The preferences dialog allows various aspects of the eLaunch program to be customized. To display the preferences dialog, select the Preferences item from the Edit menu.

Add eLaunch to shell context menu - If this preference is checked, an eLaunch submenu is added to the Windows shell context menu. This sebmenu lists the current Eclipse configurations allowing Eclipse to be run using one of the configurations. In addition, the eLaunch program can be launched from the submenu. If this preference is unchecked, the default, the eLaunch submenu is not displayed on the shell context menu.

Close eLaunch after Eclipse is run - If this preference is checked, the default, the eLaunch program will terminate after Eclipse is run. If this preference is unchecked, the eLaunch program remains visible after Eclipse is run.

Double click behavior - Specifies the behavior when an Eclipse configuration item in the configuration list is double clicked. If this preference is set to Run, the default, Eclipse is run using the specified configuration. If this preference is set to Edit, the configuration dialog is displayed to edit the specified configuration.