# Adding a launch item

1. On the action bar, select System Options > System Settings.
2. In the System Settings dialog box, click Launch Application.
3. In the Launch Application panel, click Add.

   The system displays an untitled launch item in the Launch Applications list.

4. In the Launch Application list, click the untitled launch item and enter the name for the launch item.
5. In the File, Folder or URL to launch field, click Browse to navigate either to a filename or to a folder. For example, to add Microsoft Word in the Launch Application menu, navigate to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE

   If you select or enter a folder name instead of a filename, the remaining fields on the Application Launch menu remains inactive as you cannot apply these properties to browse to the folder launch items.

6. In the Description field, enter a short description for the launch item.
7. Optionally, perform the following steps:

   - To enter additional parameters for the third-party application, in the Parameter to pass field, enter additional values at the command line.

   - To assign a default directory to execute a launch item, in the Default Directory field, enter the default directory path.

     Note

     This launch item property is important for any third-party application that requires internally relative paths to its own execution.

8. Click Test to verify the launch item configuration.

   The application passes the filename or the browse folder, parameters, and the default directory information to the ShellExecute Windows API to determine whether the application launches according to your expectation.

## Example

Related information
Launch Applications panel field descriptions
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