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You can launch, copy, move, beam, or delete an application.

Once you have moved a couple of applications to the memory card, you can then use WorkBench to launch them. To do this, restart WorkBench and choose the expansion card instead of RAM. This will bring up a list of all applications stored on the card. Tap on the name of an application and then tap launch. This will copy the application to RAM and start the application. Once you're done with the application, it will automatically be removed from RAM by WorkBench.

PowerRUN
Another similar utility is PowerRUN. PowerRUN sells for $15 and can be downloaded at http://simple-palm.com.

This friendly site is presented in Japanese, with some rough English translations. The program and the site were both created by Yamada Tatsushi, who quite joyfully has given himself the nom de plume of "Hacker Dude-san".

PowerRUN offers many of the same features as WorkBench, including the ability to run, move, or delete applications. The big difference is that when you use PowerRUN to move an application from RAM to the expansion card, PowerRUN creates a shortcut icon in your application launcher. The shortcut icon looks almost identical to the original icon, except it has a small arrow in the lower left-hand corner, similar to a shortcut icon in Microsoft Windows.

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PowerRUN creates shortcuts that point to applications on the card.

When you want to run an application from the expansion card, you don't have to access PowerRUN. Instead you just tap on the shortcut icon and PowerRUN loads the program into RAM. When you're done using the application, PowerRUN also removes it from RAM automatically, leaving your RAM free for other things. The really cool part about this is that you can use your favorite launcher to organize the shortcuts to the applications on your expansion card just like you organize the applications stored in RAM.

This application is still in beta, so use it at your own risk.

McFile
McFile is a file management utility. Palm didn't include a utility that will allow you to manage all the files on your expansion cards, so McFile was developed for that reason. McFile will allow you to see all of the directories and files on your expansion cards. You can then manipulate them in any way you wish, such as copying or moving files between your Palm OS handheld and your expansion card.

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McFile is a file manager for your Palm handheld.

As far as I can tell, McFile is freeware. The only site I could find it on was in another language at http://muchy.com/review/mcfile.html. Again, use this at your own risk.

Summary
These are all newly released programs that were written to take advantage of new technology, so they might not always work perfectly. In addition, they don't all operate the same way. WorkBench stores files in the Launcher directory where the built-in applications program looks for them. But PowerRUN creates it's own subdirectory, so if you use PowerRUN to move a file from RAM to your memory card, WorkBench won't be able to find it.