BrandonTools

I love it, thanks very much !

This is fantastic.

Excellent...very good

Mr. Paddock, may I suggest you include something like "play [all|artist|album|genre] random" to the next release?

Wonderful tools, adds another productivity boost when using Vista, many thanks!

Hey, is it possible to configure it so using the playartist or playalbum command plays it in another media player besides WMP11?

Thank you,, Excellent...very good

Great tool!!! Continue the good work :) an open version on codeplex would even be better !

This is a fantastic tool you've created. Thanks so much!

thanks mate

Now THIS is a FANTASTIC tool!

This should be in Vista by default. Priceless.

Cool, Thanks

good work my friend

Hi there: Thanks for developing all these apps. How about making Start++ capable of triggering actions through a combo of key hits + typed text strings, like MacroMaker, found here: http://members.ij.net/anthonymathews/MacroMaker.htm ? Regards

i d0nt know yet. let me try it and after i will tell u my coments

Fantastic work!

Hi Brandon, I'm one of the few with the dll errors. Here's a link to the error dialogue screenshot I took. http://i12.tinypic.com/66kd0ue.png

As an aside, you may want to update your quick links ;)

Hey, this looks AWESOME! Unfortunately, when I run it on Windows Vista Ultimate I still get the hook error identical to the screenshot from GKS as well! Help! Fix! Make work! :)

Very nice.

--------------------------- --------------------------- Start++ BETA A problem was encountered when trying to load the Start++ hook DLL. Exception: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: ptr File: SPPHookDll32.dll Application: G:\Program Files\Brandon Paddock\Start++\Start++.exe HookModule: null --------------------------- OK ---------------------------

When I start up Start++ 0.7.5, it comes up with this error: --------------------------- --------------------------- Start++ BETA A problem was encountered when trying to load the Start++ hook DLL. Exception: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: ptr File: SPPHookDll32.dll Application: C:\Program Files\Brandon Paddock\Start++\Start++.exe HookModule: null --------------------------- OK --------------------------- anyone got the previous version??

The download link doesn't lead anywhere!

Link leads to a nonexistant page. Auto notification but dead end here! :o(

Yeah, what's up with the link? Is there another location to get the dl?

Sorry guys! The link should be fixed now.

Hook.dll error's occuring in this new release. It was working fine in 0.76 :(

I'm getting the Hook.dll error too, on Ultimate x64. It worked fine in 0.6!

I'm getting the hook.dll error as well on 32-bit Vista. Gonna try a fresh install to see if that fixes it.

Sorry guys, thought I had that fixed. Emperor - 0.77 is the same as 0.76 in that regard, not sure why it would be different at all. There's a workaround here: http://brandontools.com/forums/permalink/239/282/ShowThread.aspx#282

It is very good.THX!

Thanks very much for you effort. I like it a lot. I'm using the dutch 64bit version of vista and it works perfectly. Thx!

Brandon- super tool. first used it on Vista Business, now have a new computer running Ultimate, your tool works great on both. thanks!

I think it's made by a hero~~~

The download link is broken! Nothing downloads! Agh! It looks perfect.

I just found it here: http://www.freewarefiles.com/downloads_counter.php?programid=28503

It doesn't work!!!!â?º... oops wrong emoticon ;'-(

Verry cool program, thanks!

How do you install the msi files?

Great

Hi Brandon, I REALLY love this tool, however, since installing this new release, the response time between typing a shortcut and Start++ registering it is REALLY slow (1-2 seconds). I never had this before.. Basically, I type the shortcut, and straight away a small Start++ icon appears, but if I push "Enter" here, it does not register the shortcut. If I wait a little bit, it changes to the all-so-familiar large icon that actually works... Any suggestions? Many Thanks, keep up the great work. Rob

Hi Rob, You're right that typing shortcuts with no parameters do have a slight delay now (although I don't think it's quite 1-2 seconds. Should be half a second or so). It's a side effect of changes I made to make queries *with* parameters (particulary the "gadgets") work better. I will work to tweak that this weekend and try to do a minor update to address that and one or two other small issues. One workaround for now would be to press the spacebar after typing your shortcut, which should force it to update immediately.

Hi Brandon, Thanks for the reply, for now I have just reverted back to 0.79. There may have been a little bit of exaggeration on the timing :) Thanks for your support and again, great work! :)

Hey Rob, if you see this, could you please let me know if 0.8.1 fixes this for you? :)

Great tool. I used to use slick run, but on vista, it never launched apps with command line parameters correctly. Same thing with Launchy. This works, though! Hooray for connecting to a remote machine with remote desktop by typing rd <machine name>! Command line parameters FTW!

Fantastic tool. Thank you very much.

Damn, well done. Just a thought, though, why do the links for googling stuff open in IE, rather than your primary set browser?

Parabens. Gostei muito de seu software. Indico para todos os amigos. Muito sucesso.

PY - If you type "g something" and press enter, it should open up the Google search page in your default browser. However, if you click a link inside the "gadget" itself, it will open in IE because IE is the one rendering the gadget. I plan to look into fixing this in a future update.

