What's new in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.3.2

Jan 24, 2024
  • in current location placeholders "{CUR_...}", support a fallback location used when the current location cannot be detected; insert the fallback location after "|", for exemple "{CUR_LOC|c:fallback_location}"
  • seee: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-insert-values-in-favorites-location-parameters-or-snippets-using-placeholders/#current)
  • fix a bug in the placeholder {Now} wrongly calculating the last day of month (as in "{Now:ld}")
  • for some favorites without shortcut, fix a bug showing erroneously in menus the reminder "None" instead of nothing
  • fix a bug when saving a favorite with a placeholder in its location, alerting erroneously that the favorite does not exist
  • fix a display issue in "Options, File managers" when QAPconnect was selected
  • in DOpus Favorites dynamic menu, handle the situation when DOpus favorites folder is empty
  • update Portuguese language file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.3.1 (Oct 17, 2023)

  • Fix a bug breaking the "Reopen current folder in dialog box" command and possibly other QAP features commands

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.3.0 (Oct 17, 2023)

  • Options:
  • Reorder options sections in "Options" dialog box and menu
  • Add new option under "Menu Icons" to set a custom icon for "Link" favorites and, if present, use it instead of the default browser's icon
  • Duplicate the "Open Customize window at Startup" option in "General" section
  • Customize window:
  • When the "Customize" window is active
  • - add support for extra mouse button (side buttons) to navigate Forward and Backward in submenus
  • - support for extra mouse button (side buttons) to navigate Forward and Backward in submenus
  • - support Alt+Right and Alt+Left to navigate backward and forward in submenus (in addition to existing hotkeys Shift+Ctrl+Right and Shift+Ctrl+Left)
  • - update the "Customize Window Shortcuts Help" dialog box (F1) under the "Help" menu
  • Add button on the left side of the window to launch the favorite selected in the "Customize" window
  • Enable this button for launchable favorite types Folder, Document, Application, Special, URL, FTP, QAP and Group (not applicable for Snippet)
  • Various improvements:
  • Support the new placeholder "{SelectedText}" and replace it with the text currently selected in the active window
  • Check if the Clipboard is free before refreshing the "Clipboard" menu
  • QAP is now compiled with AHK runtime v1.1.37.1
  • Update language files for French, Italian, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese and German

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.2.3 (Aug 29, 2023)

  • Import/Export:
  • Review and clarify the "Import Settings" and "Export Settings" dialog boxes user interface
  • In "Import/Export" dialog box, replace the generic word "Settings" with the more specific words "Options" and "Favorites"
  • Split the "Export/Import Settings" menu in two distinct entries: "Export Options and Favorites" and "Import Options"
  • Add the menu bar entry "File, Import Favorites" (opening the "Add Multiple Favorites..." dialog box)
  • Add text at the bottom of the "Import Options" dialog box directing to import favorites with "File, Import Favorites"
  • Remove the "Import Favorites" button and the "Favorites" checkbox from the "Import Options" dialog box
  • Remember the last "Import Options" file selected in the previous import
  • Support placeholders in the import/export source/destination filename path: supported placeholders are {Now+calculation:format}, {Settings_...}, {Clipboard}, {Input:prompt}, {Menu:prompt}, {RandomText:...}, {RandomNumber:...} and {GUID}; see https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-insert-values-in-favorites-location-or-parameters-using-placeholders/
  • Other bug fixes:
  • When using "Export Options and Favorites", fix bug preventing the export of the options section for Alternative menus modifiers
  • When setting a favorite keyboard shortcut, fix bug preventing from using Shift+0, Shift+1 to Shift+9

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.2.2 (Jul 11, 2023)

  • in the "Advanced Options" tab of "Edit Favorite" dialog box (for Application, Document and Link favorites), remove the 250 characters limit for the "Parameters" text box
  • display this text box on one line if it is not longer than 60 characters and on two lines if it is longer (scrollable)
  • when launching a favorite with parameters, check that the command does not exceed the Windows limit of 8191 characters

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.2.1 (Jul 5, 2023)

  • Fix bug adjusting the width of Quick Launch dialog box based on font setting introduced in previous release
  • Fix bug preventing the use of < and > as hotkeys (undo incomplete fix in previous release)
  • Add to "Multiple Add, CSV" a 12th column for "FavoriteDisabled" field with possible values: 0 (favorite enabled and visible, default value), 1 (favorite disabled and hidden) or -1 (favorite enabled but hidden in menu, shortcut/hotstring active).
  • Avoid error during menu refresh if the Clipboard is used by another application and not released within 1 second

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.2.0 (Jun 5, 2023)

  • Customize the fonts of the "Customize" window:
  • under "Options, Customize window", customize the font size of:
  • the "Customize" window labels (from 6 to 12 points, default 8)
  • the favorites list (from 6 to 16 points, default 8)
  • and of the "Quick Launch" search (from 6 to 16 points, default 8)
  • you will have to reload QAP after changing one of these options
  • Add Multiple Favorites:
  • support adding favorites from a CSV files (see the format description here: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-add-multiple-favorites-in-one-click/#csv)
  • for sources with filters, support multiple strings filters (for example "abc xyz" to filter items with "abc AND xyz")
  • support filter when adding from source "Folder"
  • Various improvements:
  • in Favorites Names, expand Environment variables, User variables and Placeholders
  • fix bug preventing the use of < and > as hotkeys
  • add this note to the "Select Shortcut" dialog box: If your keyboard layout has AltGr (or AltCar), select both Ctrl and Alt checkboxes to use this key as a modifier
  • fix bug when icon resource in a desktop.ini file has no comma
  • stop reopening a Group menu after selecting "Launch all items"

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.1.9.7 Beta (Jun 1, 2023)

  • Fix bug preventing the use of < and > as hotkeys
  • Add this note to the "Select Shortcut" dialog box: If your keyboard layout has AltGr instead of Right-Alt, select both Ctrl and Alt checkboxes to use AltGr as a modifier.

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.1.9.6 Beta (May 29, 2023)

  • Customize the fonts of the "Customize" window
  • Under "Options, Customize window", add options to customize the font size of the "Customize" window labels (from 6 to 12 points, default 8)
  • Add another options to customize the font size of the favorites list (from 6 to 16 points, default 8)
  • And an option for the font size of the "Quick Launch" search (from 6 to 16 points, default 8)
  • You will have to reload QAP after changing one of these options

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.1.9.3 Beta (May 22, 2023)

  • Add Multiple Favorites:
  • Support CSV files (see format description here: h
  • For sources with filters, support multiple strings filters (for example "abc xyz" to filter items with "abc AND xyz")
  • Support filter when adding from source "Folder"
  • Various improvements:
  • Expand Environment variables, User variables and Placeholders in Favorites names
  • Stop reopening a Group menu after selecting "Launch all items"
  • Fix bug when icon resource in a desktop.ini file has no comma

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.1.5 (Apr 16, 2023)

  • Update RECOMMENDED for users of Windows 11 (for better support of Explorer tabs)
  • Detect current tab in Win 11 Explorer to return the correct current location with placeholder {CUR_...} and the correct selected item with the placeholder {SEL_...}
  • Make sure the added favorite names are unique when adding multiple favorites from a settings file "Favorite, Add Multiple Favorites, QAP Settings File (flat view)"
  • Fix bug when launching a favorite the the option "Reopen this menu after launching items" enabled
  • Show minimize button in the Custormize window
  • Dutch language file update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.1.4 (Feb 24, 2023)

  • Update STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all users of v11.6+
  • Fix bug preventing from changing folder in a dialog box when the QAP menu was open using the keyboard shortcut (Win + W, if you kept the default setting)
  • Blocked applications in "Keyboard shortcuts" in "Options, Launch Advanced Options" now only block the favorites keyboard shortcuts but not anymnore the main QAP menu keyboard hotkey (Win + W, if you kept the default setting)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.1.3 (Feb 21, 2023)

  • Update RECOMMENDED for all users of v11.6+
  • Fix bug not identifying the active window and breaking some placeholders replacements when checking that Main menu hotkeys are not blocked in "Options, Various Launch Options"
  • Fix bug when validating a favorite path including a {SETTINGS_...} placeholder causing an unwanted error message
  • Fix bug saving options when dark mode is enabled
  • Fix bug when editing a favorite with location is not found from the Quick Launch search result
  • Fix visual bug in "Add Favorite - Select type" dialog box when types label are larger that the available space in some language German
  • Change how "text mode" Snippets are use the Clipboard when pasting to the active window (to avoid or minimize issues in interaction with Quick Clipboard Editor)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.1.9.2 Beta (Feb 9, 2023)

  • When checking for hotkey exclusions (Options, Launch Advanced Options), bypass window verification (exit before SetTargetWinInfo) if the exclusion list is empty to avoid issue calling hotkey when active window is elevated (and other issues?
  • When loading exclusions lists (mouse, folders, files, current window and hotkeys), empty the list if it contains only "0"

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6.1.1 (Feb 5, 2023)

  • Fix bug breaking the use of tabs in Win 11 Explorer since the roll-out of Windows 11 build 22621.1105 (started Jan 10 2023)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.6 (Jan 22, 2023)

  • Https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-quickly-search-qap-to-launch-one-of-my-favorites/
  • Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ibBAh9_Bsc
  • A new quick way to launch your favorites: type a few characters and press Enter or double-click your item in the search result
  • To show the "Quick Launch" box:
  • For new installations: the feature is automatically added under the "My QAP Essentials" menu and is associated with the Shift+Control+Q keyboard shortcut
  • IMPORTANT! users UPGRADING to v11.6 must add this feature to their menu (add a favorite of type "QAP Feature" and select the feature "Quick Launch")
  • In both cases, the "Quick Launch" box can be open from the "Customize" window menu "Tools, Quick Search"
  • By default, the "Quick Launch" searches in the name of all your favorites and in the content of your "Recent/Frequent Files" and "Recent/Frequent Folders"
  • You can search one or more sequence of characters (for example "qui pop" to search items having "qui" AND "pop" in their name)
  • "Quick Launch Options" under "Options, Customize window"
  • A checkbox to use "Extended search" to search in all properties instead of only in the favorite name (default is disabled)
  • Checkbox to include or not "Recent/Frequent" menus items in "Quick Search" results (default is checked)
  • The initial height of "Quick Launch" window (default is 10 rows)
  • Set the order of "Quick Search" result by "Usage" (default sort order), by "Favorite name" or by "Menu order" (QAP menu natural order)
  • The "Quick Launch" box is displayed...
  • Always on top and is closed automatically when you select an item in the search result, when you click the Close button or when you hit Escape
  • Initially at the center of the main monitor and is afterward displayed at its last location (if the box ever becomes invisible, for example, after a change of monitors configuration, it can be centered again on the main monitor using the menu "Tools, Restore 'Quick Launch' window position")
  • Alternative menu features
  • - show the "Alternative menu" in "Quick Launch" by right-clicking an item or using the "Alternative menus" modifiers hotkeys (see "Options, Alternative Menu Hotkeys")
  • - features supported are "Edit a Favorite", "Copy a Favorite Path or URL" (or snippet content), "Run as administrator" and "Open the Containing folder"
  • Placeholders:
  • Https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-insert-values-in-favorites-location-or-parameters-using-placeholders/
  • {Menu:...} placeholder replaced with the selected item in a popup menu
  • {Menu:text1|text2|text3} show a menu with the specified items
  • Menu text can be preceed with a short label and the tilde (~) separator, for example {Menu:label1~long or multiline text|label2~another item|...} if text is long or includes line breaks
  • For better readability in the "Edit favorite" dialog box, the labels can include line breaks and tabs (that will not be displayed in the menu)
  • Make the first menu item bold when it has a label but no content (to make it look like a title)
  • {RandomText:...} and {RandomNumber:...} placeholders replaced with random text, random integer or random floating point numbers
  • {RandomText:text1|text2|text3} is replaced with one of the three pieces of text (for example, {RandomText:Today|Tomorrow|One of these days})
  • {RandomNumber:x|y} is replaced with an integer number between integers x and y (for example, {RandomNumber:5|10})
  • {RandomNumber:x|y|n} is replaced with a floating point number between x and y with n decimals (for example, {RandomNumber:0.5|1.49|2}
  • {GUID} placeholder replaced with a GUID (Globally Unique ID) of 32 hex digits (128-bit)
  • {SETTINGS_LOC}, {SETTINGS_DIR}, {SETTINGS_DRIVE}, etc. placeholders replaced with the path (or part of the path) of the QAP Settings ini file
  • Hotkeys exclusion:
  • Https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-block-the-qap-keyboard-shortcuts-if-they-interfere-with-one-of-my-apps/
  • Under "Options, Launch Advanced Options", add an option to disable/enable ("exclude" or "include only") all QAP keyboard shortcuts (favorites shortcuts, Main and Alternative menus shortcuts and Alternative menus features shortcuts)
  • High DPI screens:
  • New hires images for QAP dialog boxes ("Customize", "Welcome" and "Startup Tips") for better display results on high DPI screens (hires images are used when resolution is 144 DPI or higher)
  • In "Add Favorite - Select Type" dialog box, fix icons alignement on both regular and high DPI screens, and make these icons clickable
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix bug when opening a folder in Windows 11 Explorer when active tab is not the first tab
  • Fix bug when a macro Snippet is calling another QAP favorite using its hotkey
  • Prevent editing dynamic menu items with the Alternative menu feature "Edit favorite"
  • Various improvements:
  • New JLicons.dll file v1.6.4 (user with PORTABLE installation must overwrite JLicons.dll in the working directory with the file in the ZIP file)
  • Merge dark mode beta options in "Options, Customize Window" and "Options, Menu Appearance" into a new official option under "Options, General", default to true https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/does-qap-support-windows-dark-mode/
  • Force QAP theme to "Windows" when dark mode is enabled in QAP and active in Windows
  • In the "Customize" window, you can now search one or more sequence of characters (for example "qui pop" to search items having "qui" AND "pop" in their name)
  • New option to expand environment variables in a snippet, in "Add favorite", type "Snippet", "Advanced Settings" tab
  • In "Special Folders", add "Environment Variables" under the "Power User" section
  • Add the QAPmessenger command "ShowMenuDynamic" to display QAP Feature dynamic menus ("Recent/Frequent Folders", "Current Windows", "TC Directory Hotlist", "DOpus Favorites", etc.); menus must be present in the QAP menu
  • When gathering usage statistics, consider "Parameters" (in favorites "Advanced options") to distinguish favorites (before this change, favorites with the same location but with different parameters were counted together)
  • French, Italian, Korean, German, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese language files update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.99.9 Beta (Jan 16, 2023)

  • add icons to "Quick Launch" to items in search result
  • make sure the width of the "Quick Launch" box does not exceed the right end of the monitor
  • in "Quick Launch", show items found in "Recent/Frequent Documents" before "Recent/Frequent Folders"
  • fix bug when opening a folder in Windows 11 Explorer when active tab is not the first tab

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.99.7 Beta (Dec 28, 2022)

  • In "Quick Search" and "Customize" window search results, support multiple search strings separated by space, every strings must be present (AND operator)
  • At QAP installation, default "Quick Search" sort by "Usage"
  • In "Quick Search" results, always display favorites name first
  • Fix bug mixing "Quick Search" options "extended search" and "recent/frequent menus"
  • When gathering usage statistics, consider "Parameters" (in favorites "Advanced options") to distinguish favorites (before this change, favorites with the same location but with different parameters were counted together)
  • Merge dark mode beta options in "Options, Customize Window" and "Options, Menu Appearance" into a new official option under "Options, General", default to true
  • Add more diagnostic code for QAP Feature command "Always on top"
  • Portuguese and German language files update for v11.5.99.6

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.99.7 Beta (Dec 28, 2022)

  • In "Quick Search" and "Customize" window search results, support multiple search strings separated by space, every strings must be present (AND operator)
  • At QAP installation, default "Quick Search" sort by "Usage"
  • In "Quick Search" results, always display favorites name first
  • Fix bug mixing "Quick Search" options "extended search" and "recent/frequent menus"
  • When gathering usage statistics, consider "Parameters" (in favorites "Advanced options") to distinguish favorites (before this change, favorites with the same location but with different parameters were counted together)
  • Merge dark mode beta options in "Options, Customize Window" and "Options, Menu Appearance" into a new official option under "Options, General", default to true
  • Add more diagnostic code for QAP Feature command "Always on top"
  • Portuguese and German language files update for v11.5.99.6

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.99.6 Beta (Dec 27, 2022)

  • Quick Search:
  • Rename "Search QAP and Go" command to simply "Quick Search"
  • Change default hotkey for "Quick Search" to Shift+Ctrl+Q (users already having the command in their menu must change the shortcut manualy)
  • Add two options under "Options, Customize Window":
  • - set the order of "Quick Search" result by name, by usage or by menu (QAP menu natural order), default is by menu order
  • - checkbox to include or not Recent and Frequent menus items in "Quick Search" results
  • Make dark mode colors variables global; apply dark mode to Search and go listview (not possible for title bar and edit field)
  • Support Alternative menu features in "Quick Search" results when right-clicking a search result item or using the Alternative menus modifiers hotkeys when hitting Enter (see "Options, Alternative Menu Hotkeys")
  • Alternative menu features supported in "Quick Search" results are "Edit Favorite", "Copy Location", "Run as admin" and "Open containing folder"
  • Optimize "Quick Search" for users typing very fast
  • Various:
  • Fix bug with order of left menu in Options window (bug introduced in v11.5.99.2)
  • Prevent editing dynamic menu items with the Alternative menu feature "Edit favorite"
  • Add diagnostic code for QAP Feature command "Always on top"
  • French, Italian, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese language files update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.10 (Nov 8, 2022)

  • When running on Windows 11 22H2 (build 22621.675 released October 18 or more recent) and preferred file manager is Windows Explorer:
  • Add in "Options, File Managers" a checkbox to open folders in a new tab of active (or last used) Windows Explorer instead of in a new Explorer window
  • Change method to navigate folder in the active tab using internal Windows object (change not visible to user)
  • Fix bug enclosing document path in double-quotes if path includes .com or .exe followed by space, also fixing bug when using the "Launch with" option in some situations
  • Speed up pasting of URL in browser when opening a Link favorite to change page (navigating) in current browser
  • Fix some French language encoding errors and a typo in Russian language file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.9 (Oct 28, 2022)

  • Support for Windows Explorer with tabs new in Win 11 22H2 (build 22621.675 released October 18) to change folder in the active tab
  • When adding multiple favorites (under "Favorite" menu) from a folder, get all properties from shortcut (.lnk) files: icon, working dir, arguments and window state
  • Increase the reliability of Link favorites when navigating a browser a new page with option "Always open Links in new tab or window" disabled (in "Options, Various Advanced Options")
  • Fix bug to support "Add Active Folder or Web page Express" when called from Tray menu (QAP icon in notification zone)
  • Fix the "Rigth Shift" typo (unnoticed since Oct. 2019!)
  • Use new code signing certificate (thanks to donors for their help sharing the expense!)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.8.2 (Sep 8, 2022)

  • Fix bug introduced in v11.5.8 activating by error the last focused window when using QAPmessenger
  • Fix bug when cancelling a change in the "Change hotstring" dialog box from the "Manage hotstrings" list
  • Dutch language file update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.8 (Aug 30, 2022)

  • Dynamic menu exclusions/inclusions:
  • In "Options", rename the section "Menu Exclusions" to "Menu Exclusions/Inclusions" to control the content of "Recent Folders", "Recent Files", "Frequent Folders", "Frequent Files" and "Current Windows" dynamic menus
  • In this section, add radio buttons "Exclude" (default) and "Include only" to determine if the "Folders", "Files" and "Current Windows" criterias are used to remove ("Exclude") items or to select the only items to add to the menu ("Include only")
  • For "Current Windows" add a dropdown list of running applications to help adding one of the running apps to the criteria
  • See: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-filter-out-items-in-current-windows-recent-or-frequent-menus/
  • Navigate in browsers:
  • When launching a Link favorite when the QAP menu is open over a browser window, navigate the current browser tab to this URL instead of opening the link in a new tab
  • Supported browsers are Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge
  • You need to enable this option in "Options, Various Advanced Options" by disabling the new checkbox "Always open Links in new tab or window"
  • See: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/how-do-i-add-favorite-link-url-to-my-menu/
  • Reopen menu after launching items:
  • In Add/Edit favorite "Basic" tab for Menu items, add the option "Reopen this menu after launching items"
  • Select "Close this menu" if you don't need to open another favorite from this menu
  • This option also applies to Group items having the option "Also display this group in a submenu"
  • See: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/how-can-i-gather-numerous-favorites-in-a-clutter-free-popup-menu/
  • Various:
  • Fix bug with the QAP Messenger "NavigateFromMsg" not navigating folders in Explorer or links in browsers
  • Fix some encoding errors in italian language file
  • Update to French, German, Italian, Korean and Portuguese Brazilian language files for v11.5.8

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.7.9.5 Beta (Aug 21, 2022)

  • Revert default for the now option "Always open Links in new tab or window" to false (keeping previous behaviour unless user disable this checkbox)
  • Fix bug "Navigate in browser" option conflicting with Alternative menu features
  • Fix bug with the QAP Messenger "NavigateFromMsg" command not navigating folders in Explorer or links in browsers

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.7.9.4 Beta (Aug 8, 2022)

