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photobucketCodySafe is a program launcher for Windows that can be installed to a USB flash drive to give you quick access to any portable applications stored on your drive. In other words, it's a lot like the PortableApps with a Start Menu. But there are a few things that make CodySafe worth checking out, even though it's still in beta.

First, in addition to letting you organize your applications, you can organize documents on your flash drive much the same way you do on a Windows PC, by sorting items into pictures, music, video, and documents, with shortcuts to each on your start menu. Second, CodySafe has a ton of customization options, including:
  • Customize your start menu by arranging items into groups
  • Add programs to an Autorun menu so they will launch whenever you run the CodySafe menu
  • CodySafe Control panel lets you adjust the language, system settings, or scan the disk for errors
  • Set custom command line parameters for each application

You can either install a handful of portable apps from CodySafe's web site, or you can use the application manager in the CodySafe options menu to add any app stored on your flash disk, including programs from PortableApps.com, Pendriveapps, and The Portable Freeware Collection.

CodySafe is a free utility. Future versions will include file, folder, and disk encryption, and a disk backup tool.

[via downloadsquad.com]