can be easily made

Cons :

Nothing yet noticed

Specifications :

Mem. Usage (RAM) : 7708 kb
(Virtual) : 45792 kb(may vary)

File formats supported:

Almost all

Price : Free

Download Launchy here

**Tips : The skins can be made by anybody, all you need to do is take the Skins folder and check out the ini file there. It explains how the background image of the skins behave. Also many search engines can be added to it. This can be read from the web site **

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