  • Fix bug when trying to open a link in windows that is not a supported browser
  • When saving "Options, Menu Exclusions/Inclusions", avoid saving an "Include only" value if the criteria list for this value is empty (avoid the "include nothing" situation) and select "Exclude" instead

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.7.9.1 Beta (Aug 1, 2022)

  • In Add/Edit favorite "Basic" tab for menu, add an option to reopen this menu after launching items; add a "Close this menu" item to menus with the reopen option enabled
  • When the QAP menu is open over a browser window and when launching a Link item (URL), navigate to this URL in the current browser tab instead of opening the link in a new tab (supported browsers are Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge)
  • Add an option in "Options, Various Advanced Options" to "Always open Links in new tab or window" to disable this new behavior
  • Fix some encoding errors in italian language file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.7.1 (Jul 19, 2022)

  • Support multiple files or folders selection using the Alternative menu features "Copy/Move the selected file to a favorite folder" (available with Windows Explorer, Windows Desktop and Directory Opus)
  • When opening the main menu, stop selecting the file or folder under the cursor and deselecting other items
  • Reverse to previous method of detecting dialog boxes (as in release v11.5.6) fixing issue with AutoCAD's (and possibly other software) dialog boxes
  • Keep the "Update Quick Access Popup?" dialog box open if user clicks "See change log" or "Visit web site" buttons
  • Fix bug when the folder or file location includes ".com " (.com followed by a space) or ".exe " (as in c:something.com etcfile.txt)
  • When using an Alternative menu features, stop showing confirmation dialog box for document having the "Launch with" option "{ActiveWindow}"

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.7.0 (May 26, 2022)

  • Move or Copy Selected file/folder:
  • Add QAP Features "Move Selected File" and "Copy Selected File" available in the Alternative menu
  • Add Alternative menu features "Move Selected File" and "Copy Selected File" to "Options, Alternative Menu Hotkeys"
  • Menu Icons:
  • Add a new option under "Options, Menu Icons" to set "Document Default Icons Replacements"; default document icons are used in QAP dynamic menus (like "Recent Files"), in the "Manage Icons" window and as default icons for new Document favorites; they are normally configured in Windows but you can now override them with your list of custom icons; each custom icon is associated to documents type(s) by their file extension(s), for example "txt=c:my_iconstext_icon.png"; you can specify multiple extensions separated with "+", for example "xlsx+xlsm=c:my_iconexcel_icon.png"
  • Get Link (URL) favorites default icon from the entry in the Windows Registry for the default browser configured in Windows (instead of using the icon associated to the html file extension)
  • In "Options, Menu Icons" the "QAP Icon Replacements" list now support image file (.png, .bmp, .gif, .jpg)
  • New option under "Options, Menu Icons" to set an "Icons custom folder"; this folder is open using a link in the "Select Icon" dialog box
  • In "Tools, Manage Icons" dialog box, calculate the number of rows considering the screen scaling (making obsolete the "Manage Icons number of rows", now moved to "Various Advanced Options")
  • In the "Manage Icons" dialog box, make the "Previous" and "Next" buttons easier to access by moving them to the center on each side of the "Close" button
  • Placeholders:
  • Process placeholders in the "Launch with" property of Documents, URLs and FTP favorites
  • New placeholder "{ActiveWindow}" allowing, for example, to open a text file in the active editor when the "Launch with" field of a document contains "{ActiveWindow}"; QAP asks for confirmation before launching the active app
  • When a Snippet or other favorites contains an {Input:...} placeholder, abort the execution if the input is cancelled or returned empty
  • Various:
  • Custom Hotkeys: in "Change shortcut" dialog box, add link to enter a hotkey code or a scan code (SCnnn) manually
  • Close Menu: if the "Add Close to menu" option is enabled (in "Options, Menus Appearance"), add the "Close menu" item to menus that can be open with a shortcut or a hotstring
  • QAP Messenger "LaunchFavorite": when launching a favorite from QAPmessenger, detect the last active file manager window and use its location to expand the "current location" placeholders (e.g. {CUR_LOC})
  • QAP Features: prevent changing the name of the QAP Features "Repeat Last Action" and "Repeat Last Actions" menu to avoid issues caused by some code relying on their unchanged name
  • Adding File Shortcuts: in "Add Multiple Favorites", when adding file shortcuts (.lnk files) from a folder, add the extracted location instead of location of the shortcut (processing file shortcut properties, like its icon, is not supported at this time)
  • In "Add Favorite - Select type" dialog box and "Add Multiple Favorites" dialog boxes, replace buttons to navigate between these two dialog boxes with more discrete links
  • File Dialog Boxes: new code to detect file dialog boxes (please report issues if QAP can't change folder in some file dialog boxes)
  • Language files updated for French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese and Korean

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.6.9.4 Beta (May 17, 2022)

  • Add QAP Features for Alternative menu "Move Selected File" and "Copy Selected File"
  • Add Alternative menu features "Move Selected File" and "Copy Selected File" to "Options, Alternative Menu Hotkeys"
  • Abort "Move Selected File" and "Copy Selected File" with error message if no file or folder is selected, if destination is access denied, if destination file already exists or other error
  • Insert separators in Alternative menu
  • When a Snippet or other favorites contains an {Input:...} placeholder, abord the execution if the input is canceled or empty

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.6.9.3 Beta (May 10, 2022)

  • In the new "Document icons replacement" list (in "Options, Menu Icons"), support multiple extensions separated with + (e.g. xlsx+xlsm=c:my_iconexcel_icon.png)
  • In "Tools, Manage Icons" dialog box, calculate the number of rows considering the screen scaling (making obsolete the "Number of rows" of "Manage Icons" dialog box)
  • In the "Manage Icons" dialog box, make the "Previous" and "Next" buttons faster to access by moving them to the center on each side of the "Close" button
  • Get Link (URL) favorites default icon from the entry in Registry for the default browser configured in Windows (instead of using the icon associated to the html file extension)
  • Prevent changing the name of the QAP Features "Repeat Last Action" and "Repeat Last Actions" menu to avoid issues caused by some lines of code relying on their unchanged name
  • When launching a favorite from QAPmessenger, detect the last active file manager window and use its location to expand the "current location" placeholders (e.g. {CUR_LOC})

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.6.9.2 Beta (May 1, 2022)

  • New option under "Options, Menu Icons" to set "Document Default Icons Replacements"; default document icons are used in QAP dynamic menus (like "Recent Files"), in the "Manage Icons" window and as default icons for new Document favorites; they are normally configured in Windows but you can now override them with your list custom icons; each custom icon is associated to document type by the document's file extension
  • See: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-use-my-own-documents-icons-instead-of-those-configured-in-windows/
  • New option under "Options, Menu Icons" to set an "Icons custom folder"; this folder is open using a link in the "Select Icon" dialog box
  • Move the "Manage Icons window rows" option from "Menu Icons" to "Various Advanced Options"
  • In "Options, Menu Icons" the "QAP Icon Replacements" list now support image file (.png, .bmp, .gif, .jpg)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.6.9.1 Beta (Apr 28, 2022)

  • In "Change shortcut" dialog box, add link to enter a hotkey code or a scan code (SCnnn) manually
  • Process placeholders in the "Launch with" property of Documents, URLs and FTP favorites
  • Support "{ActiveWindow}" placeholder, allowing for example, to open a text file in the active editor when the "Launch with" field of a document contains "{ActiveWindow}"; ask for confirmation before launching the active app
  • Test new function to detect file dialog boxes (BETA testers: please, try to change folder in "File, Open" dialog box of various applications)
  • If the "Add Close to menu" option is enabled (in "Options, Menus Appearance"), add the "Close menu" item to menus that can be open with a shortcut or a hotstring

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.6.0 (Mar 15, 2022)

  • Date-time placeholders:
  • In placeholders support new format {Now:ld} for last day of the month
  • Support date calculation with syntax {Now[sign][value pairs]:[format]}, where:
  • [sign] is "+" or "-"
  • [valu pairs] is one or more pairs of a number and a unit identified by one of the letters "smhdMy" (case sensitive) for seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years
  • For example "{Now+1d:yyyy-MM-dd}" for tomorrow, "{Now-1y6M:yyyy-MM-dd}" for a date 1.5 year ago or "{Now+3h30m:HH:mm}" for in 1.5 hour from now
  • - see: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-insert-values-in-favorites-location-or-parameters-using-placeholders/#datetimecalc

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.5.0 (Mar 1, 2022)

  • Groups
  • In "Edit Favorite" dialog box, "Basic Settings" tab, add a checkbox to "Also display this group in a submenu"
  • When a favorite of type "Group" has this new option enabled, clicking the group item shows a popup menu including the group members, allowing to launch them individually, and an additional entry to "Launch all items" to open all group members
  • At this time, this group menu is "detached" from the main menu
  • Various improvements:
  • Fix bug in Total Commander when using an item from the TC Hotlist:
  • if there is no target path, the folder is open on the configured side (Active, Left, Right or Destination)
  • if there is target path in the TC Hotlist, open the folder on the active pane and the target path on the destination pane
  • For Directory Opus users, when opening a folder on a Windows virtual desktop, QAP now detects if DOpus is already running in this virtual desktop before launching a new DOpus instance
  • In "Edit Favorite" dialog box for Snippets, in "Advanced Settings" tab, add a checkbox "Never prompt for this snippet", to be used when a snippet does not require an application window to be active when it is launched
  • Disable the "Edit" entry in "Customize" window context menus when there are more than one item selected
  • In "Options, Popup Menu", replace the application inclusion/exclusion language with more appropriate vocabulary
  • Language files translation for v11.5.4 and 11.5.5
  • Updated version of AutoHotkey runtime v1.1.33.10

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.4.9.1 Beta (Feb 26, 2022)

  • Groups:
  • In "Edit Favorite" dialog box, "Advanced Settings" tab, add a checkbox to "Also display this group in a submenu"
  • When a favorite of type "Group" has this new option enabled, launching the group shows a popup menu including the group items, allowing to launch them individually, and an additional entry to "Launch all items"
  • At this time, this group menu is "detached" from the main menu (having it attached to the main menu will require more work)
  • Various improvements:
  • In "Edit Favorite" dialog box for Snippets, in "Advanced Settings" tab, add a checkbox "Never prompt for this snippet", to be used when a snippet does not require an application window to be active when it is launched
  • For Directory Opus users, when opening a folder on a Windows virtual desktop, QAP now detects if DOpus is already running in this virtual desktop before launching a new DOpus instance
  • In "Options, Popup Menu", replace the application inclusion/exclusion language with more appropriate vocabulary

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.4.0 (Jan 19, 2022)

  • Autoexecutable favorites or groups
  • Add the "Launch at startup" option on "Basic tab" of the "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box for all types of favorites including "Groups" (except "Text Separator" and individual group members)
  • Press the Shift key while launching QAP to bypass the autoexecution of these favorites
  • In "Tools, Special Searches", add a new item "Search Favorites Launched at Startup"
  • See: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-launch-a-favorite-or-group-of-favorites-at-qap-startup/
  • Launch QAP favorites from the command line
  • Add the command "LaunchFavorite" to QAPmessenger tat launches the favorite specified in the second parameter (between double-quotes)
  • For example, if the favorite "FavName" is in the Main menu, launch it with: C:...QAPmessenger.exe LaunchFavorite "> FavName"
  • If the favorite "FavName" is in a submenu, launch it with: C:...QAPmessenger.exe LaunchFavorite "> SubMenu1 > SubMenu2 > FavName"
  • If the favorite name includes ampersand (like "&FavName" or "FavName && Co.c"), make sure you enter them as they appear in the Favorite name
  • See: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-display-the-qap-menu-from-the-command-line-or-from-a-batch-file/
  • Total Commander and Directory Opus side options
  • The following changes are for users who selected "Directory Opus" (DOpus) or "Total Commander" (TC) in "Options, File Managers"
  • Add an option in "Options, File Managers" to open favorites of type "Folder" or "Special Folder" in the "Destination" pane
  • When opening a "Group", add two options to open favorites of types "Folder" or "Special Folder" in the "Active side" or the "Destination" side
  • Fix an "infinite loop" bug when opening a group in TC when it contains a Special folder (like "My Computer")
  • In "Options, File managers", when the option "the current TC/DOpus tab" is selected under "File manager preferences", disable the irrelevant options "Use tabs instead of opening a new window" and the side options below this checkbox
  • Total Commander Directory Hotist
  • When opening a folder from the QAP Feature "TC Directory Hotlist", open the folder in the active pane and, if specified in WinCmd.ini, open the "Target path" in the target pane
  • Note: TC commands like cm_OpenDesktop or cm_OpenDrives are currently not supported in QAP TC Directory Hotlist (these entries are skipped in the "TC Directory Hotlist" menu)
  • Various bug fixes and improvements
  • Fix issue when calling the "Always on top" QAP Feature from the popup menu on an Explorer.exe window
  • After executing the "Always on top" command, add a confirmation popup when turning it "On" or when the command fails
  • Fix a bug when positioning a secondary dialog box when the main window is maximized or close to top-right of a screen
  • Italian language file update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.3.9.4 Beta (Jan 16, 2022)

  • Rework how side options "Active", "Left", "Right" or "Destination" are processed for Total Commander (TC running or not, in a new tab or not, from TC Hotlist, in groups)
  • Note: TC commands like cm_OpenDesktop or cm_OpenDrives are currently not supported in QAP TC Directory Hotlist (these entries skipped in the QAP menu)
  • Fix an "infinite loop" bug when opening a group in TC when it contains a special folder (like "My Computer")

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.3.9.2 Beta (Jan 13, 2022)

  • New features:
  • With Directory Opus or Total Commander as file manager, add an option in "Options, File Managers" to open favorites of type "Folder" or "Special Folder" in the "Destination side" (or "target")
  • When opening a "Group" with Directory Opus or Total Commander as file manager, add two options to open favorites of types "Folder" or "Special Folder" in the "Active side" or the "Destination side" (or "target")
  • In "Tools, Special Searches", add a new item "Search Favorites Launched at Startup"
  • Bug fix:
  • Fix bug launching autoexecutable favorites located in submenu

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.3.9.1 Beta (Jan 11, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Add the command "LaunchFavorite" to QAPmessenger with, in the second parameter, the favorite to launch; it can be "> FavName" (if the favorite "FavName" is in the Main menu), "> SubMenu > FavName" or "> SubMenu > SubMenu > FavName" if the favorite "FavName" is in a sub menu; see https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-display-the-qap-menu-from-the-command-line-or-from-a-batch-file/
  • Add the "Launch at startup" option on "Basic tab" of the "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box; available for all types of favorites including "Groups" (except "Text Separator" and individual group members); press the Shift while launching QAP to bypass the autoexecution of these favorites; see https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-launch-a-favorite-or-group-of-favorites-at-qap-startup/
  • Various:
  • Fix issue when calling the "Always on top" QAP Feature from the popup menu on an Explorer.exe window
  • After executing the "Always on top" command, add a confirmation popup when turning it On and when the command fails
  • Fix a bug when positioning a secondary dialog box when the main window is maximized or close to top-right of a screen
  • Italian language file update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.3.1 (Dec 22, 2021)

  • fix bug introduced in v11.5.3 expanding by error environment variables (like %windir%) in snippets content
  • in the "Select favorite type" dialog box, fix bug adding a favorite of the type previously selected user click Continue without having selected a type

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.3 (Nov 30, 2021)

  • Settings file (quickaccesspopup.ini):
  • Prevent the error message "An error occurred while reading this settings file" displayed when QAP tries to load incomplete settings files
  • Instead, QAP will revert to the previous favorites list and inform the user that the last saving was incomplete
  • Now make an internal backup of the [Favorites] section of the ini file even when the size of the section is larger than 65532 chars
  • Screen scaling:
  • In various QAP windows, adapt buttons centering on screens with scaling (under Windows 10: Settings, Ease of Access, Display) often used by users with High-DPI screens
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix bug when user variable content includes an equal (=) sign
  • Fix a bug preventing loading of a new language file when language is changed immediately after installation
  • Fix bug in Customize window showing bold text (labels and listview) by error in dark mode
  • Other improvements:
  • Expand environment variables (like %windir%) in favorites parameters (a new ini value "ExpandEnvVarsInParameters=0" allows to disable expansion if required)
  • Add an option under "Various Advanced Options" to keep file extension when setting the "Short name" for a Document or an Application favorite
  • New JLicons.dll file v1.6.3 including icons for a new project to be announced (user of the portable version must replace the previous JLicons.dll file)
  • Addition of Russian language in the setup program
  • Russian translation file update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.2.1.2 Beta (Nov 28, 2021)

  • Expand environment variables (like %windir%) in favorites parameters; add ini value ExpandEnvVarsInParameters to disable expansion if required
  • Fix bug in Customize window showing bold text (labels and listview) by error in dark mode
  • New JLicons.dll file v1.6.3 fixing a missing icon in the previous version (user of the portable version must replace the previous JLicons.dll file)
  • Russian translation file update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.2.1 (Nov 10, 2021)

  • Fix a bug when launching an URL or Document favorite with values in both "Launch with" and "Parameters" fields

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.2 (Nov 5, 2021)

  • This release fixes a bug when using drag and drop to move multiple items in the favorites list of the Customize window. Upgrade strongly recommended.
  • Windows 10 Dark mode compatibility (beta):
  • New dark mode option for menus under "Options, Menu appearance" (requires Windows 10 version 1903/build 18362 or more recent)
  • New dark mode option for "Customize" window under "Options, Customize" (only for the "Customize" window at this time, not other QAP dialog boxes)
  • Display dark mode "Customize" window and menus if Windows 10 dark mode for apps option is enabled in Windows Settings (Personalization, Colors)
  • Dark mode compatibility options are released as a "beta" options and could be changed or removed based on users feedback
  • Known issue: menus including column breaks do not support dark mode
  • Customize window - Drag and drop:
  • Fix bug in the favorites list when using drag and drop to move more than one favorite at a time
  • Support drag and drop of multiple favorites with contiguous selection (with Shift+Click) or non-contiguous selection (with Ctrl+Click)
  • Debugging Placeholders and User variables:
  • Add under "Options, Various Advanced Options" an option to display or not the debug option in "Add/Edit Favorites", "Basic Settings" tab
  • When launching a favorite with debug option enabled, display a dialog box with the location, parameters and start in option with placeholders and user variables expanded
  • Debug option is available for Folders, Documents, Applications, Links, FTP sites and Snippets (text and macro)
  • Reusable Input placeholders:
  • When pasting a favorite with a placeholder {Input:Prompt}, place the content entered by the user in a temporary user variable named based on the Input's prompt (e.g. for "{Input:Email?}, the variable name is "{Email?})
  • This temporary user variable allows to re-use the content entered by the user more than once in the current favorite

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.1 (Oct 25, 2021)

  • Live Folders:
  • In "Edit favorite" dialog box, "Live Folders" tab
  • Add a checkbox "Exclude folders" when "Include documents" is selected (if there are multiple levels of folders, folders are excluded only in the deepest level)
  • Support wildcards (* and ?) and regular expressions (in addition to a list of extensions) to specify which documents to "Include/Exclude" in Live Folders
  • Enter extensions separated by spaces (for example "bak bk")
  • Or wildcards expressions separated by spaces ("*.bak "my file??.ext" *copy*.*")
  • Or enter a regular expression with "Regex:"
  • Add a dropdown list to select "Size of icons" in the Live Folders:
  • Select a custom size (from 16 to 64 pixels)
  • Inherit the size from the parent menu
  • Use the default size from "Options, Menu Icons" dialog box
  • Choose to display no icon in this menu
  • Groups:
  • New option "Launch and wait" to enter a delay (in milliseconds) to wait after a favorite in a group is launched before launching the next favorite in the group
  • For favorite if type "Application" in a group:
  • New option "Wait until the program finishes" before launching the next favorite in the group
  • New option "Stop in case of error" to interrupt group opening if an application favorite returns a non-zero error code (show an error message if group opening was stopped)
  • New option to launch the application in a "Minimized" window
  • For favorites included in a group, rename the "Menu Options" tab to "Group Member Options"
  • Increase the optional delay after each group member to a maximum of 999,999,999 ms (167 minutes)
  • Various:
  • Add icons in "Add Favorite Type" dialog box
  • In "Edit Favorite" dialog box for "Link" favorites, under the "Menu Options" tab, add the text box "Enter favicon.ico URL"
  • When opening a "Document" favorite, if the location does not exist, offer to edit the favorite
  • Fix bug adding an undesired character at the end of snippets in some situations
  • Fix bug not opening folder on the specified side when opening a folder with Total Commander
  • French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean and Dutch language files update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.0.9.2 Beta (Oct 2, 2021)

  • Live Folders:
  • when building a Live Folder with documents, support wildcards (* and ?) and regular expressions to include or exclude documents
  • in "Edit favorite" dialog box, "Live Folders" tab
  • add a checkbox "Exclude folders" when "Include documents" is selected (if there are multiple levels of folders, folders are excluded only in the deepest level)
  • update "Include/Exclude" documents instructions: Enter extensions separated by spaces (for example "bak bk") or wildcards expressions separated by spaces ("*.bak "my file??.ext" *copy*.*"). Or enter a regular expression with "Regex:".
  • add a dropdown list to select "Size of icons" in the Live folder menu:
  • select a custom size (from 16 to 64 pixels)
  • inherit the size from the parent menu
  • use the default size from "Options, Menu Icons" dialog box
  • choose to display no icon in this menu