I recently saw this on Lifehacker. Though a fan of Launchy, I took a look at Start++, and I love it. I didn't realize that the Vista search bar had this much functionality (I've only had it for a few months), and Start++ is the icing on the cake. Thanks!

the "Valid Column List" in the script editor takes you to a broken link "http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms788673.aspx". do you know the proper one? Thanks

It rocks. The hottest thing in all of Vista.

This is great. A real time saver. I love that I can customize it. Well done!

I ike what I see. Will be trying it out in detail

hey, this is excellent! i love it! the only problem is that i am unable to use the 'play' function. whenever i write 'play (artist) in the search bar, it says : 'no media found'. Do i have to have the media in a particular folder for this to work?? thanks George

Hi George - You don't need to have it in a specific folder, but whatever folder it is in must be indexed by Windows Search. If you type "Indexing" into the start menu you should see the Indexing Options control panel show up. From there you can modify the indexed locations and include whatever folder your media is in. By default, the only indexed directories are under x:\Users (which includes the default Music / Documents / Pictures folders, etc) Let me know if that helps you!

Thank you VERY much.

Wow... The Greatest Software of my System :)

Brandon, Great app! I love it! But, I have to ask, when will itunes be supported? I use itunes as opposed to media player, and would love the ability to type: play radiohead and it open itunes as opposed to media player. Once again, great work.

loved it :) awesome work! Makes Vista a whole diff experience

You saved my life

Tank you Very much

Pretty cool tool !!!! Thanks ...

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thanks.....................

I havn't had a chance to try the program out yet

Default Browser? Why does g start++ always launch IE? Otherwise, an awesome addition to Vista!

I love love love love it. Works mostly on windows 7 too! Keep working on this project Brendan!!

hi i downloaded this and all it does is make an icon on my screen, it doesn't change my start menu at all, am i not reading something about the next stop because im confused

does the 'sudo'(or at least the part to open stuff in admin),will this trigger the UAC prompt?

Ok Brandon, can u plz take a look at this: I made a playalbum thing and then changed the name of the files that where in the album, but now WMP "can't find the items". I believe that it's cause cause of the store thing but i'm not sure. do u know how to fix this?

Plz reply (i'm gleb) ^

thanks heaps for sharing buddy.too easy...glad it has vista compatible..

I downloaded the software Version 8.1. Installed it but i am having problem with. The Problem is when i got to Start Menu and type Pic i get this message Microsoft Windows Start ++ has stopped working Windows can check online for a solution to the problem. Check Online for a solution and close the program Close the program View problem details Description: Stopped working Problem signature: Problem Event Name: CLR20r3 Problem Signature 01: start++.exe Problem Signature 02: 0.8.1.0 Problem Signature 03: 4813a04c Problem Signature 04: Start++ Problem Signature 05: 0.8.1.0 Problem Signature 06: 4813a04c Problem Signature 07: 198 Problem Signature 08: 15 Problem Signature 09: XXXXXXXXXOHGHLDGIY4QIXHX OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033

I haven't had a chance to try the program yet but from what I read about it in "Quick and Easy Guide to Windows Vista" it must be wonderful!

Thank you very much. I have introduced this software in my website at http://freewarematter.blogspot.com

this is awesome, thank you brandon, now it is much easier to see the weather , but i tried to chaNGE LOCATION to Brampton, but i couldnt get further down to reach the Br section, how do you scroll down or something?

I'm a chinese，This is very good! I love it, thanks very much !

Lovely job! thanks

I just wanted to report that this appears to work well on Windows 7. I am just trying Windows again after a long stint with linux and was painfully missing "sudo"!

Thank you so much. I cannot live without shortcuts under XP at work. Spent a lot of time trying to install the same UI on Vista at home... Now I am completely happy and ready for Windows 7! Good luck!!!

great job and I love it, thanks very much !

Got the message: "Oops something went wrong! Either the site is offline or an unhandled error occurred. We apologize and have logged the error. Please try your request again or if you know who your site administrator is let them know too. " when attempting to access the download page.

THE DOWNLOAD ACTION FOR THE START++ FILE IS STILL BROKEN !!! PLEASE FIX IF POSSIBLE

You can go here to get it I found out... http://brandontools.com/files/Start++%200.8.1%20Setup.msi

thanks so much i was wondoring what happened and i couldnt get it properly

great software, thanks i will put it on my site

Command Startlets not working. I am trying to create a Command Startlet with a shortcut of "gn". The name is "Google News" and the command is http://news.google.com/ However, when I enter gn, I'm taken to the Start++ screen and not google news. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

useful software, thanks

Brandon, This Is What I Get With Firefox 3.6......Oops something went wrong! Either the site is offline or an unhandled error occurred. We apologize and have logged the error. Please try your request again or if you know who your site administrator is let them know too.

I'm getting the same issue when clicking the download link as Michael.

Hi, Like the look of this cool utility but will it (or) should it work on Windows 7 x64 OS. I'm gutted if this wont work. Just what I've been looking for?

Download = "Oops something went wrong!"

nice tool :)