Risingware Fast Start Genie, a helpful shortcut manager, makes starting a Windows app or doc easy. Furthermore, not only does it have a drag-and-drop interface, but it also contains a list of built-in fast starts for Windows system tools, just right at your feet!
Besides the default ones, you can create fast starts of your own, each of which starts a Windows app or doc, to which you may give a set of hotkey and/or an alias so that you may use whichever way to start it.