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5.0.1 (Sep 27, 2021)

  • Directory Opus:
  • when creating the DOpus "Favorites" and "Layouts" menus in QAP, support "shared" and "portable" DOpus installations (in addition to the default "private" setup)
  • when first running QAP, check if DOpus is install by looking at the Windows registry (instead of looking the "Program Files" folder)
  • Various additions and bug fixes
  • fix broken link to the website in QAP Startup Tips
  • for new installations, show a welcome dialog box; add menu item "Show welcome window again" under the "Help" menu
  • add menu item "Make a donation" under the "Help" menu
  • update license text for freeware model
  • Dutch translation update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.5 (Sep 12, 2021)

  • QAP returns to freeware/donorware model
  • remove license validation and various license related menu items or labels
  • remove donation/get license incentives in main menu and tray menu (QAP icon menu in notification zone)
  • add a "Make donation" menu item under "Help" menu (linking to Paypal only for the moment)
  • fix bug with the Check for update link in "Options, General" tab

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.4.0.0 (Sep 1, 2021)

  • SUMMARY:
  • Search and replace: search values in all the favorites of the selected types (folders, documents, applications, links, FTP sites and snippets) and replace these values (location or content, favorite name, icon resource or parameters fields) one at a time or all in one step.
  • see: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-search-and-replace-values-globally-in-my-favorites/
  • Special folders: new location codes for some Special Folders allowing to change their location in Windows without breaking the favorite (conversion of existing Special folder favorites is NOT backward compatible).
  • Multiple improvements in: "Add Multiple Favorites" command, Total Commander support, "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box and Shared menus.
  • Bug fixes: fix various unnoticed or rarely visible bugs in the "Customize" window, "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box, "Add Multiple Favorites" command, "Options" window, CMD/PowerShell support, Total Commander support and others.
  • IN DETAIL:
  • Search and replace:
  • new menu item "Search and replace" under the "Tools" menu
  • new "Search and replace" dialog box to search and replace values in location or content, favorite name, icon resource or parameters fields
  • select the types of favorites included in the search and replace command: Folder, Document, Application, Link (URL), FTP Site and Snippet
  • in the "Confirmation" dialog box, indicate for each favorite if you want to:
  • "Find next" favorite (skip this one)
  • "Replace this favorite"
  • "Replace all favorites" (all remaining favorites at once)
  • or "Stop" to interrupt the search and replace command
  • search starts from the menu currently in "Customize" window and covers all its submenus
  • the new QAP feature "Search and replace" under the "QAP Menu Editing" section allows to launch the command from your QAP menu
  • Special Folders:
  • internal change (in the Settings file) to use new location codes for some Special Folders, allowing to change their location in Windows without breaking the favorite
  • Special Folders updated are: Common Desktop, Common Start Menu, Common Startup Menu, Desktop, Downloads, History, My Music, My Video, Pictures, Programs Folder (Start Menu), Public Folder, Public Libraries, Quick Launch, Recent Items, Start Menu, Startup, Templates, Temporary Files and Windows directory
  • replace existing Special Folders favorite's locations with the new codes *** Take note that this conversion is NOT backward compatible. If you need to revert to an older version of QAP, the location for the updated Special Folders will not be recognized in the older version. They will show as "* Unknown Special Folder *" (with a random number to make the menu entry unique) and you will have to re-create these Special Folders entries.
  • before saving favorites after this conversion, QAP creates a backup named QuickAccessPopup-HOME-backup-special_folders-[date and time].ini
  • when a desktop.ini hidden file is found in a Special Folder, QAP uses the localized name and the icon defined in this file
  • two new Special Folders items "Send To" and "System32"
  • Welcome dialog box:
  • a new more friendly "Welcome" dialog box is shown at the first QAP launch
  • it includes buttons to "Save license code or to "Try the free version" and a link to the "QAP First Steps" video
  • Add Multiple Favorites:
  • when loading favorites from a "QAP Settings file (flat view)", load all item's properties (parameters, etc.), not only name and location
  • when adding from "Special Folder" list, stop showing the codes in the "Content" column and show their default names instead
  • when loading favorites from a "QAP Settings file (tree view)", fix a bug when adding an item in an existing submenu, stop creating a duplicate submenu
  • Customize window:
  • fix a bug not updating correctly the menu navigation buttons up/back/forward when the "Customize" window is open from a "Customize" menu item in the QAP menu not located in the Main menu
  • in the favorites list, fix a bug not enabling the "Save" button if moving a favorite by continuously pressing the up/down button until the top/bottom of the list is reached
  • in the "Select icon" and "Manage icons" dialog box, replace the next/previous text button with arrow buttons and remove duplicate "Cancel" buttons in "Select icon"
  • fix a bug when showing the "Customize" window from an external command and when the previous content of the favorites list was a search result
  • fix a bug in favorites list when using drag and drop to move an item and dropping it beyond the first or last item of the list, sometimes causing an "empty favorite name" error
  • add the menu item "Share QAP" under "Help" menu to open QAP website referrer page
  • Add/Edit Favorite dialog box:
  • for Application favorites, stop updating the short menu name when the location is changed; update the name only when the location is changed using the "Running applications" dropdown list
  • when adding or editing a favorite in a sorted menu, in the menu options tab, fill the position dropdown list with the read-only message "menu sorted automatically"
  • when getting the name for a regular favorite folder, check if we can get it from a desktop.ini hidden file, else continue as before and use the last part of the path
  • fix a bug when trying to open a favorite not found after user selected to edit the favorite
  • Options:
  • in "Options, Alternative Menu Hotkeys", rename the button "Reset default modifiers" to "Reset to saved modifiers" (to restore modifiers to their currently saved value) and add a new button "Reset to default modifiers" (to reset the modifiers to their default value)
  • fix a display bug when opening the "Popup Menu" tab using the link "excluded applications" under the "Popup Hotkeys" tab
  • Shared menus:
  • create backups for Shared menus ini file (one per day for the last five days)
  • the backup is created in the same folder as the Shared menu file except if a value "BackupFolder=" is found under the "[Global]" section of the Shared menu settings file
  • File managers:
  • in "Total Commander Directory hotlist", support the hide menu character for submenus
  • fix bug when the "Total Commander Directory hotlist" is saved in a redirected file
  • add support for One Commander in QAPconnect file managers
  • add the most recent QAPconnect-default.ini file to QAP Settings folder if a QAPconnect.ini file already exists
  • fix a bug when changing the folder in a CMD, PowerShell, ConEmu or Terminal windows and when the file manager preferences is set to "open in the current Windows Explorer window" (or "the current tab")
  • Various issues:
  • "Icons larger than expected" issue in the "Select icons" and "Manage icons" dialog boxes: try to solve this intermittent and infrequent issue by setting the size of the icons again when changing page
  • "Menu keyboard focus issue": after the change in v11.3.0.1 trying to fix this intermittent issue, add a new option in the Settings file that determines if the mouse move is done or not; this option must be inserted in the ini file under the [Global] section, as "MovePointerAfterHotkeyKeyboard=1" to do the mouse move (else, the situation is as in v11.3 and before)
  • "201 hotkeys have been received in the last 0ms": intermittent and infrequent issue that seems to be caused by the change in v11.3.0.1 for the previous issue; not inserting the value "MovePointerAfterHotkeyKeyboard=1" (or setting it to 0) seems to resolve this issue
  • Language updates:
  • Italian, Russian, German, French, Korean, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese language translation for search and replace

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.3.0.9.9 Beta (Aug 21, 2021)

  • Error message if search string and replace string are identical
  • In "Search and replace" dialog box, replace "Cancel" label with "Close"
  • Italian, Russian, German, French, Korean, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese language translation for search and replace

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.3.0.9.8 Beta (Aug 11, 2021)

  • In "Search and replace Confirmation" dialog box, improve the presentation of values to replace
  • Prevent scheduled menu refresh during Search and replace operations
  • Fix bug not enabling the "Save" or "Cancel" buttons in "Customize" dialog box in some situation after Search and replace operations

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.3.0.9.6 Beta (Jul 29, 2021)

  • Customize" window bug fixes and improvements:
  • Fix bug not updating correctly the menu navigation buttons up/back/forward when the "Customize" window is open from "Customize" menu item not located in the Main menu
  • In the favorites list, fix bug not enabling the "Save" button if moving a favorite by continuously pressing the up/down button until the top/bottom of the list is reached
  • Remove numeric shortcuts from parts of the favorites list context menu
  • Rename the favorites list context menu label "Sort this menu" to "Sort this menu (or group)"
  • Other bugs and improvements:
  • Fix bug when the option under "File managers" labeled "when opening QAP menu outside Explorer: open folders in the current window" is enabled that was breaking some Alternative menu features
  • In the "Select icon" dialog box, replace the next/previous text button with arrow buttons and remove duplicate "Cancel" buttons
  • In the "Manage icons" dialog box, replace the next/previous text button with arrow buttons
  • Fix error in a SQLite database dialog box message
  • When editing a favorite from the dialog box shown when a favorite's location is not found, stop showing an error message about not being able to open the favorite
  • Various issues:
  • "icons larger than expected" issue in the "Select icons" and "Manage icons" dialog boxes: try to solve an intermittent bug displaying icons larger than the expected size by resizing the icons when changing page
  • "menu keyboard focus issue": about the fix in v11.3.0.1, add a new option in the settings file (quickaccesspopup.ini) that determines if the mouse move is done or not; for now, this option has to be inserted in the ini file under the [General] section, as "MovePointerAfterHotkeyKeyboard=1" to do the mouse move (else, the situation is as in v11.3 and before; also, a pause of the value of MovePointerAfterHotkeyKeyboard in milliseconds is inserted after the mouse move (this is to try to mitigate the " "201 hotkeys have been received in the last 0ms" error message that seems to be a side effect of the mouse move)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.3.0.9.5 Beta (Jul 20, 2021)

  • Special Folders
  • Add new Special Folders "Send To" and "System32"
  • Fix bug when opening in file dialog boxes some Special folders changed in v11.3.0.9.3
  • When Directory Opus is the selected file manager, fix bug getting Special Folders paths from new codes introduced in v11.3.0.9.3
  • Other:
  • Fix a display bug in "Options" when opening the "Popup Menu" tab using the link "excluded applications" under the "Popup Hotkeys" tab
  • Fix bug when changing folder in a CMD, PowerShell, ConEmu or Terminal windows when file manager preferences is set to "open in the current Windows Explorer window" (or "the current tab" for Total Commander or Directory Opus users)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.3.0.9.4 Beta (Jun 28, 2021)

  • Add Multiple Favorites dialog box (various improvements):
  • When loading favorites from a QAP Settings file (flat view), load all item's properties (parameters, etc.), not only name and location
  • When adding from QAP features, extend filter search to features descriptions in Content column
  • When adding from Special Folders, stop showing the codes in the content column and show their default names instead
  • When loading a Special Folder favorite having for name "Unknown Special Folder", replace the name with the Special Folder default name if its internal code is valid
  • When loading favorites from a QAP Settings file (tree view), fix bug when adding an item in an existing submenu, stop creating a duplicate submenu
  • Special Folders:
  • When saving favorites, create a backup of the settings file if a Special Folder location was updated
  • This backup file is named, for example, QuickAccessPopup-HOME-backup-special_folders-20210627121611.ini (where "20210627121611" is the year, month, day and time of the backup file)
  • Various:
  • In Edit Favorite dialog box, for Application favorites, stop updating the short menu name when the location is changed; update the name only when the location is changed using the "Running applications" dropdown list
  • In the "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box, when adding or editing a favorite in a sorted menu, in the menu options tab, fill the position dropdown list with the message "menu sorted automatically"
  • In "Options, Alternative Menu Hotkeys", rename the button "Reset default modifiers" to "Reset to saved modifiers" (to restore modifiers to their currently saved value) and add a new button "Reset to default modifiers" (to reset the modifiers to their default value)
  • Create backups for Shared menus ini file (one per day for the last five days)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.3.0.9.3 Beta (Jun 21, 2021)

  • Special Folders:
  • In the settings file, replace some Special Folders "hard-coded" locations with codes that will continue to work even after user moved the Special Folder to a new location
  • More precisely, replace "hard-coded" paths with one of the following codes: environment variables, Known Folders IDs or ClsIds; Special Folders updated are: Desktop, Common Desktop, Common Start Menu, Common Startup Menu, History, My Music, My Video, Pictures, Programs Folder (Start Menu), Public Folder, Public Libraries, Quick Launch, Recent Items, Start Menu, Startup, Templates, Temporary Files, Downloads and Windows directory
  • Replace existing Special Folders favorites locations with the new codes
  • When a desktop.ini (hidden file) is found in a Special Folder, retrieve the localized name and icon from this file, else continue as before and retreive them from the Windows Registry or use default names and icons set by QAP
  • Various:
  • When getting the name for a regular favorite folder, check if we can get it from a desktop.ini file, else continue as before and use the last part of the path
  • Fix bug when opening a favorite from a dynamic menu (like "Recent Folders") and when that favorite is not found
  • Fix bug trying to open the favorite not found if user selected to edit the favorite
  • Add menu item "Share QAP" under "Help" menu to open QAP website referrer page
  • Russian language file update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.3.0.9.2 Beta (May 28, 2021)

  • In Total Commander Directory hotlist, support the hide menu character for submenus
  • Fix bug when the Directory hotlist is saved in a redirected file
  • Other changes released in master release v11.3.0.1

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.3.0.1 (May 26, 2021)

  • Change menu labels under "Tools" menu to "Manage hotkeys", "Manage hotstrings" and "Manage icons"
  • Mitigate the "menu keyboard focus issue" (probably caused by Windows) by moving the mouse pointer at the menu position when the menu is open with a keyboard shortcut
  • Fix minor bug when retrieving the icon of a favorite document in dynamic menus (like "Recent Files")
  • Revert some changes done in v11.3 under the title "Retrieve icon automatically for favorite links":
  • Stop loading the web page title and the web site favicon together in the same command (you can retreve the favicon under the "Menu options" tab);
  • Prevent disabling favorite name text box when retrieving the web page title;
  • Retrieve web page title and website icon using HTTP requests as before v11.3 (until additional testing of the new commands using asynchronous HTTP requests)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.3.0.9.1 Beta (May 22, 2021)

  • Change menu labels under "Tools" menu to "Manage hotkeys", "Manage hotstrings" and "Manage icons"
  • Trying to solve the "menu keyboard focus issue" by moving the mouse pointer at the menu position when the menu is open with a keyboard shortcut
  • In Total Commander, when loading the Hotlist (DirMenu) from a redirected location, replace the TC pseudo-environment variable %Commander_Path% with WinCmd.ini folder's location
  • Read Total Commander Hotlist hide menu character (new in beta release v10) before each menu refresh; use this hiding character to skip menu items in the Hotlist (work in progress - hiding submenus is not supported yet); if the hide character starts with "-", disable hiding

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.3.0.0 (May 12, 2021)

  • In short:
  • Custom icons size for each submenu
  • Improved "Select Icon" dialog box
  • Retrieve website icons automatically for favorites links (favicon)
  • Shortened long paths in "Recent..." and "Frequent..." menus
  • Tips and tricks shown when you launch QAP
  • Menu Icons Size:
  • allow to set custom menu icons size for each submenu
  • for each menu, a new dropdown list in the "Menu Options" tab of the "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box, allows to:
  • select a custom size (from 16 to 64 pixels) for this menu
  • inherit the size from the parent menu
  • use the default size from "Options, Menu Icons" dialog box
  • choose to display no icon in this menu
  • the Main menu always has the default icon size
  • Menu Icons Selection:
  • improve the "Select Icon" dialog box when selecting an icon for a favorite
  • support for image files (*.png, *.bmp, *.gif, *.jpg) in addition to previously supported icon files (*.dll, *.exe, *.ico, *.ocx, *.cpl)
  • image file (*.png, *.bmp, *.gif, *.jpg) must be square and between 16x16 and 64x64 pixels
  • support keyboard navigation and selection of menu icons
  • move links to select banks of icons in dll files (JLicons.dll, Shell32.dll and ImageRes.dll) from the "Edit Favorite" dialog box to the "Select Icon" dialog box
  • in the "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box, "Menu Options" tab, fix a bug if user hits Cancel in "Edit icon resource" dialog box
  • Startup tips:
  • tips and tricks shown when you launch QAP- you can choose the interval between tips in "Options, General" or you can browse them as you wish- each tip includes links to dialog boxes or Knowledge Base web pages
  • Customize window:
  • keep moving items in favorites list when holding the mouse click on "Up" and "Down" arrow buttons in "Customize" window
  • Retrieve icon automatically for favorite links:
  • a new button to retrieve the web site icon (favicon) and assign it to the added or edited favorite (replacing the existing icon if it has one)
  • website icon images are saved in the folder "icons" under the QAP working directory (it is created the first time if it did not exist)
  • when adding or editing a favorite of type "Link", rename the button "Get title" to "Get title and icon" and retrieve both
  • retrieve website icon and webpage title using asynchronous HTTP requests with a timeout after 10 seconds (each) avoiding hanging QAP if the website does not respond
  • Various:
  • added a new option in "Options, Menu Appearance" to shorten long paths in "Recent Folders", "Recent Files", "Frequent Folders" and "Frequent Files" menus
  • for new installations, under the "In the Works" submenu, move the "Recent Folders" and "Recent Files" menus to the top
  • in the "Free Edition", limit "Frequent Folders", Frequent Files", "Recent Folders" and "Recent Files" menus to 5 enabled items
  • add two QAP Features "Current Folders" and "Current Applications" to show only open folders or only running applications as an alternatives to the "Current Windows" menu that shows both (add a favorite of type "QAP Feature" and select the category "Dynamic Menus")
  • when building a menu, prevent the unexpected situation where a favorite would not have a short name for the menu by giving it a temporary name
  • Translation:
  • French, Italian, Spanish, German, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Chinese language files updates
  • fix encoding errors in some translation files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.2.9.10 Beta (May 10, 2021)

  • Fix bug displaying icons when "Display icon" checkbox is unchecked in "Options, Menu Icons"
  • Fix bug when setting a custom icons size for menu open with a shortcut or hotstring
  • In "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box, "Menu Options" tab, fix a bug if user hits Cancel in "Edit icon resource" dialog box
  • In Free Edition, limit "Frequent Folders", Frequent Files", "Recent Folders" and "Recent Files" menus to 5 enabled items
  • Italian and Portuguese translation update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.2.9.9 Beta (May 3, 2021)

  • Use the current menu's icons size when showing the "Show menu" eye icon in the "Customize" window
  • Make the select icons file always on top
  • Fix encoding errors in Italian translation
  • Korean and French translation for v11.3

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.2.9.7 Beta (Apr 26, 2021)

  • Menu Icons Size:
  • Allow to set custom menu icons size for each submenu
  • Default icon size is set in "Options, Menu Icons" dialog box
  • For each menu, a new dropdown list in the "Menu Options" tab of the "Add/Edit
  • Favorite" dialog box, allows to:
  • Select a custom size (from 16 to 64 pixels) for this menu
  • Inherit the size from the parent menu
  • Use the default size from "Options, Menu Icons"
  • Choose to display no icon in this menu
  • The Main menu always has the default icon size
  • Changing the default icon size in "Options, Menu Icons" dialog box will now prompt you to restart QAP
  • Web sites icons:
  • Retrieve favicon using an asynchronous HTTP request, avoiding hanging QAP if the website does not respond

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.2.9.6 Beta (Apr 26, 2021)

  • When adding or editing a favorite of type "Link", rename the button "Get title" to "Get title and icon"
  • Retrieve the web site icon (favicon) and assign it to the added or edited favorite (replacing the existing icon if it has one)
  • First try to retrieve the file favicon.ico in the root of the web site and, if it fails, try retrieving the PNG image using a Google script
  • Save icon images in the folder "icons" under the QAP working directory (create it if it does not already exist)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.2.9.5 Beta (Apr 18, 2021)

  • In "Select Icon" dialog box, allow selection of icons using the keyboard arrows, a blue square highlighting the selected icon; press Enter to select an icon
  • Using the mouse, highlight an icon by clicking on it and select an icon with double-click
  • Changed the size of the "Select Icon" dialog box to 5 rows of 10 icons
  • Italian and Spanish language files update for v11.2.9.2

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.2.9.4 Beta (Apr 12, 2021)

  • Improve the "Select Icon" dialog box when selecting an icon for a favorite
  • Support for image files (*.png; *.bmp; *.gif; *.jpg) in addition to previously supported icon files (*.dll; *.exe; *.ico; *.ocx; *.cpl)
  • Move links to select banks of icons in dll files (JLicons.dll, Shell32.dll and ImageRes.dll) from "Edit Favorite" to "Select Icon" dialog box
  • When selecting an image or an icon file containing only one icon, immediately select it, otherwise, if the file contains multiple icons, display the icons in a grid allowing the user to click the icon to select for the favorite
  • When selecting an icon from the "Manage Icons" dialog box (menu "Tools, Icons"), use the new "Select Icon" dialog box
  • When selecting an icon for the tray in "Options, Launch Advanced Options", use the new "Select Icon" dialog box
  • Show an error message when trying to select an icon file (*.dll; *.exe; *.ocx; *.cpl) that contains no icon
  • When trying to select an icon from an image file (*.png; *.bmp; *.gif; *.jpg), display an error message if the image is not square or if it is larger than 64 x 64 pixels
  • German, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Chinese langue files updates for v11.2.9.2

