A layman\'s simplistic explanation of the quicklauncher mechanism:
The quicklauncher program contains bits that are common to OPIE apps. When a link to quicklauncher is executed, quicklauncher uses the link\'s name to find out which app to run. Once run, the common bits stay loaded in memory even when the app closes. The point is to speed up application launch.
Apparently quickexec has the same function but is incompatible with quicklauncher for some reason. There have been discussions around this a while back, you might try searching the forums.
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