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Remember your frequently used programs with appReaper. Auto detect running applications to generate session profiles. Avoid having to manually reopen dozens of windows.

Very small, fast and easy to use!

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Downloads

• appReaper 0.4.0 zipped Windows .exe download
• Source zip download

FAQ

• What is appReaper?

  appReaper is a tool that helps you manage frequently used application. It allows you to prepare "sessions", i.e., lists of applications that you frequently use at the same time. These applications can then easily be run at any later point in time.

• What are the advantages of using appReaper?

  While appReaper allows entering any application, there is an easier way to create a session. Just start all the applications you want listed and let appReaper detect them. appReaper automatically guesses the command used to start them and fills out a session for you. Remove unwanted and adjust any incorrectly guessed applications and you are done.

• What operating systems does appReaper support?

  appReaper was developed on Windows XP. It has been reported to also work on Windows Vista and Windows 2000.

• What applications does appReaper support?

  While appReaper basically supports any standard applications, some special support is provided for particular applications.

  • Windows Folders
    appReaper can guess the currently displayed folder in explorer windows.
  • Metapad
    appReaper can guess the currently displayed file in metapad.

• How do I use appReaper?

  appReaper uses one tab for each session. Additionaly, the first tab called "*Current*" shows the currently running applications. The following commands are provided to manage sessions:

  • New: Creates a new session tab.
  • Duplicate: Duplicates the session tab.
  • Close: Closes the session tab. [1]
  • Open: Loads a session tab from a file.
  • Save: Save the session tab to a file. [1]

  To manage the entries of a given session the following commands are provided:

  • Add: Adds an empty entry to the session. [1]
  • Run All: Runs all entries of this session. [1]
  • Refresh: Refreshes the guesses of the currently applications. [2]

  Additionaly, each entry has the following commands available:

  • Guess Window: Guesses the entry by dragging and dropping the cross-hair on any window.
  • Copy: Copies the entry by dragging and dropping the cross-hair on another session tab.
  • Run: Runs the entry.
  • Remove: Removes the entry.
  • Type: Specifies the type of this entry.
  • Param: Specifies the command used to run that entry.

  [1] Cannot be used on the "*Current*" tab.
  [2] Can only be used on the "*Current*" tab.

• How do I uninstall appReaper?

  Just delete the files you extracted from the zip file and possibly $(AppLocalData)\appReaper.ini (usually something like: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\Local Settings\Application Data\appReaper.ini).

• Can appReaper automatically load a session when Windows starts up?

  You could add shortcut to appReaper in your autostart folder in the start menu. Then add the path and filename to the session file that you want to automatically run as a command line argument. Right-click the start menu entry, select properties and append it to the field appReaper.exe. It should read something like this: C:\Program Files\appReaper\appReaper.exe C:\Something\favorites.app

  This should cause appReaper to run all entries in that session at startup, without even showing the appReaper user interface.

• I get a "dll not found" error message. MSVCP71.dll or MSVCR71.dll is missing. What should I do?

  These files are part of the Microsoft C Runtime Library. They are now included in the downloadable zip file of the 0.3.0 release. Redownload the zip archive and extract them to the same folder that contains the appReaper executable.

  Version 0.4.0 of appReaper should not require these or any other additional files.

License

Copyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2008 rumzeus

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