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.2.9.2 Beta (Apr 5, 2021)

  • Cosmetic changes to Startup Tips dialog box
  • Removed test tips

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.2.0.3 (Mar 10, 2021)

  • Bug fixes in this maintenance release:
  • fix bug showing sometimes wrong content in the "Customize" window when it was open using a shortcut
  • fix bug in snippets causing the ending character wrongly added when pasting the snippet using a shortcut or the menu
  • when the selected language is other than English, fix bug showing the translation of "None" in the startup tip if user selected no mouse or no keyboard hotkey for the QAP menu

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.2.0.2 (Feb 8, 2021)

  • Bug fix:
  • Fix bug when a menu with automatic sorting includes an item with a pipe (|) character in its name
  • Improvements:
  • After saving with "Add Active Folder or Web Page Express", avoid showing briefly the Customize window
  • Do not add an hotstring ending key to snippets when the option "Do not wait for Ending key" is enabled
  • Russian translation for v11.2.x

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.2.0.1 (Feb 2, 2021)

  • the total number of items in the menu cannot exceed 75 items;

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.2 (Feb 1, 2021)

  • Special Searches:
  • add the submenu "Special Searches" under the "Tools" menu and move the "Search All Favorites" under this menu
  • add the "Search Folders, Documents or Applications not found" menu item under "Special Searches"
  • add the "Search Broken Favorites Links (404)" menu item under "Special Searches"; display progress info while searching for broken links
  • Drag and Drop:
  • in the "Customize" window, items can now be moved up or down in a menu using Drag & Drop (thanks to LV_Rows class from Rodolfo U. Batista aka Pulover)
  • to move a favorite above or below the visible list, drag the mouse over or above the list to scroll its content
  • Free Edition:
  • when executed without a license (or with an expired or invalid license), QAP runs with the following limitations:
  • the total number of items in the menu cannot exceed 100 items;
  • the total number of items inside Live Folder menus is limited to 50 items;
  • only one Shared Menu can be included in the menu.
  • at its first launch, QAP shows information about limitations (user with a license can select "Help, Manage your license" to save their license)
  • items exceeding the limits will be disabled
  • the dialog box about limitations is also shown when at least one limit is exceeded
  • when running in Free mode, the tag "Free" is added to the version number in QAP window title
  • Improvements:
  • Saving favorites: optimize saving time by showing a "wait" cursor instead of showing the submenu currently processed
  • Placeholders: improve retrieving the selected file or folder for the {SEL...} placeholders
  • Licensing: improve dialog box message when installing a new license and deleting previous license info; for subscription licenses, show license expiration date in "About" dialog box
  • Check for update: in the dialog box show only the download button for the current installation (Easy Setup or Portable ZIP)
  • Changing folder in a dialog box: improve changing folder in applications having more that one text field in the "Open" or "Save As" dialog boxes (technical note: when identifying the Edit control used to change folder, use the control having the focus if it is an Edit control, else use the control "Edit1" as before; this fixes an issue in UltraEdit and other app's file dialog boxes)
  • "About" dialog box: redesign the "About Quick Access Popup" dialog box and add credits for contributors
  • Bug fixes:
  • "Customize" window:
  • fix bug when showing hand cursor when the mouse hovers some of the window buttons
  • fix a bug retrieving the web page title when adding a Link favorite using the command "Add Active Folder or Web Page Express"
  • fix bug when moving favorites up or down in the list to also move the dates and stats columns content if the "Display dates and stats columns" option is enabled
  • fix bug when saving the options after the maximum number of Live folder items was exceeded
  • fix bug when selecting the "Customize" menu item from the QAP tray menu while the QAP main window is open with a search result
  • Launching favorites:
  • send hotstring ending character when executing a snippet in macro mode
  • fix a bug retrieving the current location for {CUR...} placeholders when the current location is the Desktop
  • Startup:
  • fix bug causing error message at startup when Special folders locations was changed
  • Language update:
  • German, French, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian-Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Deutsh language files language update for v11.2
  • Spanish and Chinese language update for v11
  • remove obsolete translations in Russian and Chinese language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.1.0.9.6 Beta (Jan 28, 2021)

  • improve reliability when getting the location of a selected file on the Desktop dynamic folder
  • language update for v11.2 German, French, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian-Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Deutsh; remove obsolete translations in Russian and Chinese language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.1.0.9.5 Beta (Jan 24, 2021)

  • Fix bug causing error message at startup about special folders
  • Internal changes related to license management

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.1.0.9.3 Beta (Jan 19, 2021)

  • optimize saving time by removing the tooltip displayed when saving favorites and rebuilding the menu; instead, display the wait cursor (blue circle) while saving and rebuilding the menu
  • fix bug when searching broken links and URL contains a placeholder
  • before searching broken links, display a warning message in a dialog box
  • under "Tools, Special Searches" menu, do not display the menu item "Search Favorites not used in the last ~1~ days" if the QAP usage database is disabled
  • when identifying the Edit control used to change folder in a file dialog box, fix bug getting the control having the focus and, if it is an Edit control, use it, else use Edit1 or Edit2 (as before)
  • fix bug when selecting the "Customize" menu item from the QAP tray menu while the QAP main window is open with a search result displayed
  • for subscription licenses, show license expiration date in "About" dialog box
  • French translation update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.1.0 (Dec 2, 2020)

  • Exclusions in Recent/Frequent menus:
  • See: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-filter-out-items-in-current-windows-recent-or-frequent-menus
  • Add new section "Menu Exclusions" under the "Options" menu with zones for folders and files exclusions in "Recent" or "Frequent" menus
  • Move the "Current Windows Exclusions" option from "Various Advanced Options" to "Menu Exclusions"
  • Filter out items in "Recent Folders" and "Frequent Folders" if their path is under one of the items in the "Folder Exclusions" list of the "Menu Exclusions" options
  • Filter out items in "Recent Files" and "Frequent Files" if their path is under one of the items in "Folder Exclusions" or if their extensions is one of the items in "Files Exclusion" of the "Menu Exclusions" options
  • Support wildcards * and ? when filtering files and folder in "Frequent" and "Recent" menus
  • Add Multiple favorites / Import Favorites:
  • See: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-add-multiple-favorites-in-one-click/
  • Add a new source in "Favorite, Add Multiple Favorites" named "QAP Settings File (tree view)" allowing to import favorites by selecting the menus or submenus to import
  • This imports favorites of any types from the selected .ini file with all their properties
  • Rename existing source from "QAP Settings File (items)" to "QAP Settings File (flat view)" to distinguish it from the new source
  • This new feature replaces the "Import Favorites" with a stronger validation against duplicate favorite names
  • In "File, Import/Export Settings", disable the "Favorites" checkbox and add a button "Import Favorites" opening the "Add Multiple Favorites" dialog box with the source "QAP Settings File (tree view)"
  • Various improvements:
  • Support comments in user variables list; any lines not starting with { is treated as a comment
  • Add the "Suspend Hotkeys" menu to QAP System menu (right-click on the QAP icon) and keep it under the "Tools" menu
  • In the "Options, Customize Window" section, add the new checkbox "When saving a favorite, check if an existing favorite has the same location or content"
  • When replacing an hotstring trigger with a snippet's content, by default keep the ending character (this is an new behaviour for existing snippets with hotstrings)
  • Add the hotstring option "Omit the ending character when pasting snippets" for situations where the user wants the ending character to be removed when pasting a snippet (applicable only to hotstrings for "Text Mode" snippets
  • When saving a favorite, if its location does not exist, offer to save the favorite anyway (default is No)
  • When expanding user variables in locations or elsewhere, also expand environment variables embedded inside user variables
  • Do not open "Add/Edit Favorites" and other dialog boxes inside the "Customize" window while favorites are being saved (preventing save errors in some situations)
  • In the "Add/Edit Favorites" for menu and shared menus, save space (needed when editing a shared menu) by moving the automatic sort options to a new dialog box
  • Display extended error codes in case of SQLite database error
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix bug to enable the "Save" button in "Add Multiple favorites" dialog box when selecting all items
  • Fix bug when adding multiple favorites in an empty destination menu
  • Fix bug when escaping the "Change Hotstring" dialog box and fix bug when loading favorites in "Manage Hotstrings" dialog box with "See all favorites" option enabled
  • Fix minor display bug and delete temporary files when cancelling the save license process
  • Language update:
  • German, Italian, Brazilian-Portuguese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese and French language files update
  • Looking for translators to update Spanish and Russian language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.0.7.1 (Nov 14, 2020)

  • fix a bug introduced in v11.0.7 causing undesired items being added to the "Recent Folders" and "Frequent Folders" menus
  • exclude applications in "Recent Files" and "Frequent Files" menus (revert to pre-v11.0.7 state)
  • Unwanted items in these menus will disappear by themselves after some time as new recent items will replace them. If you wish to remove them immediately, flush the QAP database (see menu "Options, Database"). Sorry for the inconvenience.

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.0.7 (Nov 11, 2020)

  • Avoid delays caused by network drives offline:
  • see updates Network drive help page: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-create-favorites-on-network-drives/
  • new option under "Options, Menu Advanced Options" to specify if network drives with UNC path ("\...") or with drive letters can sometimes be offline (enabled by default)
  • new option under "Options, Menu Advanced Options" to specify what drive letters are assigned to network drives that could be sometimes offline
  • avoid an unexpected delays when refreshing dynamic menus by not checking if a file exist or if it has a custom icon for favorites saved on a network drive that can be offline (dynamic menus are: "Frequent Folders", "Frequent Files", "Recent Folders" and "Recent Files")
  • when refreshing the "Drives" menu (under "My QAP Essentials"), avoid retrieving label and free space for drive letters assigned to network drives that can be offline
  • Other bug fixes or minor improvements:
  • fix bug when adding favorite from a submenu QAP feature like "Add Favorite - Special Folder" under "My Special Folders"
  • include applications in "Recent Files" and "Frequent Files" menus
  • under "Options, Various Advanced Options", in "Delays (in ms) during Snippet execution", make configurable a 4th delay executed after sending the snippet and before restoring the Clipboard, delay increased from 100 ms to 150 ms

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.0.6.9.3 Beta (Nov 10, 2020)

  • Reverse checkbox options from "drive are always online" to "drive can sometimes be offline"
  • Disable drive letters list if option "drive can sometimes be offline" is unchecked
  • Standardise network drive letter to uppercase and save only letters
  • Fix bug when location has no drive (like "notepad.exe")

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.0.6.9.2 Beta (Nov 9, 2020)

  • expand environment variables and user variables like %temp% or {Dropbox} before checking if a favorite is on a network drive

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.0.6.9.1 Beta (Nov 3, 2020)

  • Avoid delays caused by network drives offline
  • New option under "Options, Menu Advanced Options" to specify that network drives with UNC path ("\...") or with drive letters (see below) are always online (disabled by default)
  • New option under "Options, Menu Advanced Options" to specify what drive letters are assigned to network drives that could be temporarily offline
  • Avoid an unexpected delays when refreshing dynamic menus by not checking if a file exist or if it has a custom icon for favorites saved on a network drive that could be offline (dynamic menus are: "Frequent Folders", "Frequent Files", "Recent Folders" and "Recent Files")
  • When refreshing the "Drives" menu (under "My QAP Essentials"), avoid retrieving label and free space for drive letters assigned to network drives that could be offline (see above)
  • See Network drive help: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-create-favorites-on-network-drives/

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.0.6.1 (Oct 31, 2020)

  • Fix a bug when saving the license in v11.0.6 released yesterday
  • In "Add Multiple Favorites" dialog box, add a checkbox to select or deselect all rows
  • Fix bug always showing the "Cancel changes" dialog box in "Options" when active file manager is Total Commander
  • When opening a menu from QAPmessenger, validate that the menu exists and display an error message if does not exist
  • Adjustments in the way QAP gets a unique system identifier for license management (may require for a small number of users to delete an obsolete code in the "Manage License" command - see https://forum.quickaccesspopup.com/showthread.php?tid=1256)
  • Add links to tutorial videos in "Help" menu and "Help" dialog box
  • New option under "Advanced Menu Options" to "Show advanced Settings file menu items under the 'File' menu"
  • Update French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch and Chinese language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.0.6 (Oct 31, 2020)

  • in "Add Multiple Favorites" dialog box, add a checkbox to select or deselect all rows
  • fix bug always showing the "Cancel changes" dialog box in "Options" when active file manager is Total Commander
  • when opening a menu from QAPmessenger, validate that the menu exists and display an error message if does not exist
  • adjustments in the way QAP gets a unique system identifier for license management (may require for a small number of users to delete an obsolete code in the "Manage License" command - see https://forum.quickaccesspopup.com/showthread.php?tid=1256)
  • add links to tutorial videos in "Help" menu and "Help" dialog box
  • new option under "Advanced Menu Options" to "Show advanced Settings file menu items under the 'File' menu"
  • update French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch and Chinese language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.0.5.1 (Oct 30, 2020)

  • To get unique system id, when the motherboard returns an invalid serial number, use C: drive serial number as fallback instead of MAC address or processor serial number; add invalid values fo motherboard serial number
  • In multiple add with listview, add a checkbox to select all rows or none
  • When opening a menu from QAPmessenger, validate that the menu exists and display an error message if does not exist
  • Remove obsolete donate message at startup for portable version
  • Update FR, DE, IT, KO, PT-BR and PT language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.0.5.0 (Oct 24, 2020)

  • New in v11.0.5:
  • fix bug getting the unique system id used to count the installations for a license (may require to remove obsolete installation codes on the website)
  • remove irrelevant options and info from the "Manage your license" dialog box and add a link to the License help page
  • add a link to the License help in the "Help, About" dialog box
  • clarify language in "Save your license" and make the "Continue" button the default button (allowing to save the license by pressing Enter)
  • Italian language file update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.0.3.0 (Oct 20, 2020)

  • New licensing system replacing the sponsor codes with various paid licenses and a free edition
  • Add multiple favorites in one step: folders, documents, applications, Special Folders or QAP Features to a specified submenu or group
  • Improvements to: Customize window, Live folders, Windows Terminal support, Directory Opus and Total Commander support
  • License processing:
  • Implement a new licensing system replacing the sponsor codes; new licenses are available for a modest price and a free edition is also available
  • When users launch QAP without a valid license, it displays the "Manage License" dialog box where users can get a license on QAP website or to enter their license they
  • The "Help, Manage your license" menu in the "Customize" window allows to manage the license on QAP website (using a password sent when getting the license), remove installations, etc.
  • The "About" dialog box now displays the license info with a link to copy the info to the Clipboard
  • The new QAP feature "Manage License" allows to insert this feature anywhere in your QAP menu
  • New license text in the "About" dialog box, setup file and portable zip file
  • Add Multiple Favorites:
  • A new menu "Favorite, Add Multiple Favorites" in the "Cuszomize" window allows to add various favorites to a menu or group in one step;
  • Multiple favorites sources are:
  • add favorites folders or applications from the "Current Windows";
  • add items from the "Recent Folders" or the "Recent Files";
  • add items from the "Frequent Folders" or the "Frequent Files";
  • add multiple QAP Features or Special Folders;
  • add folders, documents or applications favorites from a selected folder;
  • add any favporites from any QAP settings file.
  • The list in the "Add Multiple Favorites" dialog box can be filtered by keywords or sorted
  • Optionally a checkbox excludes from the list the favorites already found in the QAP menu
  • Customize window:
  • Right-click entries in the favorites list of the "Customize" window to open a contextual menu allowing to "Add", "Edit", "Remove", "Copy" or "Move" the selected favorite(s)
  • Live Folders:
  • In favorites folders with "Live folder" option enabled, the option "Refresh this Live Folder menu only with the command 'Refresh Live Folders'" will prevent refreshing this live folder menu each time the menu is refreshed
  • Allow "Live folder" option in favorite folders inside groups
  • Various improvements:
  • Replace the old (an unfriendly) Windows "Select Folder" dialog box with a more workable dialog box (thanks to Flipeador) where the folder can be changed with the QAP menu
  • For Directory Opus and Total Commander users, add an option in "Options, File Managers" section to set the default side (lister or pane) for new tabs to "Left" (or top), "Right" (or botton) or "Active side"
  • Add support for the Windows app "Windows Terminal" (with same features as for CMD command line or PowerShell)
  • Optimize the menu refresh when items are on an offline network drive (UNC)
  • In portable ZIP file, update readme.txt file and merge Update_instructions.txt
  • Small bug fixes:
  • Fix bug not removing the small status popup window when using the "Refresh Live Folders and Shared menus" command
  • Fix bug when saving changes to the properties of a Shared menu
  • Translation:
  • German, Italian, Portuguese-Brazil, Portuguese, Korean and French language files update for v11

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 11.0.0.0 (Oct 17, 2020)

  • SUMMARY:
  • New licensing system replacing the sponsor codes with various paid licenses and a free edition
  • Add in one step multiple folders, documents, applications, Special Folders or QAP Features to a specified submenu or group
  • Improvements to: Customize window, Livefolders, Windows Terminal support, Directory Opus and Total Commander support
  • License processing:
  • Implement a new licensing system replacing the sponsor codes; new licenses are available for a modest price and a free edition is also available
  • (more info: https://forum.quickaccesspopup.com/showthread.php?tid=1208)
  • When users launch QAP without a valid license, it displays the "Manage License" dialog box where users can get a license on QAP website or to enter their license they
  • The "Help, Manage your license" menu in the "Customize" window allows to manage the license on QAP website (using a password sent when getting the license), remove installations, etc.
  • The "About" dialog box now displays the license info with a link to copy the info to the Clipboard
  • The new QAP feature "Manage License" allows to insert this feature anywhere in your QAP menu
  • New license text in the "About" dialog box, setup file and portable zip file
  • Add Multiple Favorites:
  • A new menu "Favorite, Add Multiple Favorites" in the "Cuszomize" window allows to add various favorites to a menu or group in one step;
  • Multiple favorites sources are:
  • Add favorites folders or applications from the "Current Windows";
  • Add items from the "Recent Folders" or the "Recent Files";
  • Add items from the "Frequent Folders" or the "Frequent Files";
  • Add multiple QAP Features or Special Folders;
  • Add folders, documents or applications favorites from a selected folder;
  • Add any favporites from any QAP settings file.
  • The list in the "Add Multiple Favorites" dialog box can be filtered by keywords or sorted
  • Optionally a checkbox excludes from the list the favorites already found in the QAP menu
  • Customize window:
  • Right-click entries in the favorites list of the "Customize" window to open a contextual menu allowing to "Add", "Edit", "Remove", "Copy" or "Move" the selected favorite(s)
  • Live Folders:
  • In favorites folders with "Live folder" option enabled, the option "Refresh this Live Folder menu only with the command 'Refresh Live Folders'" will prevent refreshing this live folder menu each time the menu is refreshed
  • Allow "Live folder" option in favorite folders inside groups
  • Various improvements:
  • Replace the old (an unfriendly) Windows "Select Folder" dialog box with a more workable dialog box (thanks to Flipeador) where the folder can be changed with the QAP menu
  • For Directory Opus and Total Commander users, add an option in "Options, File Managers" section to set the default side (lister or pane) for new tabs to "Left" (or top), "Right" (or botton) or "Active side"
  • Add support for the Windows app "Windows Terminal" (with same features as for CMD command line or PowerShell)
  • Optimize the menu refresh when items are on an offline network drive (UNC)
  • In portable ZIP file, update readme.txt file and merge Update_instructions.txt
  • Small bug fixes:
  • Fix bug not removing the small status popup window when using the "Refresh Live Folders and Shared menus" command
  • Fix bug when saving changes to the properties of a Shared menu
  • Translation:
  • German, Italian, Protuguese-Brazil, Portuguese, Korean and French language files update for v11

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.5.9.7 Beta (Oct 10, 2020)

  • German, Italian, Protuguese-Brazil, Portuguese, Korean and French language files update for v11
  • New license text in the About dialog box, setup file and portable zip file
  • In portable ZIP file, update readme.txt file and merge Update_instructions.txt
  • Internal code cleanup

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.5.9.6 Beta (Oct 3, 2020)

  • Add Multiple Favorites: add favorites from a QAP ini file
  • Various adjustments related to license processing

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.5.6 (Aug 24, 2020)

  • fix bug when selecting an .ico file in "Edit Favorite"
  • fix error in startup message fpor sponsor users

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.5.5 (Aug 14, 2020)

  • In the "Sponsor this software" dialog box, add a button for credit cart sponsoring payment (as an alternative to PayPal)
  • In Setup program final screen, add a checkbox for credit card sponsoring payment (as an alternative to PayPal)
  • In "Edit Favorite", when changing folder location for a favorite already having a custom icon, preserve this icon except if the folder has a Windows custom icon configured (in desktop.ini)
  • In "Edit Favorite", when selecting an icon, if the selected file is an .ico file, select the icon automatically (instead of showing a list of "one" icon)
  • Enable the "File, Save" and "File, Save & Close" menu items after changing shortcuts or hotstrings in the "Manage Shortcuts/Hotstrings" lists
  • Add a message to user if a moved or copied favorite has been renamed because a favorite with the same name existed in the destination menu
  • In "Import/Export" dialog box, validate that the export destination folder exists and, if not, offer to create the destination folder (plus other minor improvements in this dialog box)
  • Fix internal bug when moving a group to another submenu

