With TrayColonist you can easily add icons to the system notification area (beside the clock) and assign a menu to each icon in which you can store all your frequently used applications, directorys or shell items.TrayColonist supports drag'n'drop so you just have to drag your file or desktop link and drop it on TrayColonists item list to compose your menus.
Additionally TrayColonist offers you the possibility to use an extra tools menu, which includes useful things like quick change of the current resolution , quick reboot, useful network functions and handy functions for screensaver handling.