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WinPlusX 2.0

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New Version Released with some fixes, UI Improvements and addtion of new options : [link]

We all know that windows 8 is in its Beta stage and windows 8 consumer preview is released to public.
Windows 8 has new Quick Access Menu (Win+X Menu) feature using which you can perform several tasks.

So I started to create its clone for other windows versions. It Will bring Windows 8 quick access menu feature (Win+X Menu) in your XP, Vista or Seven.

As its name suggests you can open this menu form both by right mouse click or by pressing Win+X on your keyboard.

Features:
> It is Very Small in Size (40 KB).
> You can also use it as your Launcher because now you can also Add Your Own Shorcuts to it. These Shorcuts are in a INI file , So, No Need To Have More Space.
> When you are adding new menu it will Automatically Creates Menu Name.
> Automatically Saves your shorcuts.
> Pre-Added Important Shortcuts like Device manager, notepad, registry editor, event viewer and so many.
> Open quick access menu from right click at Start Orb or by pressing Win+X default hotkeys.
> As you can find it by its size that WinPlusX is Very Low On Resource Usage.

Changelog:
> New Add New option to Add Your Own Shortcuts just by selecting file
> Fixed Some bugs.
> Fixed all not working shortcuts
> Added New Some Pre-Added Shorcuts

Thanks For Vishal Gupta for giving me the idea by his post "getting Win+X menu in windows 7" .
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ScreenShot Taken At Windows XP SP3

Try It ... AND COMMENTS ARE MOST WELCOME...
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Glad to see that you fixed the bugs reported by me. Now all shortcuts are working fine.

But there is one big problem: Although you have removed the ugly start screen thumbnail, a white rectangle is showing behind Start ORB and Taskbar which is looking very ugly. Also when I right-click on it, the Win+X menu appears on top of screen. Please fix it.

Also there is no way provided to remove menus from the list. There should be also an option to remove shortcuts.

When we add new shortcuts, the program should also ask for a name. By default its taking name of EXE file.

Instead of putting all program specific menus such as about, add new, etc, you can create a new menu for it at bottom and put all those shortcuts there. It'll save space and will look better.