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.5.4 (Jul 21, 2020)

  • Fix bug when loading the Alternative menus modifiers (default modifiers remained active even after they were changed in Options)
  • Add a button in "Options, "Alternative Menu Hotkeys" to reset the default Alternative menu modifiers and an help link about Alternative menu modifiers
  • Fix bug with Directory Opus Favorites "Layouts" submenu
  • Stop opening the "Customize" window when double-clicking the QAP icon in the Notification zone
  • Fix bug in the installer when QAP working folder path included something between curly brackets

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.5.9.3 Beta (Jul 13, 2020)

  • fix bug not removing the small statut popup window when using the "Refresh Live Folders and Shared menus" command
  • add sources to multiple add: "Frequent folders", "Frequent files", "Recent folders" and Recent files"
  • add a checkbox to exclude existing favorites
  • remove duplicates in current windows source
  • sort "QAP Features" and "Special folder" by their default names
  • move filter text field below the folder text field
  • improve QAP features help dialog box and add link to help page (open the page if user clicks Yes)
  • display "wait" mouse cursor when loading from Frequent or Recent sources

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.5.3 / 10.5.9.2 Beta (Jul 12, 2020)

  • Looking for a volunteer translator to take over SPANISH language translation *
  • Fix bug to support favorite Link's "Parameters" option allowing, for example, to add the "-incognito" Chrome's parameter to open a window
  • Remove ending backslash of folders path when saving favorite folders them to settings file or to database, except if folder is a root like "C:"
  • Also remove ending backslash when loading them from ini file (for folder saved before this release)
  • Fix bug when suggesting a favorite short name for menu when folder's path ends with backslash
  • Allow to edit or paste the icons file path when selecting a favorite's icon
  • New JLicon.dll file v1.6.1 fixing wrong icon for live folders
  • (NOTE for portable version users: extract this icon file from the ZIP file and replace the previous one in QAP folder)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.5.9.1 Beta (Jul 4, 2020)

  • Add Multiple Favorites:
  • add a new dialog box "Add Multiple Favorites" to add multiple items in one click from these various sources: folders, applications and folders current open (and in future releases: list of QAP features, list of Special folders, Frequent and Recent Folders and Files from the QAP database)
  • add a filter in the dialog box "Add Multiple Favorites" to restrict the list of candidate items using text filter or, when the source is "Folder", wildcards * and ?
  • add the "Add Multiple Favorites" QAP feature in the section "Menu Editing" of QAP Features list
  • add the "Add Multiple Favorites" entry to "Favorite" menu in the "Customize" window menu bar
  • add a button in the "Add Favorite - Select type" dialog box to open the "Add Multiple Favorites" dialog box
  • Various improvements:
  • add entries to the favorites list context menu to "Add", "Edit", "Remove", "Copy" or "Move" the selected favorite
  • replace the old (an unfriendly) Windows "Select Folder" dialog box with a more workable dialog box (thanks to Flipeador) allowing to change folder with the QAP menu
  • add an option in "Options, File Managers" section to set the default side (lister or pane) for new tabs in Directory Opus and Total Commander to "Left" (or top), "Right" (or botton) or "Active side"
  • get localized name from desktop.ini (when available) to set the default "Short name for menu" when adding a folder or to set folders name in Live folders
  • for favorites folders with "Live folder" option enabled, add the option "Refresh this Live Folder menu only with the command 'Refresh Live Folders'"
  • allow "Live folder" option in favorite folders inside groups
  • Bug fixes to be released in v10.5.3:
  • support "Parameters" (in Advanced Settings") for "Link" favorites (for example for parameter -incognito with Chrome)
  • new JLicons.dll file v1.6.1 fixing a missing icon for Live folders (postable users must update the JLicons.dll file in their QAP folder)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.5.2 (Jun 28, 2020)

  • When adding a favorite, retrieve custom folder icon in hidden file desktop.ini if it exists
  • For portable installation, check icons file JLicons.dll version and display error message if the file is outdated
  • Fix bug when adding an item from a QAP feature in submenu
  • Fix bug checking for duplicates when loading favorites
  • Fix bug when using the command "Restore Customize window position"
  • Fix bug when items in Total Commander Hotlist menu contain ampersand (&)
  • When building TC Hotlist menu, disregard end of menu indicator ("--") in main menu (as TC tolerates this syntax error)
  • Fix internal bug when restoring favorites after user chacelled changes in the "Customize" window

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.5.1 (Jun 19, 2020)

  • When building Live folders, retrieve localized sub folders names (if it exists in desktop.ini file)
  • When adding a folder and retrieving suggested "Short name for menu", retrieve localized sub folders name (if it exists in desktop.ini file)
  • When checking for an update on QAP website, improve caching and error checking
  • Add diagnostic code when checking for a newer version (contact me on the forum if you experienced issues with the "Check for update" command not reporting a newer release)
  • Fix bug in "Sort" menus when selecting the "Customize Window Options" item
  • Fix bug causing an error message when disabling the "Display dates and stats" checkbox in "Options, Customize Window"
  • Fix other bugs when sorting menus

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.5.0 (Jun 13, 2020)

  • Six new Windows Special Folders favorites:
  • New QAP Special Folders entries...
  • In "Basic" section: "Windows Search"
  • In "Power User" section: "Notification Area Icons", "Task Manager", "Disk Management"
  • In "Sysadmin" section: "Event Viewer" and
  • In "Hardware" section: "Computer Management"
  • Do use these new items, add them to your menu by adding a favorite of type "Special Folder" (https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/how-do-i-add-windows-special-folders-to-my-menu/)
  • Automatic sorting of submenus (in "Edit Favorite" dialog box for iems of types "Menu" or "Shared menu"):
  • New option allowing to automatically sort favorites in the menu
  • Sort by "Name", "Type", "Hotkey", "Location or content", "Created date", "Modified date" and, if the QAP database is enabled, by "Last used date" or "Usage" level
  • Open a subfolder automatically (in "Edit Favorite" dialog box, "Advanced Settings" tab):
  • New option for favorites of type "Folder" to open automatically one of its subfolder based on its date
  • Open the most recently or most anciently created, modified or accessed subfolder
  • For more info: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/what-are-the-advanced-options-for-favorite-folders/
  • Favorites list in Customize window:
  • In "Options, Customize Window", a new option to display additional columns in the favorites list: last modification date, creation date, last usage date and usage level (the same options also applies to the search result list)
  • A new "Sort" button on the left side of the "Customize" window opens a popup menu allowing to sort the favorites in the displayed menu by any column (this does a one-time sorting in regular submenus or change the sort criteria in automatically sorted menus)
  • In the "Sort" menu, two additional entries allow to edit the current menu and access the "Customize Window" options
  • Right-clicking in the favorites list, open the "Sort" menu allowing to sort the items or access the "Edit this menu" or "Customize Window Options" dialog boxes
  • Various bug fixes:
  • Fix a bug in the installer (setup mode only) when checking for the Explorer context menu option
  • When adding a favorite with the "Add Active Folder or Web page Express" command or with the context menu entries "Add Folder/File to QAP menu Express", make the ampersands "&" visibles automatically in favorite name by doubling them ("&&")
  • Fix bug when setting the submenu for items added from context menu entries "Add Folder/File to QAP menu Express" or other QAPmessenger commands
  • Fix bug updating the created date and last modified date when saving favorites and when converting UTC time to local time (and, at load time, fill the empty dates with current date-time for items that were not filled previously because of this bug)
  • Various improvements:
  • Add support for ConEmu (a console emulator) similar to support for Windows Console (command line) and PowerShell (https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-change-folder-in-windows-command-line-cmd-or-powershell/)
  • New JLicon.DLL icon file v1.6 with icons used in "Customize" window "Sort" popup menu to flag the current sort criteria
  • In "Options", the "Show QAP menu" option from "Customize Window" option was moved to the "Menu Advanced Options" section
  • Feature removed: "Starting number" option in Shared menus files is now not supported (this option has been deprecated since v8.1.9.1)
  • Update French, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese (fix some file encoding errors in this language), Russian, German, Italian, Dutch and Chinese language files for v10.5

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.4.2 (May 9, 2020)

  • Support relative path for Total Commander wincmd.ini configuration file (path relative to QAP folder)
  • Fix bug making Explorer window un-maximized when using "Add Active Folder or Web page Express" command
  • Fix bug making the Alternative menu commands not being executed in some situations
  • Fix bug causing a loop when opening a special folder in Total Commander using the "Open in new window" Alternative menu command
  • Fix bug with the "Edit a favorite" Alternative menu command opening the wrong favorite in some situations

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.4.1.1 (May 2, 2020)

  • Fix bug introduced in v10.4.1

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.4 (Apr 19, 2020)

  • IN SHORT:
  • COPY and MOVE SUBMENUS and groups
  • IMPROVED SEARCH tool with more actions on found items and optional advanced view
  • Improved navigation in submenus, groups and search results
  • Other various improvements, including new Russian language
  • More info: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/what_s_new-in-v10_4/
  • Copy and move submenus and groups:
  • allow to copy a single submenu or group and its contents (moving was already possible)
  • allow to copy or move multiple submenus or groups and all their contents (using shift+click or ctrl+click to select multiple items)
  • when copying or moving favorites, add [!] to their name when an existing favorite has the same name (instead of aborting the copy/move)
  • Search:
  • improved "Search" tool in the "Customize" window
  • add three buttons on the left side of the Search result:
  • "Sort" button to sort by any search result column
  • "View menu" button to open a popup menu with the favorites currently in the search result (duplicate menu names are appended with the "[!]" suffix to make them unique)
  • "Open submenu" to open in the Customize window the submenu containing the selected item in the search result
  • when editing a favorite from the search result, stay in the search result (instead of changing the menu to the edited favorite as before)
  • allow to move multiple favorites from search result (multiple copy was already possible)
  • show all favorites in the search result when selecting the new menu item "Search All Favorites" under the "Tool" menu of the "Customize" window or when setting the search filter to "{All}"
  • in "Extended search", also search based on the favorite's menu path
  • when searching favorites in the "Customize" window, use the locale settings making (e.g. "�" considered as "e")
  • when favorite names include an ampersand (&) as a keyboard shortcut, search names wtih or without the ampersand
  • New Options for Search tool:
  • add an option in "Customize Window" section to set the "Search scope" to all favorites from main menu (default) or ton only favorites under the menu currently displayed in the "Customize" window
  • add an option to display additional columns in search result with dates and statistical info: date modified, date created, last usage date and usage frequency (QAP must me restarted after changing this option)
  • when QAP window is maximized and showing additional columns, squeeze larger columns to show all columns in the available space
  • do not display last used and usage stats columns if database disabled
  • add an option in section "Customize Window" to make the use locale settings optional when searching favorites (default enabled)
  • Previous/Next arrows:
  • in the "Customize" window, add "Next" arrow in addition to the "Previous" arrow, allowing to browse backward and forward in QAP already visited menus, groups or search results
  • add hotkeys Shift+Ctrl+Left to return to previous menu and Shift+Ctrl+Right move forward in visited menus in the "Customize" window
  • display the list of menu and groups already visited in the previous/next menus when hovering these arrows buttons
  • Various:
  • when saving a new, edited or copied favorite, alert user if an existing favorite in any submenu has the same location and some other properties
  • when clicking the "Sort" button in the "Customize" window, sort favorites based on user's locale setting (taking into account all non-English characters)
  • in the "Customize" window, add an icon on the bottom left side to open a popup menu with the favorites in the menu or group currently displayed
  • add the QAP feature "Favorites in Customize window" to show a menu with the current content (a sumenu, a group or a search result) of the "Customize" window (this dynamic menu can only be added to the "Main" menu)
  • Bug fixes:
  • fix bug when activating a running application instead of relaunching it if this option is selected in Application favorites
  • fix bug playing favorite's sound
  • fix bug when launching with the "Run as administrator" option enabled
  • fix various other minor bugs
  • Language:
  • add Russian language file
  • update of language files for German, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch language and Simplified Chinese languages (still looking for new a Spanish translator)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.3.9.11 Beta (Mar 29, 2020)

  • When searching favorites in the "Customize" window, use the locale settings making (e.g. "?" considered as "e")
  • Add an option in section "Customize Window" to make the use locale settings optional when searching favorites (default enabled)
  • Add Russian language file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.3.9.10 Beta (Mar 20, 2020)

  • When saving a new, edited or copied favorite, alert user if an existing favorite has the same location and some other properties
  • Update for v10.4 of language files for German, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch language and Simplified Chinese languages
  • (still looking for a Spanish translator)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.3.6 (Mar 9, 2020)

  • Total Commander:
  • add active folders in left and right panes of Total Commander when building the "Current windows" and "Reopen a Folder" dynamic menus, and support active folder in TC for the "Reopen Current Folder in Dialog Box"; at this time, re-opening the active TC folder in a file dialog box is currently not supported for some Windows Special Folders like "My Computer" or "Recycle Bin", but this can be improved in a future release
  • Snippets:
  • fix bug doubling backticks when editing snippets
  • fix bug when setting the default submenu in "Snippet Quick Add" dialog box
  • the submenu where a snippet added with the "Snippet Quick Add" is saved is the current menu in the "Customize" window (if it is visible) or the menu where the "Snippet Quick Add" feature was called (for example, "My Snippets" default submenu)
  • removed the option "Submenu for Snippet Quick Add" in "Options", "Snippets and Hotstrings" section (use instead the same approach as for "Add Favorite - QAP Feature" and "Add Favorite - Special Folder" described above)
  • fix bug centering buttons in the "Snippet Quick Add" dialog box
  • Various improvements:
  • when clicking the "Sort" button in the "Customize" window, sort favorites based on user's locale setting (taking into account all non-English characters)
  • add prompt "Click an icon to select it" to the new "Select icon" dialog box introduced in the last release
  • fix bug showing the "Customize" window when calling some features from the QAP System menu (right-click on the QAP icon in Notification zone)
  • Still looking for a SPANISH translator to take over the current translation

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.3.9.9 Beta (Mar 9, 2020)

  • Fix bug doubling backticks when editing snippets
  • Add support for Total Commander in "Current windows", "Reopen a Folder" and "Reopen Current Folder in Dialog Box" by retrieving active folders in left and right panes

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.3.9.8 Beta (Mar 5, 2020)

  • When clicking the "Sort" button in the "Customize" window, sort favorites based on user's locale setting (taking into account all non-English characters)
  • Add prompt "Click an icon to select it" to the new "Select icon" dialog box
  • Fix bug centering buttons in the "Snippet Quick Add" dialog box
  • Fix bug to show "Customize window" when calling various tools from the "Tools" and "Favorites" in the system menus (Tray menu in the notification zone)
  • Fix bug when setting the default submenu in "Snippet Quick Add" dialog box using the current menu in the "Customize" (if it is visible) or the menu where the "Snippet Quick Add" feature was called (for example, "My Snippets" default submenu)
  • Remove the option "Submenu for Snippet Quick Add" in "Snippets and Hotstrings" section (use instead same approach as for "Add Favorite - QAP Feature" and "Add Favorite - Special Folder" as described above)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.3.5 (Mar 1, 2020)

  • Replace Windows "Pick icon" small dialog box (crashing QAP on some systems) with custom and larger "Select icon" dialog box
  • Fix bug when a Shared menu settings file is not found (update strongly recommended for users of Shared menus)
  • Add a checkbox in the Setup program to make optional the creation of Start menu icon when installing QAP; uninstall and reinstall QAP (keeping your data in the QAP Settings folder) because this option is maintained if you only update QAP

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.3.9.6 Beta (Feb 9, 2020)

  • Copy and move submenus and groups:
  • Allow to copy or move multiple submenus or groups and all their contents
  • Allow to copy a single submenu or group and its contents (moving was already possible)
  • When copying or moving favorites, add [!] to their name when an existing favorite has the same name (instead of aborting the copy/move)
  • Search:
  • New "Search" implementation in "Customize" window with improved usability
  • When editing a favorite from the search result, stay in the search result (instead of changing the menu to the edited favorite as before)
  • Search result can be sorted by clicking the sort button on left side of the "Customize" window
  • In search results, add an icon on the left side to open a menu with the favorites currently in the search result (duplicate menu names are appended with the "[!]" suffix to make them unique)
  • Add another icon to open the menu containing the selected item
  • Allow to move multiple favorites from search result (multiple copy was already possible)
  • Show all favorites in the search result when the filter is set to "{All}" and add a menu item "Search All Favorites" under the "Tool" menu of the "Customize" window
  • In extended search, also search based on the menu path and stop searching in location for QAP features (as QAP feature code names are internal names)
  • When favorite names include an ampersand (&) as a keyboard shortcut, search the filter string in names w/o the ampersand
  • Fix bug when hitting Escape in search mode, close the search box instead of closing the "Customize" window
  • Customize Window Options:
  • Add an option to set the search scope for all favorites from main menu (default) or only for favorites under the menu currently displayed in the "Customize" window
  • Add an option to display additional columns in search result with statistical info (usage frequency, last usage date, date modified and date created)
  • Previous/Next arrows:
  • Add "Next" arrow in additon to the "Previous", allowing to browse backward and forward in QAP menus, groups or search results
  • Add hotkeys Shift+Ctrl+Left to return to previous menu and Shift+Ctrl+Right move forward in visited menus
  • Skip previous/next menu items if they has been removed since they were added to the previous/next stacks
  • Display the list of menu and groups in previous/next menus when hovering the arrows
  • Various:
  • In the "Customize" window, add an icon on the bottom left side to open a menu with the favorites in the menu or group currently displayed
  • Add the QAP feature "Favorites in Customize window" to show a menu with the current content (a sumenu, a group or a search result) of the "Customize" window (this dynamic menu can only be added to the Main menu)
  • Update the menus dropdown list in "Customize" window after submenus or groups were moved using up/down arrows
  • Lock window display during favorites loading and when closing the app
  • Fix bug when updating usage stats displayed in menu and "Customize window"

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.3.4 (Feb 7, 2020)

  • Save and restore maximized state when exiting with "Customize" window maximized
  • Fix bug with "Drives" menu when the option "Attach dynamic menus..." is unchecked
  • Fix bug when menu path exceeds the Windows limit of 259 or 260 (rare because normally, the operating system does not allow creation of folder path of this length)
  • Fix bugs when reading usage statistic from database
  • Correction for the "Repeat last action" and "Repeat last actions" menu items in Simplified Chinese (ZH-CN)
  • Dutch language update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.3.3 (Jan 18, 2020)

  • Add new Special folder "Applications" (can be added in the "Power User" section)
  • Fix bug when saving the "Options" causing the lost of the Snippets "Macro mode" default value
  • Fix bug when adding a favorite from context menu or using QAPmessenger, now add the favorite to Main menu instead of the last shown menu
  • Fix bug causing menu name too long error in some situation when building the menu
  • In favorites list, display QAP features default localized name and Special folders default names instead of repeating the custom name
  • Dutch language update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.3.2 (Jan 1, 2020)

  • when importing or exporting favorites with the "Import/Export Settings" command, fix bug when the "[Favorites]" section is larger than 65,532 characters (QAP now imports or exports favorites line by line instead of copying the section as a whole because of size limit)
  • display a progress popup text when importing or exporting favorites
  • when saving favorites, stop doing an internal backup of the "[Favorites]" section of the ini file as "[Favorites-backup]" when its size is larger than 65,532 characters (this backup section is unused and is copied only for debugging)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.3.1 (Dec 23, 2019)

  • Announcement:
  • Users who made a donation with QAP v9 or before, please see: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/upgrading-donor-code/
  • Merry Christmas and Happy New Decade 2020 !
  • Fix bug preventing to revert a Live Folder back to a normal favorite folder
  • Fix bug in dropdown list when selecting a favorite position and a menu contains a line separator
  • Improve how Live folder document icons and favorite documents default icons are retrieved from the associated applications files
  • Allow to add control panel items using the "Add this Folder" context menu command (for control panel items supporting the Explorer context menu)
  • Get localized name of an item added with an CLSID using the Explorer context menu and QAPmessenger (for example, items added from control panels with the "Add this Folder" command)
  • For Directory Opus and Total Commander users, fix a bug when trying to open items added with a CLSID
  • Dutch language file update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.2.9.3 Beta (Nov 21, 2019)

  • Fix a bug breaking the Alternative menu when any change in the "Options" dialog box are saved
  • Stop showing the irrelevent button "Reset default hotkey" when selecting an hotkey for an Alternative menu features

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.2.9.2 Beta (Nov 19, 2019)

  • Fix a bug when the QAP Feature "Window Always on Top" is launched from a keyboard shortcut
  • Add a tooltip message when the "Always on Top" is turned OFF for a window (there is no value to do it when turend ON since the topmost window will probably cover the tooltip)
  • Fix a display bug in "Edit favorite" dialog box when a Folder favorite is member of a group with a file manager allowing to select left or right side

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.2.2 (Nov 12, 2019)

