Really small app, for fast typers. You can type a few characters to find
a program in your start menu, instead of going through all these menus
and submenus. Just enter "calc" to find all programs containing this
string. If you want you can add "aliases", e.g. you can define that
"word" means "Microsoft Word" and now after entering "word" this program
will be open. How long does it take before you'll find a program in your
Start Menu? If you're familiar with a keyboard, then you can do this in
less than a second.
http://www.konradp.com/products/keylaunch/