SliderDock

SliderDock is an application launcher that will allow you to drag and drop icons, folders or shortcuts for easy access. What's unique about SliderDock is that it doesn't look anything like any other Dock.
SliderDock looks like a ring on the middle of your Desktop. Just rotate your mouse wheel and let the icons come to you.
SliderDock is highly customizable, from the dock and icons size, to the looks of all the dock's images. Everything can be changed by the user.
The icons themselves can be changed to any other icons or even other types of images files
like "jpeg", "png" and "gif" that possesses higher quality.

Features

• Simple drag and drop function to add an icon
• Quickly launch an application
• Use the mouse wheel to let the icons come to you
• Multiple rings to allow you to group the icons any way you wish
• Smooth animations during icons rotation
• Support drag and drop of virtual folder such as "my computer" and "recycle bin"
• Highlight effect around selected icon
• Customizable icons(compatible with objectdock and rocketdock icons)
• Hide/Unhide application with the use of a shortcut key
• Possibility to control the dock with keyboard shortcuts.
• Different set of icons and configuration for each user.
• Reordering icons through simple drag and drop feature.
• Fully Customizable.
• Shader Effects when the mouse enter an icon.
• Low memory footprint when hidden
• Advance portable mode included.
• Easy to use.

System Requirements

Windows XP / Vista / 7
.net framework 3.5 sp1.
Windows 7 comes with the .net framework 3.5 by default, so you don't need to download it, only to activate it in the "turn windows features on or off".
If you don't have the .net framework, you can download it here