  • Add menu item "Open QAP Settings Backup Folder" to the "File" menu
  • Fix bug when opening folders from DOpus favorites submenus
  • Support UTF-8 characters in Sponsor Name
  • Reintroduce Simplified Chinese language (ZH-CN), thanks to ilaoyao
  • Korean language update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.2.1 (Nov 5, 2019)

  • Fix bug in sponsor name code verification on system with some int'l Windows configuration (new sponsor codes will require this version v10.2.1 or more recent)
  • Sort Live folders menus, Clipboard menus and Edit Favorite treeviews using user's locale setting to sort correctly int'l characters (for example sorting "�" or "�" with "e")
  • When a folder is launched from a menu open with QAPmessenger (new feature in v10.2), disable features for Explorer requiring to set window position that do not work in this situation
  • Fix bug hotstrings default options being lost after saving options
  • Fix bug to update file manager configuration after a new selection is saved in Options
  • Improve error handling if a folder is not found when saving options and add diagnostic code in case the Settings Folder value cannot be read from registry (Setup installation only)
  • Language updates for German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Korean; removed untranlsated languages bits for other languages

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.2 (Oct 29, 2019)

  • Add/Edit Favorite:
  • In "Basic Settings" tab, add the option "Hide this favorite" to hide a favorite from menu but keep its shortcut/hotstring active
  • In "Menu Options" tab, add links to select icons from Window files Shell32.dll and ImageRes.dll
  • Placeholders:
  • Two new placeholders that can be used in Snippets or favorites file paths:
  • {Input:prompt} asking user an input when the favorite is launched
  • {Now:format} with format based on AHK date-time formats
  • (see: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-insert-values-in-favorites-location-or-parameters-using-placeholders/)
  • QAPmessenger:
  • When using QAPmessenger to open the QAP menu with parameters ShowMenuLaunch or ShowMenuNavigate, support a 2nd parameter (between double-quotes) to indicate what menu to show ("Main" menu by default)
  • (see https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-display-the-qap-menu-from-the-command-line-or-from-a-batch-file/)
  • Options:
  • In "Popup Menu" tab, replace the simple mouse trigger exclusion list with an option to make this list a "blacklist" (as actual, default value) or a "whitelist" (block the mouse trigger in all applications windows except those in the list)
  • In "Menu Appearance" tab, add distinct options for hotstrings reminders (do not display, display abbreviated or complete), and options to display shortcut and hotstrings reminders distinctly on the left side (between parenthesis after the name) or to align them to the right side of the menu
  • (see https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/what-are-the-essential-global-options-to-know/)
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix bug in "Add Active Folder or Web page" command making adding web pages more reliable
  • Fix bug when calling a submenu by its hotkey and when the menu name starts with "Main" (or its translation in other languages)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 10.1.1 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • When loading the settings, add protection against invalid theme value
  • Get the default values for new Live Folders options (hide icons, hide extensions, show hidden files and show system files) from user's preferences in Windows registry
  • Revert the default value for the option "Start Numeric Menus Shortcuts at 1 instead of 0" to the default value in v9
  • QAPmessenger update v1.4 ready: adapt language selection based on changes in settings files location in QAP v10

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.9.2.18 Beta (Sep 25, 2019)

  • add option to select where to display the QAP menu (File, Favorite, etc.): in Customize menu bar, in QAP System menu or in both locations
  • add option to display or not file extensions in Live folders
  • solve issues where document names without extension could be duplicate of folders or other files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.9.2.17 Beta (Sep 25, 2019)

  • new options in Live Folders to show or hide menu icons (default true), hidden and system folders/files (default false)
  • English proofreading (thanks to Greg F.)
  • removed Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese languages; remove untranslated variables from Spanish language; fix typo in PT-BR

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.9.2.16 Beta (Sep 9, 2019)

  • move the checkbox "Change folders in dialog box with main QAP mouse and keyboard hotkeys" to the top of "General" tab of "Options"
  • when loading a Shared menu, check that it is not under a shared menu (this could occur with the Move command and remains undetected when saving)
  • prevent moving the Settings Folder when an alternative settings file is loaded and ask user to reload the default settings file and try again
  • when saving a QAP Feature favorite, update the "Location or content" column in "Customize" window with the name of QAP feature instead of its code
  • remove temporary folders olders than 5 days with a low-priority background task launched 10 seconds after QAP launch
  • update German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian-Portuguese and Dutch translation for changes in v9.9.2.14
  • update German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese and Brazilian-Portuguese translation for "Customize" window

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.9.2.15 Beta (Aug 30, 2019)

  • Rename the "Settings" window (and related menus, help and error messages language) to "Customize" (English and French only in this release) and change its default shortcut to Shift+Control+C
  • Change default keyboard shortcut for "Reopen Current Folder in Dialog Box" from Ctrl+Shift+C to Crtl+Shift+U (only for new installations)
  • Fix bug updating the left (back) arrow when opening a menu from the search result
  • Swap Move and Copy menu items in menu bar for consistency with buttons in Settings window
  • Reload menu in Customize window after Refresh a Shared menu

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.9.2.14 Beta (Aug 30, 2019)

  • Fix bug collecting favorites with shortcuts or hotstrings in Manage Hotkeys dialog box
  • Refactor how to check if changes need to be saved when exiting QAP from System menu, File menu bar, Alt+F4 or Reload QAP
  • When displaying a search result, disable items from Favorite menu for commands not supported in search results
  • Hide the "Move" button when in search results (but keep the "Copy" button)
  • Swap the "Copy" and "Move" buttons (to avoid having an empty space when in search result)
  • Remove forgotten debugging dialog box when saving a favorite

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.5.3 (Aug 25, 2019)

  • Announcement #1: Quick Access Popup v10 is on its way. Expect it before the end of summer.
  • Announcement #2: Looking for someone to take over the Spanish translation of Quick Access Popup.
  • when in Settings window's search result, hide the "Move" button (this command is not supported from search result)
  • swap "Copy" and "Move" buttons (to avoid having an empty space when in search result)
  • when loading favorites, if a Special Folder name is empty (probably after having used v10 before reverting to v9), use the Special Folder default name (working on v10, I realized that this change was required to ensure full forward/backward compatibility if reverting to QAP v9.5.3 after having used QAP v10)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.9.2.10 Beta (Aug 1, 2019)

  • Allow to edit QAP features names, using the default localized name only if name is empty
  • In ini file, avoid converting Donor to DonorCode if DonorCode already exists
  • Add temporary debugging code to web request code (used when checking for updates) and first try the new protocol MSXML2.XMLHTTP.6.0 before using WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1
  • Stop creating a diag file at first execution
  • Add to translation file the "All" treeview category label shown when editing Special folders and QAP features favorites
  • German, Italian, Korean and Portuguese Brazilian language updates for v10

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.9.2.9 Beta (Jul 30, 2019)

  • After saving a new or edited favorite, change menu in Settings window to the the favorite's destination menu
  • In quickaccesspopup.ini, rename values "Donor" to "DonorCode" and "Sponsor" to "SponsorName"; convert existing values to new names
  • Fix bug not remembering options when editing snippet favorites
  • Additional info about firewall when displaying the error message when checking for update
  • Upgraded the AutoHotkey runtime to v1.1.30.03 (dated April 4, 2019)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.9.2.8 Beta (Jul 25, 2019)

  • Improve how icons are retrieved for document favorites and items in the "Recent files" menu
  • Fix bug in error message when application file cannot be found after search in the PATH folders
  • In Settings window, for QAP Features items, repeat QAP Feature name in content column instead of the internal name
  • Fix bug in DOpus Favorites menu when menu items have ampersand shortcuts
  • Version BETA: 9.9.2.7 (2019-07-23)
  • Refresh dynamic menus (Clipboard, Reopen a Folder, Directory Opus Favorites, Drives, Repeat Last Actions, Frequent Files, Frequent Folders, Recent Files, Recent Folders, Current Windows and TC Directory hotlist) when they are part of a submenu open using a keyboard shortcut or an hotstring;
  • When saving options, close the Options window only after the end of menu refresh, avoiding errors if user close the Settings window before refresh is finished;
  • Fix bug logging execution of snippets in usage database
  • Internal changes, refactoring (centralizing) processing of ampersands in menu w/o Numeric shortcut option

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.5.2 (Jul 15, 2019)

  • fix bug in dynamic menus (Recent items, Frequent items, Drives) when numeric shortcuts are enabled and menu item includes an ampersand (&)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.5.1 (Jul 15, 2019)

  • Fix bug in dynamic menus (Recent items, Frequent items, Drives) when numeric shortcuts are enabled and menu item includes an ampersand (&)
  • Fix bug when cancelling the "Select Hotstring" dialog box was erroneously deleting the hotstring

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.4.1.5 (Feb 28, 2019)

  • Fix bug when filtering apps in List Applications window and in Current Windows menu when running with a language other than English
  • Update dropdown menu labels in "List Applications" window (dropdown menu not localized at this time)
  • When copying a favorite, keep the original favorite in the item position dropdown list
  • Make sure the default theme Windows is selected when the value is empty in ini file
  • Fix link to website in "Check for update" dialog box
  • Fix bug when searching for "Live" folders type in Settings Extended Search
  • Fix bug when checking if a favorite app is already running to activate it instead of launching it
  • Exclude some "ghost" Windows Apps from Current Windows menu (aka Switch menu)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.4.1.4 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • In the "Easy Setup" installer, removed the optional task to import settings from Folders Popup (ancestor of Quick Access Popup, latest version v5.2.3, September 2016)
  • Folders Popup users wanting to convert their settings to Quick Access Popup must first install QAP version v9.4.1.3 (or before), and then upgrade to the latest QAP version
  • No change for users doing portable installation with the ZIP file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.4.1.3 (Feb 15, 2019)

  • Use custom folder icon from desktop.ini for Live folders top menu item; if there is no dektop.ini file, use the icon defined for the parent Live folder favorite; else use the default icon for Live folders
  • In dynamic menus "Current Windows" and "Reopen a folder", use the custom folder icon from desktop.ini if it exists
  • Fix bug when excluding mouse trigger in a file dialog box and when process name is used as an exclusion criteria
  • Update to German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.4.1.2 (Jan 21, 2019)

  • display a clean error message if user who installed QAP v9.4+ with portable zip file did not update JLicons.dll file to v1.5 (QAP loading icon missing error)
  • fix bug when opening group of folders in Directory Opus or Total Commander and the "Use tabs" option is disabled, now open each folder in a new window
  • when opening the first folder of a group in Directory Opus, if the app is not running, add a delay after launching it to prevent an intermittent bug leaving the new tab empty
  • fix bug when changing hotkey for Alternative menu features leaving previous hotkeys alive until QAP was reloaded
  • in "QAP Icon Replacements", support replacement with another QAP icon from JLicons (e.g. "iconFolderLive=iconFolder")
  • in "Check for update", add support for Alpha branch, in addition to Beta and Master (prod) branches

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.4.1.1 (Jan 10, 2019)

  • Fix bug introduced in v9.4.1 in the "Switch Settings file" command found under the QAP system menu "Settings file options" (right click the QAP icon in the Notification zone)
  • When filtering the "Current Windows" menu for exclusions (intruduced in v9.4.1), fix a bug when excluding Windows Applications (Universal Application Platform)
  • Fix URL of the help link in the "QAP Icons Replacement" dialog box under the "More" tab of "Options"
  • Fix small bug with localized labels for modifiers in "Change shortcut" dialog box

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.4.1 (Jan 4, 2019)

  • New features:
  • QAP Icon Replacements: add new section under the "More" tab of "Options" to set replacements for QAP icons (found in JLicons.dll)
  • Current Windows Exclusions: add new section under the "More" tab of "Options" to set application exclusions for the "Current Windows" menu (aka "Switch")
  • In "More" tab of "Options" dialog box, remane the "Exclusions list" button "QAP Mouse Button Exclusions"
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix bug in Add/Edit favorite" dialog box "Windows Options" tab having wrong label Fix bug when, in "Options", open change shortcut dialog box for alternative menu and hit cancel
  • Other changes:
  • For Folders favorite, when "Live Folders" is selected, show info in some tabs of "Add/Edit favorite" dialog box explaining why some options are not available
  • Internal changes converting icons, command line parameters and mouse button names using class objects
  • Update to Dutch language file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.4 (Dec 28, 2018)

  • Note: User installing the portable version (ZIP file) must update the JLicons.dll file to v1.5. *
  • Opening Explorer windows on multi-monitor systems:
  • If the default file manager in "File Managers" tab is Windows Explorer, the tab includes a new option "On a multi-monitor system, always open the Explorer window on the active monitor" when system has more than one monitor
  • Detect the active monitor based on the mouse position (if favorite folder was launched with mouse trigger) or else based on the active window position
  • Maximize folder on multiple-monitors systems:
  • Show the "Window Options" tab in "Add/Edit favorite" dialog box for favorites of types Folder, Special and FTP when Explorer or Total Commander is the active file manager (Directory Opus users should use DOpus Layouts instead)
  • When, in the "Window Options" tab, the window state is "Maximized" or "Minimized", allow to select on which monitor to open the new Explorer or Total Commander window (monitor 1 by default)
  • QAP windows position:
  • On "General" tab of the "Options" window, new option "Open Settings window on Active monitor" to open the QAP "Settings" window on the active monitor when system has more than one monitor
  • Detect the active monitor based on mouse or active window position
  • Always position other QAP windows relative to the center of the main "Settings" window or of their parent window
  • Remember width of the "Add/Edit/Copy/Move Favorite" window in ini file (useful when menu paths become long)
  • Remove tray menu command to "Restore dialog box position"
  • Add the "TryWindowPosition=1" option in quickaccesspopup.ini to show the "Add/Edit Favorite" tab "Window Options" for favorite types "Document", "Application", "URL" and "Windows Apps"; but there is no official support for these options because most applications for these favorite types block window positioning; you can try this option and... all the better if it works for some apps!
  • QAP icons:
  • New version of JLicons.dll v1.5 with new icons for the QAP app itself (regular icon, loading icon, admin icon, etc.)
  • Use icons QAP loading, QAP master and QAP beta from JLicons.dll instead of from the QAP temporary folder
  • JLicons.dll v1.5 also includes improved "Live Folder" and "Live Folder opened" icons
  • Other changes and bug fixes:
  • In "Options", "Basic" tab, add the option "Main settings file backup folder" to select a destination folder for backups of the main settings file (quickaccesspopup.ini); backup are created only for main ini file; Shared menu settings files and Alternative settings files (open with the "Switch Settings file...") are still backuped in their own folder
  • In "Live Folders" and in "Add/Edit Favorite", when resolving a Windows File Shortcut (.lnk file) that does not return a target location, keep the .lnk file name as location
  • Add copyright and company name, and update description in file version info of QAP executable and setup files
  • Update language files for French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Portuguese and Korean

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.3.2.9 Beta 5 (Dec 20, 2018)

  • Note: User installing the portable version (ZIP file) must update the JLicons.dll file to v1.5. *
  • New version of JLicons.dll v1.5 with new icons for QAP (regular, beta, dev, loading, admin); stop copying these QAP icon files to temporary folder
  • Use QAP loading, QAP master and QAP beta icons from JLicons.dll instead of from the QAP temporary folder
  • Add copyright, company name to file version info of QAP .exe files and setup file, update description

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.3.2.1 (Dec 12, 2018)

  • In "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box for type Snippet, moved "Fix width font" and "Font size" controls under the content box
  • Fix bug introduced in v9.3.2 when moving a favorite of types Folder, Document or Application or when copying multiple favorites of the same types
  • Fix other small bugs
  • Update Portuguese language file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.3.2 (Dec 9, 2018)

  • Windows file shortcuts in Live Folders
  • Retrieve "Name" (without .lnk extension), "Start In" and "Arguments" (parameters) properties from file shortcuts when building Live folders
  • Fix bug retrieving icon from file shortcut in Live folders
  • Import Windows file shortcuts to menu
  • Add context menu entry "Import Shortcut to Quick Access Popup menu" to import a Windows file shortcut into a new favorite with its name (without the .lnk extension), its icon and, for applications, its "Start In" and "Arguments" (parameters) properties
  • Add registry keys for the "Import Shortcut" command in the ManageContextMenu.bat batch used by portable installation users to enable or disable context menus
  • Various improvements
  • Before saving a new favorite of types Folder, Document and Application, check if location exists and, if not, return to the "Add/Edit favorite" dialog box
  • In "Add/Edit favorite" dialog box for types Folder, Document and Application, trim unneeded double quotes if they enclose the favorite location
  • Remove exclamation marks enclosing Live folder names in menu; replace "!Folder!" with "Live Folder" in Settings window "Type" column
  • User variables (like "{Dropbox}") are now supported in every file path where environment variables (like "%TEMP%") are supported in QAP (icon files, shared menu names, etc.)
  • Bug fixes
  • Handle correctly the situation where user cancels the command when asked for admin privilege after enabling or disabling the context menus (in "Options", "Menu" tab)
  • Center buttons correctly in some dialog boxes
  • Set icon for "Repeat Last Actions" menu when dynamic menu items are open
  • When displaying the "Menu key" hotkey text, replace internal name "AppsKey" with "Menu key" as well as the other internal name "sc15D"

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.3.1.9.4 Beta (Dec 6, 2018)

  • Windows File Shortcuts:
  • add context menu entry "Import Shortcut to Quick Access Popup menu" to import a Windows file shortcut into a new favorite with its icon, name and, for applications, its "Start In" and "Arguments" (parameters) properties
  • add entries to add or delete "Import Shortcut" regitry keys when enabling or disabling context menus in "Options", "Menu" tab (must use HKLM entries because HKCR not supported for "lnkfile" in Inno Setup)
  • handle the situation where user cancels the enable/disable context menu batch when asked for admin prvivilege
  • update with the "Import Shortcut" registry keys the ManageContextMenu.bat batch used by portable installation users to enable or disable context menus
  • removed the QuickAccessPopup-InstallContextMenus.reg and QuickAccessPopup-RemoveContextMenus.bat (replaced by ManageContextMenu.bat) from portable installation zip file
  • Folders window position (Explorer and Total Commander):
  • show the "Window Options" tab in "Add/Edit favorite" dialog box only for favorites of types Folder, Special and FTP when Explorer or Total Commander is the active file manager
  • select on which monitor to position the new Explorer or Total Commander window (monitor 1 by default) when window state is "Maximized" or "Minimized" in "Window Options" tab
  • when opening a new Explorer or Total Commander window maximimized or minimize, position it (even if it is hidden) at top left of the selected monitor
  • if sected monitor is not available, position the window on the primary monitor
  • fix bug stop showing minimized favorites
  • Various improvements:
  • check if location exists before saving a new favorite, return to add/edit favorite dialog box if location not found
  • for folders, documents and applications, trim unneeded double quotes if location is enclosed with double quotes
  • remove exclamation marks enclosing live folder names in menu; replace "!Folder!" with "Live Folder" in Settings window Type column
  • expand user variables when expanding environement variables in EnvVars
  • when displaying the AppsKey hotkey text, replace "AppsKey" with "Menu key" (localized string) in addition to the keyboard scan code for Menu key "sc15D"
  • Bug fixes:
  • remove ampersand (menu shortcut) from menu name when an item is added to the "Repeat Last Actions" menus

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.3.1.9.3 Beta (Dec 4, 2018)

  • Center the following dialog boxes on top of the parent dialog box: Select shortcut, Select hotstring, Close computer, Close all windows, Update and Import-export
  • Avoid top-left of dialog boxes to be displayed outside of active monitor
  • Fix bug retrieving icon from file shortcut in Live Folders
  • Retrieve "Start In" and "Arguments" (parameters) properties from file shortcuts when building Live Folders
  • Fix bug buttons not centered in some dialog boxes
  • Fix bug set icon for Repeat actions menu when dynamic menu items are open
  • Fix bug display Directory Opus icon for DOpus Favorites or Total Commander icon for TC Hotlists when Explorer is selected as file manager
  • Fix bug in dynamic menus when menu numeric shortcuts are enabled (merge from master release v9.3.1.3)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.3.1.9.2 Beta (Dec 3, 2018)

  • Center Options third level dialog boxes on top of the Options window
  • Fix bug positioning the Settings window or new Explorer window when the secondary monitor is at the left of, or above the primary monitor

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.3.1.9.1 Beta (Nov 29, 2018)

  • Opening Explorer windows on multi-monitor systems
  • New option in "File Managers" tab to open new Explorer windows on the active monitor when system has more than one monitor
  • Detect the active monitor based on the mouse position (if favorite launched with mouse trigger) or else based on the active window's position
  • QAP windows position
  • Always position secondary QAP windows (Options, Select favorite type, Add/Edit/Copy/Move Favorite, Add Shared menu from catalogue, Manage Hotkeys, Manage Icons, About, Donate and Help) relative to the center of the main Settings window
  • Remember width of Add/Edit/Copy/Move Favorite window in ini file
  • Remove tray menu command to restore dialog box position
  • Other improvements and bug fixes
  • Add command line parameter "/Working:[path]" used to set QAP working directory (useful when creating a "Run" registry key to autostart QAP without using Startup shortcut file)
  • Fix bug when displaying default QAP feature or Special folder icon in Edit favorite dialog box

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.3.1 (Nov 23, 2018)

