diff --git a/ShiftOS.Modding.VirtualMachine/Form1.cs b/ShiftOS.Modding.VirtualMachine/Form1.cs
index 78722a9..3baabcf 100644
--- a/ShiftOS.Modding.VirtualMachine/Form1.cs
+++ b/ShiftOS.Modding.VirtualMachine/Form1.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ using ShiftOS.Objects.ShiftFS;
 
 namespace ShiftOS.Modding.VirtualMachine
 {
-    [Launcher("ShiftOS Virtual Machine", false)]
+    [Launcher("ShiftOS Virtual Machine", false, null, "Programming")]
     public partial class Form1 : UserControl, IShiftOSWindow
     {
         private byte[] memory = null; //program binary
diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/WinformsDesktop.cs b/ShiftOS.WinForms/WinformsDesktop.cs
index e2b89fb..528839d 100644
--- a/ShiftOS.WinForms/WinformsDesktop.cs
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/WinformsDesktop.cs
@@ -263,7 +263,16 @@ namespace ShiftOS.WinForms
                 item.Text = kv.DisplayData.Name;
                 item.Click += (o, a) =>
                 {
-                    Engine.AppearanceManager.SetupWindow(Activator.CreateInstance(kv.LaunchType) as IShiftOSWindow);
+                    if (kv is LuaLauncherItem)
+                    {
+                        var interpreter = new Engine.Scripting.LuaInterpreter();
+                        interpreter.ExecuteFile((kv as LuaLauncherItem).LaunchPath);
+                    }
+                    else 
+                    {
+                        Engine.AppearanceManager.SetupWindow(Activator.CreateInstance(kv.LaunchType) as IShiftOSWindow);
+                    }
+
                 };
                 if (sortedItems.ContainsKey(kv.DisplayData.Category))
                 {
diff --git a/ShiftOS_TheReturn/AppLauncherDaemon.cs b/ShiftOS_TheReturn/AppLauncherDaemon.cs
index 9a0754b..7ef34c1 100644
--- a/ShiftOS_TheReturn/AppLauncherDaemon.cs
+++ b/ShiftOS_TheReturn/AppLauncherDaemon.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using ShiftOS.Objects.ShiftFS;
 
 namespace ShiftOS.Engine
 {
@@ -84,6 +85,15 @@ namespace ShiftOS.Engine
                     }
                 }
             }
+
+            foreach(var file in Utils.GetFiles(Paths.GetPath("applauncher")))
+            {
+                if (file.EndsWith(".al"))
+                {
+                    var item = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<LuaLauncherItem>(Utils.ReadAllText(file));
+                    win.Add(item);
+                }
+            }
             return win;
         }
 
@@ -95,4 +105,14 @@ namespace ShiftOS.Engine
         public Type LaunchType { get; internal set; }
 
     }
+
+    public class LuaLauncherItem : LauncherItem
+    {
+        public LuaLauncherItem(string file)
+        {
+            LaunchPath = file;
+        }
+
+        public string LaunchPath { get; private set; }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ShiftOS_TheReturn/Paths.cs b/ShiftOS_TheReturn/Paths.cs
index e773d1d..aeca13d 100644
--- a/ShiftOS_TheReturn/Paths.cs
+++ b/ShiftOS_TheReturn/Paths.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ namespace ShiftOS.Engine
             AddPath("local", "deutsch.local");
             AddPath("local", "verbose.local");
             AddPath("system", "data");
+            AddPath("system", "applauncher");
             AddPath("data", "save.json");
             AddPath("data", "user.dat");
             AddPath("data", "skin");