Described by some as "the poor man's Quicksilver" or "Quicksilver for Windows."
Launchy: SourceForge 2007, Community Choice Awards, Best New Project.
Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager.
Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!
http://www.launchy.net/