  • [ update is STRONGLY recommended for v9.2.x/v9.3 users and recommended for all other users ]
  • QAP windows management:
  • Restore Add, Edit, Copy or Move Favorites dialog boxes and Settings window to their default position (center of main monitor) after screen configuration changes to make sure QAP windows remain visible in the new configuration; screen configuration changes are adding or removing monitor, changing screen resolution and changing primary monitor
  • Resetting the dialog box positions from QAP tray menu does not require a QAP reboot anymore
  • Directory Opus:
  • Add "Layouts" submenu to QAP Feature "Directory Opus Favorites" menu
  • Add option to add or not the "Layouts" submenu to "Directory Opus Favorites" menu
  • Fix bug when setting up icons for the QAP features "Directory Opus Favorites"
  • Total Commander:
  • Fix bug when setting up icons for the QAP features "Total Commander Hotlist"
  • Bug fixes and other improvements:
  • Change load sequence to fix bug when showing the donate dialog box at startup (aka "Invalid owner error")
  • Optimize writing to database when collecting usage data from Windows Recent Items

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.3.0 (Nov 21, 2018)

  • [ update is STRONGLY recommended for v9.2.x users and recommended for all other users ]
  • Directory Opus Favorites menu:
  • Add the new QAP feature "Directory Opus Favorites" under the "Dynamic Menus" category
  • At first QAP launch, add the QAP feature "Directory Opus Favorites" to main menu if DOpus is selected as supported manager (NOTE: users upgrading to this release must add the QAP feature manualy)
  • Fix bug when opening a group of folders in Directory Opus and DOpus is not launched, or when the first group item is not a folder
  • Total Commander Hotlist menu:
  • When builing Total Commander Hotlist menu, support path redirected by "RedirectSection=" value under [DirMenu] (in addition to supporting "AlternateUserIni=" under [Configuration]), with path relative to folder of wincmd.ini
  • At first QAP launch, detect Total Commander ini file location and save it to the settings file
  • Fix bug when opening a group of folders in Total Commander when the first group item is not a folder
  • Various improvements:
  • Add the option "Start Numeric Menu Shortcuts at 1 (instead of 0)" in "Options", "Menu" tab
  • Add "Refresh Live Folders and Shared menus" and "Open QAP working directory" items to Tray menu (QAP system menu)
  • Always close the "Update Quick Access Popup" dialog box after any buttons is clicked
  • Change QAP icon to gray "loading" icon at the beginning of QAP load sequence and set the normal blue icon when loading is complete and menu can be open
  • Performance improvements:
  • When checking if a path in Windows Recent Items is a document, if path is on a server (starting with "\"), check if server is offline and if yes avoid trying to retreive info from the file
  • When checking if a file in Windows Recent Items exists, if path is on a server, return that file does not exist if server is offline
  • Stop refreshing the Windows Apps list at each startup, do it at first QAP launch before adding the "My Windows Apps" menu to ini file, on demand when user adds a Windows App favorite or when RefreshWindowsAppsListAtStartup=1 in settings file
  • When refreshing the "Clipboard" menu, do not refresh the menu if the Clipboard size is greater than 10,000 bytes to avoid too long delay before showing the menu (the maximum value can be changed using "ClipboardMaxSize=" in settings file)
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix bug in "Options", stop changing the QAP temporary folder from %TEMP% to QAP working folder by error
  • After Settings import, reset the QAP temporary folder to %TEMP% to avoid dependency on local folder from other system
  • Fix bug in "Settings" tool tips labels were inversed for "Sort" and "Always on top" buttons

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.9.11 Beta (Nov 14, 2018)

  • Free database record set in background task to preprocess dynamic menu (potential source of memory leak)
  • Free database record set in startup task updating usage data in favorites objects (potential source of memory leak)
  • Free variables in background task
  • Fix bug when displaying the "loading" icon
  • Keep custom tray icon when running QAP as admin

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.9.10 Beta (Nov 13, 2018)

  • Small improvements in diag and timers code

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.9.9 Beta (Nov 10, 2018)

  • Undo changes tested in previous versions (v9.2.9.7/8)
  • When adding to the QAP_Frequent.db database an item from Windows Recent Items that is saved on an offline server, do not check for file info (date, attributes) to avoid a significant network delay
  • When preparing Recent menus, stop retrieving icon from folders or files on an offline server to avoid a significant network delay

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.9.8 Beta (Nov 9, 2018)

  • Skip custom icon retrieving if folder is on a network share (all paths starting with "\")

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.9.7 Beta (Nov 7, 2018)

  • Skip custom icon retrieving if folder path ends with "$" (administrative share)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.9.5 Beta (Nov 6, 2018)

  • Fix bug in v9.2.9.3 when collecting data

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.9.3 Beta (Nov 5, 2018)

  • In background task, when checking file info (file exist, file is document, file info) for file on network drive ("\..."), return available info without accessing the network (this release is to validate that delays were caused by accessing offline network drives; in future version, QAP with check file info only if network drive is online)
  • Remove debug code forgotten in check for update dialog box

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.9.2 Beta (Nov 2, 2018)

  • Fix bug Settings window icon tool tips inversed between Sort and Always on top
  • Make the ClipboardMaxSize an option in the ini file (not in the Options dialog box) with a default value of 10000
  • Change QAP icon to gray "loading" icon at the beginning of QAP load sequence and set the normal blue (et beta green) icon when loading is complete and menu can be open
  • Add diag code to GetUsageDbTargetFileInfo

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.9.1 Beta (Nov 1, 2018)

  • Directory Opus Favorites menu:
  • Add QAP feature "Directory Opus Favorites" under the "Dynamic Menus" category
  • Build Directory Opus menu parsing the DOPus favorites XML file using Maestrith XML_Class
  • At first QAP launch, add the QAP feature "Directory Opus Favorites" to main menu if DOpus is selected as supported manager (users upgrading must add the QAP feature manualy)
  • In DOpus Favorites menu, show custom folder icons and special folders default icons
  • When parsing DOpus favorites, replace PIDL entries with CLSID for special folders like "Computer", "Network" or "Recycle Bin"
  • Refresh DOpus favorites menu before showing QAP menu
  • Fix bug when opening a group of folders in Directory Opus and DOpus is not launched, or when the first group item is not a folder
  • Total Commander:
  • When builing Total Commander Hotlist menu, support path redirected by "RedirectSection=" value under [DirMenu] (in addition to supporting "AlternateUserIni=" under [Configuration]), with path relative to folder of wincmd.ini
  • Stop refreshing the Total Commander Hotlist menu if this QAP Feature is not in menu
  • At first QAP launch, detect Total Commander ini file location and save it to settings
  • Fix bug when opening a group of folders in Total Commander when the first group item is not a folder
  • Various improvements and bug fixes:
  • Add "Refresh Live Folders and Shared menus" item to Tray (system) menu
  • Stop refreshing the Windows Apps list at each startup, do it at first startup before adding the Windows Apps menu to ini file, when RefreshWindowsAppsListAtStartup=1 or on demand when user adds a Windows App favorite
  • When saving options and favorites, stop refreshing some dynamic menus that will be refreshed before showing menu
  • Display Update dialog box (with list of changes) when check for update detects a new beta version
  • Always close Update dialog box after one of the buttons is clicked
  • Fix bug in Options, stop changing QAP temporary folder from %TEMP% to QAP working folder by error
  • After Settings import, reset QAP temporary folder to %TEMP% to avoid dependency on local folder from other system
  • Clarify label for the file manager preference "when clicking outside the file manager" with distinction between window and tab
  • Clarify label for group option "replace existing windows", targeting specifically folders

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.1 (Oct 23, 2018)

  • Optimized the code refreshing QAP menus using new tools offered by the SQLite database
  • Refresh "Recent folders", "Recent files", "Frequent folders", "Frequent files" and "Drives" menus from a preprocessed field in the database
  • Refactor the background task collecting recent items to also preprocess "Recent folders", "Recent files", "Frequent folders", "Frequent files" and "Drives" menus
  • In "Options", change database options button name in the "More" tab from "Frequent Items database" to "Quick Access Popup database"
  • The option to attach dynamic menus to main menu is now true by default ("Settings", "Options" button, "Menu" tab, first check box in second column)
  • When refreshing the "Clipboard" menu, reduce the maximum size accepted to handle Windows Clipboard data from 50,000 to 10,000 characters (this could become an option in future release) and display specific messages in "Clipboard" menu if Clipboard is empty, too large or has no path/url
  • Fix bug creating SQLite files on 64-bit system when user runs QAP with 32-bit executable

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.0.7 Beta (Oct 19, 2018)

  • Fix bug when refreshing Frequent menus when running QAP in non-English language
  • Fix display bug when tabs in Options dialog box take more than one row
  • Italian language update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.0.4 Beta (Oct 18, 2018)

  • Fix bug when preprocessing dynamic menus and QAP menu contains none of the frequent menus and drives menu

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.0.3 Beta (Oct 15, 2018)

  • Add diagnostic code and timers to measure menu refresh performance
  • Refactor the background task collecting recent items to also preprocess Frequent menus and Drives menu
  • Refresh Frequent menus and Drives menu from a field of the zMetadata table in SQLite database
  • Add columns to zMetadata table to hold preprocessed dynamic menus data
  • Escape quotes when saving to zMetadata
  • In refresh clipboard menu, reduce max size from 50000 to 10000 and display various messages in Clipboard menu if Clipboard empy, too large or has no path/url
  • Clean up calls to SetWaitCursor, keep them in all show refreshed submenus launched by shortcuts and at begin/end of show main menu
  • In Options, database options dialog box, update labels as QAP database instead of Freuent Items menus database
  • Default attach dynamic menus to true
  • Fix bug update dynamic menu names when attached/detached before reloading after saving options
  • Fix bug creating SQLite files on 64-bit system when user runs QAP with 32-bit ecevutable; fix bug when creating zMetadata file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2.0.1 (Oct 10, 2018)

  • Some users reported performance with v9.2 issue when launching QAP of showing the QAP menu. This release adds diagnostic code that will help fix this issue.
  • For more info, see: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/fine-tuning-v9-2
  • Change attached/detached menu option to include "Frequent Folders", "Frequent Files", "Recent Folders", "Recent Files" and "Drives" menus
  • Add diagnostic code and timers for to UsageDb, refresh dynamyc menus and refresh full menu
  • Other small internal changes

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.2 (Oct 3, 2018)

  • Frequent Items QAP Features:
  • new "Frequent Folders" and "Frequent Files" QAP Features showing a menu with the ten most frequently used folders or files (excluding folders or files not found) sorted by frequency
  • categorize "Frequent Folders" and "Frequent Files" QAP Features under the section "Dynamic Menus" of the QAP features list in the "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box
  • if, in early usage, "Frequent Folders" and "Frequent Files" menus are incomplete, a notice is added to explain that the menus will improve with QAP usage
  • Frequent Items menus options:
  • reorganize "Options" dialog box tabs: remove "Exclusions" tab and add the "More" tab with buttons for "Exclusions list", "Frequent Items Dabatase" and "User Variables" options dialog boxes
  • in the "Frequent Items Database" options dialog box:
  • show QAP Privacy Statement
  • enable/disable Frequent Items database checkbox
  • collection interval for Windows Recent Items (in seconds, minimum 60, default 60)
  • number of days covered by the Frequent Items menus (default 30 days)
  • maximum size of the database in MB, decimal values allowed (default 3 MB)
  • checkbox to show the favorites frequency index in Frequent Items menus and in "Settings" window
  • button to "Flush Recent Items database"
  • Frequent Items database technical notes:
  • a background task collects (for user's usage only) Windows Recent Items and QAP usage in an SQLite local database named QAP_Frequent.DB
  • QAP is now distributed with files sqlite3.dll and sqlite3.def (32-bit or 64-bit - appropriate version is used according to user's system)
  • when maximal database size is exceeded, QAP removes oldest items until the maximal size minus 10% is respected
  • when exiting QAP, it creates a backup of the database under the name QAP_Frequent.DB-BK, always overwriting the previous copy (this allows scheduled backup programs to copy the backup file even when the live database is locked by QAP)
  • "In the Works" menu:
  • at first launch of QAP, a new "In the Works" menu is added to Main menu including items "Frequent Folders", "Frequent Files", "Recent Folders", "Recent Files" and "Current Windows" (aka "Switch")
  • this menu is added at the top of Main menu for new users or at the bottom of Main menu for users upgrading to v9.2+
  • assign to the "In the Works" menu the QAP icon and the Shift + Control + W shortcut
  • users upgrading to v9.2 can remove the duplicates "Recent Folders", "Recent Files" and "Current Windows" (aka "Switch") items previously in the "My QAP Essentials" menu
  • Recent Items menus:
  • "Recent Folders" and "Recent Files" are now refreshed from the Frequent Items database (keeping the previous method if Frequent Items database is disabled)
  • Recent Items menus are now always attached to the Main menu (because they are now built more reliably from the database)
  • PLACEHOLDERS:
  • New {Clipboard} and {SEL_LOC} Placeholders
  • the new "{Clipboard}" placeholder can be used to insert in favorites paths and snippets content the current content of the Windows Clipboard (if it contains text)
  • the new placeholders "{SEL_LOC}" inserts in favorites paths and snippets the path of the item currently under the mouse pointer or the item selected in the the file manager window
  • the "{SEL_LOC}" placeholder variants are: "{SEL_LOC}" (full path), "{SEL_NAME}" (file name only), "{SEL_DIR}" (directory), "{SEL_EXT}" (extension), "{SEL_NOEXT}" (file name without extension) and "{SEL_DRIVE}" (drive letter)
  • the "{SEL_LOC}" placeholder is supported when using Windows Explorer and Directory Opus (this feature is currently not available in Total Commander)
  • Improved Placeholders:
  • replace all placeholders ("{Clipboard}", "{LOC}", "{CUR_LOC}" and "{SEL_LOC}" and their variants) in favorite's "Location", "Parameters" and "Start In" fields (for all types of favorites supporting these options)
  • also replace these placeholders in Windows Apps parameters
  • Placeholders in Snippets:
  • placeholders "{Clipboard}", current location "{CUR_LOC}", selected item "{SEL_LOC}" and their variants are now replaced in Snippet content
  • placeholders can be inserted in both in "Text" and "Macro" modes Snippets
  • when displaying a prompt before launching a Snippet, placeholders in prompt text are expanded
  • tip: if a Snippet includes a location placeholder, use the "Prompt before launching the snippet" option in "Advanced Settigns" to allow moving from the Explorer window to the window where the snippet must be pasted
  • tip: if you need to insert the name of a placeholder "as-is" in a Snippet, preceeds the opening bracket with backtick (eg: "`{Clipboard}")
  • User Variables and Cloud Drives Placeholders:
  • user variables are custom placeholders that can be inserted in favorites properties and snippet content
  • the button "User Variables" under the "More" tab of the "Options" dialog box opens the "User Variables" dialog box
  • at its first launch (or when user variables list is empty), QAP creates user variables for these cloud drives (if detected): "{Dropbox}", "{Google Drive}", "{OneDrive}" (SkyDrive) and "{iCoudDrive}"
  • VARIOUS:
  • Improvements:
  • allow sorting of favorites list when filtered using the Search field
  • language of QAPmessenger v1.2 (used to send Windows Explorer contect menu commands to QAP) is now translated
  • when an error message is displayed because a Shared menu ini file is not found, offer to skip future error messages for this Shared menu file
  • add "NeverQuotes=1" to QAPconnect file manager properties to skip enclosing of location path between double-quotes when it includes space(s)
  • rename the QAP feature "Switch" to "Current Windows"
  • Language:
  • update of Brazilian Portugueze, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish language files
  • language files include text of QAP Messenger v1.2

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.1.9.11 Beta (Sep 23, 2018)

  • Placeholders:
  • Add options dialog box under "Options" dialog box, "More" tab to manage "User Variables" used as placeholders in favorites locations and snippets content
  • At first usage (or when user variables list is empty), create user variables for these cloud drives (if detected): Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive (SkyDrive) and iCoudDrive
  • Expand placeholders (user variables and previously existing placeholders) in snippets of type macro
  • Allow to insert placeholders themselves in the content of snippet of type text by preceeding the opening bracket with backtick (eg: "`{Clipboard}");
  • Frequent Items Menus (aka Popular Menus):
  • Change the default size limit of the database to 3 MB
  • Support for decimals in maximal database size
  • When maximal database size is exceeded, remove old items until the max size minus 10% is respected, also after reducing the maximum in options
  • Create a backup of the database, always overwriting the previous copy, allowing scheduled backup programs to copy the backup file even if the live database is locked by QAP
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix bug to avoid database lock error message
  • When loading a favorite with iconUnknown, get default icon (occurs if an error occurred when saving favorites earlier)
  • Language:
  • New name "In the Works" for new top menu (instead of "Dynamic Menus") with new shortcut Shift + Control + W (for new users only)
  • New names "Frequent Folders" and "Frequent Files" (instead of "Popular ...") and new name "Current Windows) for the "Switch" QAP feature
  • In user interface and documentation name SQLite database "Frequent Items database" and rename SQLite database file to "QAP_Frequent.DB"
  • Language files update for Korean, Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese and French

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.1.9.10 Beta (Sep 15, 2018)

  • Popular Menus:
  • Reorganize "Options" dialog box tabs:
  • Remove "Exclusions" tab
  • Add "More" tab with buttons for "Exclusions list" and "Popular Menus Dabatase" options dialog boxes
  • Options for "Popular Menus Database":
  • Enable Popular Menus database checkbox
  • Recent items collection interval (in seconds, minimum 60, default 60)
  • Number of days to take into account in Popular Menus (default 30)
  • Maximum size of the database in MB (default 1)
  • Checkbox to show popularity index in Popular Menus and Settings window
  • Button to Flush Popular Menus database
  • Privacy statement
  • SQLite files are not required if Popular Menus Database option is disabled
  • If Popular Menus database is disabled, recent items are collected directly from Windows when refreshing the Recent items menus
  • When building Popular Menus, hide files or folders not found
  • Implement number of days taken into account when building the Popular Menus
  • When launching QAP, delete 10% oldest entries of Popular Menus database if its size exceeds the maximum value
  • For this release only:
  • Convert dates columns in database to SQLite date format (for users of previous beta releases, this could take a few minutes the first time you execute this version of QAP)
  • Rename database file from "QAP_Usage.DB" to "QAP_Popular.DB" after dates are converted (keep old file as backup)
  • IMPORTANT: users of previous beta v9.1.9.x versions MUST RUN THIS VERSION to keep their historical data (if they don't, the next version of QAP will create a new, empty database)
  • Placeholders:
  • In "Basic Settings" and "Advanced Settings" tab of "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box, replace placeholders help text with links to FAQ on web site
  • In Snippet "Basic Settings" tab, add a link for placeholder help
  • When using placeholders "{SEL_...}", get selected file in DOpus using a more reliable DOpus internal command (DOpusRt)
  • Remove support for selected file in Total Commander because this was not enough reliable
  • Display an error message if user try to use selected file placeholders in Total Commander or in a dialog box
  • When displaying prompt before launching a Snippet, expand placeholders in prompt text for current location "{CUR_...}" and selected item "{SEL_...}"
  • Other:
  • Fix bug in shortcut of "Popular Folders" and "Popular Files" menus
  • Fix bug when using Popular Menus QAP features in other language than English
  • Update QAP Messenger v1.1.9 BETA: English language for QAPmessenger that can now be localized; only French translation is included in this release

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.1.2 (Sep 11, 2018)

  • Placeholders in snippets, file and folder paths:
  • In Snippet's content and in favorite's "Location", "Parameters" and "Start In" fields (for all types of favorites supporting these options):
  • [NEW] replace the placeholder "{Clipboard}" with the current content of the Windows Clipboard (if it contains text)
  • [IMPROVED] now replace the placeholders "{CUR_LOC}", "{CUR_NAME}", "{CUR_DIR}", "{CUR_EXT}", "{CUR_NOEXT}" and "{CUR_DRIVE}" with current location (Explorer window under mouse pointer or active Explorer window) in all fields listed above
  • [IMPROVED] now replace the placeholders "{LOC}", "{NAME}", etc. with favorite's location (etc.) in all fields listed above (except in Snippets)
  • Also replace these placeholders in Windows Apps "Parameters" field
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix bug with shared menu catalogue path and environment variables
  • When extracting the "Short name for menu" of a favorite folder from its location, stop stripping the text after the last dot of the folder name
  • Language files:
  • Addition of Korean translation, thanks to Maeng Bong Kyun (https://blog.naver.com/meangkim)
  • Update of Dutch, German, Italian and French language files
  • Add Korean and Dutch language to setup program

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.1.9.9 Beta (Sep 8, 2018)

  • Placeholders in file and folder paths:
  • In favorite's "Location", "Parameters" and "Start In" fields (for all types of favorites supporting these options):
  • [NEW] replace the following placeholders with the path (or part of it) of the item currently under the mouse pointer or selected in the current file manager window: "{SEL_LOC}" (full path), "{SEL_NAME}" (file name only), "{SEL_DIR}" (directory), "{SEL_EXT}" (extension), "{SEL_NOEXT}" (file name without extension) or "{SEL_DRIVE}" (drive letter)
  • [NEW] replace the placeholder "{Clipboard}" with the current content of the Windows Clipboard (if it contains text)
  • [IMPROVED] now replace the placeholders "{LOC}", "{NAME}", "{DIR}", "{EXT}", "{NOEXT}" and "{DRIVE}" with favorite's location (etc.) in all fields listed above
  • [IMPROVED] now replace the placeholders "{CUR_LOC}", etc. with current location (Explorer window under mouse pointer or active Explorer window) in all fields listed above
  • Also replace these placeholders in Windows Apps parameters and in Snippet's content
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix bug with shared menu catalogue path and environment variables
  • When extracting the "Short name for menu" of a favorite folder from its location, stop stripping the text after the last dot of the folder name
  • Language files:
  • Addition of Korean translation, thanks to Maeng Bong Kyun (https://blog.naver.com/meangkim)
  • Update of Dutch, German, Italian and French language files
  • Add Korean and Dutch language to setup program

