Runner

Runner is a simple and easy-to-use freeware launcher that will make you forget about desktop icons. With average of 3-5 characters per launch Runner is definitely the fastest and simplest way of launching your apps, files, urls, etc. With built in commands for system shutdown, restart, log off and even web search, it becomes even more usefully.
Are you tired of all those annoying icons on your desktop? Do you want to actually see the wallpaper that you spent hours searching for? Did you tried some launcher application that made everything even more complicated? Now you can make your life easier! We present you the Runner. Small, fast and easy-to-use, Runner is made for everyday use, so it's as intuitive and as fast as it can be. Once you get use to it you couldn't possible imagine life without it.
The concept is simple. Choose any path on your disk (application, directory or any other file) or any URL and assign command(s) to it. Then when you want to open that path or URL just type one of the assigned commands in Runner's auto-complete command line and press Enter. That's it. With the average of 3-5 characters per launch Runner is definitely the fastest and simplest way of launching your apps, files, URLs, etc.
You can search the internet directly from Runner's command line simply by typing "g your_keyword" or "y your_keyword" where "g" is for Google and "y" for Yahoo! search. The search results will be displayed in your default web browser.
Runner comes with full support for Windows Start Menu->Run… commands. Type "calc" for calculator, "regedit" for Registry editor, "cmd" for command prompt window,... and those commands will be executed. You can type full path of some folder, file or application or even URL or drive name and Runner will execute them automatically.