orex2121/floatinglauncherorex

FloatingLauncherOreX is a small Windows application meant to replace desktop clutter with a floating, always-available shortcut and folder manager. Instead of scattering icons across the desktop, a user drags programs, folders, or shortcuts into the launcher window, where they are organized into tabs, each of which can carry its own emoji label. The launcher stays on top of other windows and can be shown or hidden instantly using a global hotkey, so it is reachable no matter what else is open. Adding items is done by dragging files or folders in from Windows Explorer, or through a right-click context menu, and items can be freely dragged between tabs to reorganize them. The interface supports both a grid view with large icons and a list view, adjustable icon sizes and spacing, hover animations, and a dark mode theme. From the launcher's own context menu, a user can also create symbolic links for folders or files, replace icons for any item, open a file's location, copy its path, or relaunch the program as an administrator. Beyond shortcuts, the launcher includes simple text-based note tabs for jotting down file paths, commands, or launch parameters. A whole configuration, meaning every tab and every item, can be exported to a JSON preset file and imported again on a different computer, which makes it easy to carry a personal setup between machines. The application is built with Windows Presentation Foundation and C# targeting the .NET platform, and it stores its configuration as local JSON files rather than any external database or cloud service. It is distributed as a downloadable Windows executable through the project's GitHub releases page rather than as source code a user builds themselves.