As regular readers will know I'm a big fan of Launchy for quickly running programs whose exact location in the Start Menu I've long forgotten.

Then I found Calq, a similar app dedicated to sums. Launchy has some basic arithmetic capabilities but Calq can remember often used formulas.

Now there is Fingertips, similar to Launchy but with a big advantage for Outlook users. It can be used to create new appointments and tasks. Now that's another shortcut key combination to remember.

Then again, Vista users may want to stick with the Start Menu search.