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Settings
Configuration lives in the Settings dialog (gear icon), organized into 7 tabs: GENERAL, APPEARANCE, SYSTEM, CYBERBOT, BACKUP & DATA, WS SCANNER, SEARCH ENGINE. Everything persists to %APPDATA%/CyberLauncher/cyber-launcher-config.json and is included in Backup export. CyberBot options are documented in Companion.
GENERAL
| Setting |
Description |
| INTERFACE LANGUAGE |
English / Español, instant switch (Select the display language for CyberLauncher menus and panels) |
| TOGGLE ACTIVATION SHORTCUT |
Click field + press combo (Press shortcut keys combination...); Reset to default shortcut (Alt+Shift+L) |
| CARD SIZE GRID SCALE |
Adjust grid scale to view more or fewer apps without scrolling (card density, not global zoom) |
| DISPLAY MONITOR |
Pin a monitor or Follow cursor (...to open where you activate (hotkey, hotspot, or tray)) |
| SCREEN CORNER HOTSPOTS |
Active Corners multi-select + Activation Delay Time (Prevents accidental trigger activations) |
| Show Taskbar Tray Icon |
Displays the CyberLauncher icon in the Windows taskbar panel |
APPEARANCE
| Setting |
Description |
| BACKGROUND TYPE |
Image / Gradient / Solid |
| PRESET BACKGROUND IMAGES |
Pick a preset, upload from your PC, or paste an image URL (one-click, live preview) |
| CUSTOM BACKGROUND (URL) |
Paste URL + Apply, or Browse a local file; 4th grid slot is persistent (Remove custom image clears it) |
| BACKDROP BLUR LEVEL |
Adjust the background blur intensity to improve readability (blur peeks/hides live while adjusting) |
| BACKGROUND OPACITY |
Control the background transparency of the launcher window |
| Glass intensity |
Frosted-glass strength of panels |
| INTERFACE SCALE |
Adjust the global rendering scale of CyberLauncher UI (global zoom; different from card scale) |
See Customization for details.
SYSTEM
| Setting |
Description |
| LAUNCH AUTO WITH WINDOWS |
Launch CyberLauncher automatically when you log into Windows |
| START MINIMIZED |
When launching with Windows, open to the tray without showing the window |
| Hide on Background Click |
Clicking the launcher's background area automatically hides it to system tray |
| Hide on Blur / Focus Loss |
Clicking outside of the launcher window automatically minimizes it |
| Pin icon in Windows system tray |
Card that opens Windows taskbar-icon settings via the native helper (Open Settings) |
| Reset View State on Launch |
When opening the launcher, clears search/filter/scroll and sets category to 'ALL' (once per open) |
| Show digital clock in top bar |
Displays digital time in the header next to CPU and RAM monitors |
| Show system uptime in footer |
Footer uptime segment |
| Show launch counter in footer |
Last-24h launches segment |
| Show date and time in footer |
Footer clock segment (click opens the Scheduler) |
⚠️ Two things the wiki previously listed here do not exist in v1.9.1: there is no Animations toggle (sys_animations is an orphan string in locales.ts, never rendered) and no Blur hide fade-animation setting (sys_blur_hide is likewise unrendered; the real hide behavior is the two toggles above).
BACKUP & DATA (Manage configuration backups, data storage, and cache optimization)
| Section |
Contents |
| BACKUP COPIES |
Export Configuration (Save your apps and settings to a JSON file) / Import Configuration (Restore a previous settings backup (.json)) — covers apps, categories, favorites, taskbar, theme, shortcuts, indexer, scheduler tasks |
| CACHE MAINTENANCE → ICON MAINTENANCE |
Refresh all icons (Re-extracts icons from modified or updated applications and removes orphaned files from disk cache, Icons updated! ({count} renewed, {cleaned} orphans removed)) + AUTO-CHECK ICONS ON STARTUP (silent background renewal) |
| STORAGE & DIAGNOSTICS |
Data-folder info and diagnostics (pairs with About → Copy diagnostics) |
| Default Windows Shortcuts |
Adds shortcuts to essential Windows utilities (Calculator, Paint, Settings, File Explorer, PowerShell Admin, etc.) to the taskbar and favorites — Restore shortcuts button |
WS SCANNER (UWP & MSIX APPLICATIONS — Native Windows Store sandbox application management (AUMID))
| Element |
Description |
| SCAN WINDOWS STORE |
Automatically discover and catalog UWP applications installed in your system |
| Search box |
Search in the Windows Store... |
| IMPORT |
Import listed apps into the library |
| Log |
Starting Windows Store application scan... → Scan successfully completed |
Empty state: No UWP applications cataloged yet. Click 'Scan Windows Store' above to begin. See Launch & Search.
SEARCH ENGINE (Hybrid indexing file system and application shortcut engine)
| Setting |
Description |
| INDEXED SEARCH SERVICE |
Enable global background file indexing with Everything-grade speed |
| ENGINE STATUS |
SYSTEM ONLINE / DISABLED + INDEXED FILES counter |
| SCAN DEPTH LEVEL |
Higher levels search deeper directories but consume more temp space during initial run |
| DETECTED SYSTEM DRIVES |
Whole-drive indexing targets (No logical system drives detected. if none) |
| AUTHORIZED DIRECTORIES TO INDEX |
ADD DIRECTORY custom folders |
| INCLUDE HIDDEN FOLDERS (DOTFILES) |
Shows folders starting with a dot (e.g. .codex, .git) in search results |
| INDEX INSIDE HIDDEN FOLDERS |
Recursively scans all content inside hidden folders. Increases resource usage |
Configuration Files (Electron userData = %APPDATA%/CyberLauncher)
| File |
Purpose |
cyber-launcher-config.json |
All settings, apps, categories, shortcuts, scheduler tasks (exportable) |
indexer_settings.json |
Indexer service settings |
window-state.json |
Window bounds/state |
icon-cache/ |
Extracted app icons (orphans cleaned by Icon Maintenance) |
Manual Editing
- Close CyberLauncher first (it rewrites config on every change; edits made while running get overwritten)
- Edit the JSON, save, restart
Resetting Things
There is no global factory-reset button in v1.9.1; resets are per-area:
| Target |
How |
| Activation shortcut |
Reset to default shortcut (Alt+Shift+L) |
| MOST USED |
Right-click panel → Reset most used (confirmation) |
| MOST RECENT |
Right-click panel → Reset most recent; per item Remove from recents |
| Execution history |
History HUD → CLEAR MEMORY |
| Custom background slot |
Remove custom image (X on the 4th thumbnail) |
| Taskbar + favorites Windows utilities |
Restore shortcuts (Backup & Data) |
| Full wipe |
Export first if needed, then close the app and delete cyber-launcher-config.json (+ indexer_settings.json, icon-cache/) and restart |