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.1.9.8 Beta (Sep 6, 2018)

  • Usage DB and Recent menus:
  • Refresh recent items menus (folders and files) with usage db if SQLite is enabled (keeping the previous method otherwise)
  • Store "File" in usage DB instead of "Document" and update existing values
  • Disable recent items collection if UsageDbIntervalSeconds=0 (will be in Options in future release)
  • Change default usage db collection interval to 1 minute (was done in v9.1.9.7 but not documented here)
  • Popular menus:
  • Improvements for Popular menus on new installations
  • Display only items with popularity index greater than 1 (to avoid random recent items in early executions of QAP)
  • If items in Popular menus were skipped because of a small index, add to the menu a notice saying that the menu is incomplete and will improve
  • Append the popularity index between parenthesis to menu names in Popular menus if UsageDbDebug > 0 (will be an option in a future release)
  • Various:
  • Add shortcuts to items added automatically to menu only when the menu is created at first launch
  • German, Dutch, Italian, Korean and French language update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.1.9.7 Beta (Sep 4, 2018)

  • Fix a bug preventing the "Recent Folders" and "Recent Files" dynamic menus from being populated and refreshed

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.1.9.6 Beta (Aug 31, 2018)

  • Usage DB
  • Rename the "Popular Stuff" menu to "Dynamic Menus" (still created at top of the menu for new installations or at the bottom for those upgrading)
  • Assign QAP icon and Shift+Control+D shortcut to "Dynamic Menus"
  • Move "Recent Folders", "Recent Files", and "Switch" menus from "My QAP Essentials" to "Dynamic Menus"
  • Always attach "Recent Folders" and "Recent Files" submenus to main menu (because they will now be built more reliably with UsageDB in the next release)
  • Remove "Popular Applications" QAP Feature
  • Various
  • Replace the placeholder "{Clipboard}" (not case sensitive) with the current content of the Windows Clipboard in "Location", "Parameters" and "Start In" fields, for all types of favorites supporting these options
  • Expand placeholders "{SEL_LOC}" with the full path of item currently under the mouse pointer or selected in the current file manager window
  • Expand parts of the selected item with placeholders "{SEL_NAME}" (file name only), "{SEL_DIR}" (directory), "{SEL_EXT}" (extension), "{SEL_NOEXT}" (file name without extension) or "{SEL_DRIVE}" (drive letter)
  • Support placeholders in parameters for Windows Apps favorites
  • Bug fixes
  • Fix bug with shared menu catalogue path and environment variables
  • When extractiong the default name of a favorite folder from its location, stop stripping after the last dot of the folder name
  • Language
  • Addition of Korean translation, thanks to Maeng Bong Kyun
  • Update to NL language file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.1.9.5 Beta (Aug 28, 2018)

  • Add QAP features "Popular Files" and "Popular Applications"
  • Add "Popular Stuff" menu at the top of default menu created at first launch with sub menus "Popular Folders", Popular Files" and "Popular Applications"
  • Add "Popular Stuff" menu at the end of menu for existing users upgrading to this (or future) version
  • Process relative location, files in PATH and system variables before logging to usage database
  • Validate minimum interval to 60 seconds for usage database recent items collection
  • Display QAP ready notification only after usagedb launch work is finished
  • Add favorite date created and date modified to Usage database (for future use)
  • Some changes introduced in master version v9.1.1 that were forgotten in v9.1.9.3

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.1.9.4 Beta (Aug 27, 2018)

  • Fix bug in Popular Folders menu when menu numeric shortcuts are enabled
  • Add diagnostic code when collecting recent items
  • Execute first recent items collection and favorites properties update at launch time (before making the popup menu available) instead of using a timer
  • Stop saving favorites when existing if favorites usage was updated

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.1.1 (Aug 24, 2018)

  • Various improvements:
  • Add an option in "Alternative Hotkeys" tab of the "Options" dialog box to determine if notifications are displayed or not when using an Atlernative Menu feature (default true)
  • Support for environment variables (like %TEMP%) and relative paths (relative to QAP working directory) in "Start In" option, in "Advanced Settings" of favorite Applications
  • Add a "Play" button beside the play sound option in "Add/Edit favorite" dialog box, "Advanced Settings" tab
  • Add date created and date modified properties to favorites, using universal time (UTC), allowing in a future version to sort favorites by created or last modified date
  • Rename the QAP feature "Add This Folder or Link" to "Add Active Folder or Web page"
  • Update to Spanish language file
  • Bug fix:
  • Fix bug when active file manager is Directory Opus or Total Commander and the option in "File managers" tab is "the current window"

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.1.9.2 Beta (Aug 22, 2018)

  • Usage DB:
  • Add a background task to collect (for personel user's usage) Windows Recent Items and QAP usage in an SQLite local database named QAP_Usage.DB, using Class_SQLiteDB.ahk library
  • Collect periodically the last 150 recent items info, rejecting files not found
  • Collect QAP actions with target info and various indicators on the favorite and options used to launch it
  • Add FavoriteUsageDb favorite property with a value of one point per occurence of the favorite location in usage database (RecentItems or Menu)
  • Add "Popular Folders" QAP feature (add it from the "Dynamic Menus" section of QAP features
  • When launching QAP, update the favorite's FavoriteUsageDb property and saving values to ini file when exiting the app if user never saved favorites before
  • Ini variable for recent items collect interval (UsageDbIntervalSecond, 600 by default)
  • Ini variables to set debugging (UsageDbDebug 0 off, 1 tooltips or 2 tooltips and beep, 0 by default)
  • If UsageDbDebug is on, display current number of points of favorites in Settings window after favorite names
  • Add SQLite views vMenuItemsShort to view only menu items and vLocationTop25 to view top 25 locations (use the free app http://sqlitebrowser.org/ to browse the database - not required for normal users)
  • QAP is now distributed with files sqlite3.dll and sqlite3.def in 32-bit or 64-bit (appropriate version is used according to system)
  • Various:
  • Add date created and date modified to favorite properties, using UTC time (for future use, aloowing to sort favorites by date)
  • Add a Play button beside the play sound option in "Add/Edit favorite" dialog box, "Advanced Settings" tab;
  • Fix bug when file manager option is "the current Window Explorer" and DOpus or TC are active window

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.9.11 Beta (Aug 5, 2018)

  • Sound:
  • Add capability to play a sound after a favorite is launched
  • Favorite sound location field added to "Advanced Settings" tab of "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box
  • Support for sounds from a sound as file (wave, mp3, .mid, etc.), a system sound or your own sequence (see help https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-play-a-sound-when-i-launch-a-favorite/)
  • Default file sound %WinDir%mediatada.wav
  • Sound is played after the favorite or group is launched
  • Add "Advanced Settings" tab to QAP features for sound property
  • Windows Apps:
  • Add QAP feature "Add Favorite - Windows App" at top of the menu "My Windows Apps" created at first execution of QAP
  • Save the PowerShell script collecting the list of Windows Apps in the QAP working directory instead of under a QAP temp folder (allowing easier whitelisting by protection software) and stop deleting the script after its execution
  • Bug fixes:
  • Sort favorite in Settings window without considering the ampersand (&) in their names
  • Set default icons when adding shared menu from catalogue
  • Adding a shared menu from the catalogue
  • Reporting shared menu added even when error occured
  • Updating the expanded parameters preview in Add Favorite when using placeholders {CUR_LOC} and other {CUR_...}

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.9.10 Beta (Jul 31, 2018)

  • Run Windows Apps using a new technique (IApplicationActivationManager) allowing to pass a parameter (argument) to the app
  • Add "Advanced Settings" tab to "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box for Windows Apps with "Parameter" option only; support for placeholders in parameter
  • In "Add/Edit favorite" for Windows Apps, add the "Custom Windows App" item to the drop down list of installed Windows Apps (allowing user to add an app not collected by the PowerShell script, if any)
  • For custom Windows Apps, display location text box for custom app code (AUMID); internally prefix custom AUMID with "Custom:"; remove prefix before running or displaying the code
  • Add notes to "Application" and "Windows Apps" favorite types help text in "Select Favorite Type" dialog box
  • Merge other changes from master v9.0.7

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.7 (Jul 28, 2018)

  • Fix bug remembering window position and size when moving the "Move favorite" dialog box when used for only one favorite
  • When using drag-and-drop to add a favorite to a menu in the "Settings" window, insert the new favorite after the selected one (instead of before)
  • In the "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box for QAP Features, add help links for all remaining features
  • Change English labels "Remember window position" to "Remember Settings window position" (in "Options") and "Hide this favorite in menu" to "Disable this favorite" (in Add/Edit Favorite dialog box)
  • Update to all localized language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.9.9 Beta (Jun 21, 2018)

  • Update FR, DE and NL (partial) languages for v9.0.9.8
  • Addition of Win App short label for all languages
  • In Add/Edit favorite dialog bnox, remplace "Hide this favorite" with "Disable this favorite"

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.9.7 Beta (Jun 17, 2018)

  • Fix bug making Windows Apps ID wrong
  • Differentiate Windows Apps name when there are more than one ID for the same app name (for example, see: microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps)
  • Remove unneeded language for Windows Apps PowerShell script (keeping only final success or error message)
  • When running a beta release, pause at the end of execution of the PS script and save this script file is QAP working directory

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.9.6 Beta (Jun 15, 2018)

  • avoid the red error message in PowerShell script and stop listing the apps in the PowerShell window
  • display message to user after succesful refresh of list
  • moved the Windows Apps drop down list at the top of the Basic Settings tab
  • label button "Populate" if the list is empty
  • added some missing help URLs for QAP features in Add/Edit Favorite dialog box

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.9.5 Beta (Jun 14, 2018)

  • When launching the PowerShell script, use its 8.3 short path/file name to avoid an error if path or file name include space(s)
  • There may still be an issue if the filesystem does not support 8.3 naming (Google "NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation") and the name include space(s); in this case a specific error message is displayed, suggesting the user to change QAP temp folder

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.9.4 Beta (Jun 13, 2018)

  • Windows Apps:
  • In Add/Edit Favorite dialog box, add a dropdown list with Windows Apps installed on the system allowing to select a Windows App and set its ID (ID can still be entered manualy)
  • Add a "Refresh" button running a PowerShell script collecting the list of Windows Apps on the system; the script is executed in the QAP temporary folder; the list of Windows Apps is cached in a file saved in the QAP working directory
  • Various:
  • When showing a hotkey in Main menu, Alternative menu, Settings window and Settings list filtering, replace modifiers text "Control" with "Ctrl" and "Windows" with "Win"
  • Revert exclusion of hotkey Windows + L (this Windows default hotkey it is locking the system before QAP can intercept the hotkey but can be disabled by editing a registry key - see http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-launch-my-favorites-with-keyboard-or-mouse-shortcuts/)
  • Fix bug prevent shared menu file to be empty or ".ini"

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.6 (Jun 11, 2018)

  • Shared menus and Time zones:
  • Shared menus now fully support menus saved on cloud shared drive (Dropbox, etc.) when users are working accross different time zones
  • Note 1: before v9.0.6, sharing menus on cloud drives was possible but some modification alerts could be skipped or sent at inapropriate time
  • Note 2: there never was issue when sharing menus using network drives because the file's timestamp is the same for all users regardless of time zone
  • Add to add/edit shared menu the "Drive hosting the shared menu":
  • "Network" (default option, backward compatible pre-v9.0.6), get last modified time of shared menu from file's date-time
  • "Cloud" option (Dropbox, Gogle Drive, OneDrive, etc.), get modification time from each PC's UTC time (for better sync messaging, users shold sync their clocks on a time server)
  • Shared menus refreshing:
  • Before showing the "Settings" window, refresh all external menus that were changed since last load and rebuild main menu
  • In "Settings", when opening a shared menu, check if the menu was modified by another user and, if yes, refresh it before displaying it and rebuild the main menu
  • When changing a favorite in a shared menu and the menu was modified by another user since last load (should be very rare), refresh and reload the menu, rebuild the main menu and inform user that its last change cannot be saved
  • When loading a shared menu, if it is already locked by the current user (because something unexpected happened and the lock was not released previously), unlock the menu immediately
  • Various:
  • Display tooltips during saving favorites and rebuilding the menu (not only when rebuilding)
  • Sound debug beep also when refreshing shared menus and live folders on-demand

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.9.2 Beta (Jun 9, 2018)

  • Shared menus and Time zones
  • Shared menus now fully support menus saved on cloud shared drive (Dropbox, etc.) when users are working accross different time zones
  • Note 1: before v9.1, sharing menus on cloud drives was working but some modification alerts could be skipped or sent at inapropriate time
  • Note 2: there never was issue when sharing menus using network drives because the file's timestamp is the same for all users regardless of time zone
  • Add to add/edit shared menu the "Drive hosting the shared menu":
  • "Network" (default option and backward compatible value for pre-v9.1), get last modified time of shared menu from file's date-time
  • "Cloud" option (Dropbox, Gogle Drive, OneDrive, etc.), get modification time from each PC's UTC time (for better sync messaging, users shold sync their clocks on a time server)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.5 (Jun 4, 2018)

  • Fix bug with icon when adding a link (URL) favorite with the "Add this Folder or Link Express" command
  • Minor language updates for all languages

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.4 (May 21, 2018)

  • Fix bug subfolders of Live folders are now also sorted according to Live folder's options
  • Fix bug default icon is now set when adding a file with the "Add File to Quick Access Popup menu Express" extended context menu (Shift + Right click a file in Windows Explorer to show the "extended" context menu)
  • Show "Set Windows folder icon" link in "Add/Edit favorite" only for Folder favorites and only if a location has been entered (use this command to sync Windows folder icon with favorite's icon)
  • Remove unsupported hotstrings options "Do not conform to case" and "Do not keep ending key"
  • Spanish language update (QAP Features descriptions in "Add/Edit Favorite")

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.3 (May 13, 2018)

  • Optimize recent folders and recent files menu refresh when these menus are attached to the main menu (refresh time will be shorter when only one of the "Recent Folders" or "Recent Files" is used)
  • Close all windows now default with window lines unchecked
  • Hotstrings: restart QAP automatically when an hotstring's options are changed, display an alert for the first change (avoid intermittent glitches)
  • Hotstrings: remove unsupported options "Do not keep Ending key" and "Do not conform to typed case"
  • Dutch language file update and minor updates to EN, DE and ES language files; add Dutch language to Setup script

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.2.9 Beta (May 11, 2018)

  • Debugging code for recent folders refresh
  • Debugging code for full location when launching application

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.2.0 (May 7, 2018)

  • Fix bug showing the Settings window empty or with wrong content under certain conditions, especially when used in non-English language
  • Fix display bug when adding line separators of column breaks in Settings
  • Other minor improvements
  • Italian language update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.2.0 (May 7, 2018)

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New in Quick Access Popup Portable 9.0.1.0 (Apr 30, 2018)

  • Scheduled refresh:
  • new option to refresh periodically the Live Folders menus and Shared Menus (during the short refresh period, the menu is not available)
  • set the "Interval between refresh (seconds)" in "Menu" tab of "Options" windows
  • recommended interval is 300 seconds (5 minutes) or more and minimal interval is 30 seconds
  • use the check box "Beep before and after refresh (debug)" to help estimate the time required to refresh the menu
  • Tree views when adding QAP features and Windows Special folders:
  • in "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box, replace dropdown lists new tree view lists help selecting new QAP features or Windows Special folders
  • QAP Features and Windows Special folders are grouped in the tree view by categories
  • each QAP features has a description and is linked to a FAQ page on QAP web site
  • you can double click an item in the tree view to add immediately the new QAP feature or Windows Special folder
  • Hotstrings:
  • an hotstring is a small sequence of characters used as trigger to expand an abbreviation into the full text of a Snippet (auto-replace) or to launch any type of favorite
  • a new "Hotstrings" section is added to the "Menu Options" tab in "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box
  • in the "Change hotstring" dialog box, you set the trigger (abbreviation) and options: Case sensitive, Do not conform to typed case, Expand inside other words, Keep hotstring abbreviation, Do not wait for Ending key, Do not keep Ending key (see FAQ page for explanations of options: http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/what-are-hotstrings/)
  • due to large number of options combinations (taking into account case-sensitivity and other options), QAP does not validate that hotstring triggers are unique; in case of duplication, depending on various options, only one of the favorites having the same hotstring will be triggered
  • in "Options", "Hotkeys" tab, a new button "Hotstrings default options" opens a dialog box where you can set default values for options of newly created hotstrings (these defaults do not impact existing hotstrings)
  • the "Manage Hotkeys" window now has two tabs: the existing list of Favorite Shortcuts is inserted in a first tab and a second tab now lists the Favorites Hotstrings
  • a new QAP feature named "Hotstrings" opens the "Manage Hotkeys" window in the "Hotstrings" tab
  • the QAP feature "Hotkeys" has been renamed "Shortcuts"
  • Settings window improvements:
  • a new "Sort" button on the left side of the "Settings" window to "Sort all or selected favorites in list"; sorting stops at the first line separator or column break, if present
  • a new "Move" button on the right side of the "Settings" window to move one or multiple favorites to another sub menu (no more need to edit a favorite to move it to another menu)
  • the "Hotkeys" button has been moved to the bottom of the "Settings" window and now has two distinct labels: "Shortcuts" to manage shortcuts and "Hotstrings" to open directly the Hotstrings tab
  • remove support for old black and white buttons (already deprecated since v8.1.1)
  • Extended Search in favorites:
  • in "Settings" window, a new check box "Extended Search" beside the "Search" text box gives more power to the Search tool
  • by default, with the "Extended Search" not checked, the Search tool only filters favorites based on their name
  • if the "Extended Search" is checked, search also covers favorite type, shortcut text, hotstring trigger, location (file or folder path), snippet content, FTP login and advanced settings "Parameters" and "Start in" folder
  • Sort Live folders:
  • new "Sort" options in "Live Folders Options" of favorite folders allow to sort the content of Live folders by file name, extension, size or modified date
  • Live folder content can be sorted ascending or descending
  • default sort order is alphabetically by file name
  • Close computer QAP Features:
  • new QAP Feature "Close Computer Control Center", a dialog box giving full control on the way you close or suspend your computer with commands "Power down", "Shutdown", "Restart" and "Logoff", with option to force closing or not; "Sleep" or "Hibernate", with options to suspend immediately or not, or to disable wake events or not; "Turn monitor off", "Put monitor in low-power mode" or "Start screen saver"
  • new individual QAP Features to "Restart computer", "Logoff user", "Sleep computer", "Hibernate computer", "Turn monitor off", "Put monitor in low-power mode" and "Start screen saver"
  • Add Favorites QAP Features:
  • twelve new QAP features to add a favorite for each type of favorite
  • when adding a favorite using any of the "Add Favorite" QAP features (including "Add this Folder or Link"), the default parent menu of the new favorite is now the same menu where the QAP feature was launched
  • when adding a favorite with "Add this Folder or Link Express" QAP feature, the new favorite is immediately added to the same menu where the QAP feature was launched
  • the position of the new favorite is set accordingly to the options "When adding automatically, add a favorite at..." top or bottom, in the "Menu" tab of the "Options" window
  • at first QAP launch, when creating the default QuickAccessPopup.ini file, the item "Add Feature - QAP Feature" is added at the top of the "My QAP Essentials" menu and the item "Add Feature - Special" is added at the top of the "My Special Folders" menu
  • Other new QAP Features:
  • "Close All Windows" shows a list of all the windows of running application where you can close all or selected windows in one click
  • "Reopen Current Folder from Dialog Box" will open a new Windows Explorer window and load the folder that is active in the dialog box
  • "Switch to default settings file" reloads the normal QAP settings file QuickAccessPopup.ini
  • various QAP features for existing features that were available only in Tray menu but can now be added in any menu: "Restore Settings Position", "Check for update" and "Edit Settings file"
  • Tray menu (right-click on QAP icon in Notification zone):
  • group some Tray menu options under a new sub menu "Settings file options"
  • add the item "Switch to default settings file" to the Tray sub menu "Settings file options"
  • Keyboard shortcuts (internal changes):
  • internal keyboard shortcuts management has been simplified and now allows to have various shortcuts for the same location with different parameters
  • in the settings file QuickAccessPopup.ini, shortcuts are now saved with the favorites info (in the [Favorites] section instead of the separate [LocationHotkeys] section as before)
  • the existing shortcuts in the [LocationHotkeys] section are automatically upgraded to the new favorites shortcuts format
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: once you upgraded to a version greater than v9.0 (or beta release v8.7.1.92), you should not revert to an earlier version (if whenever you have to do it, your keyboard shortcuts will be lost)
  • Other minor improvements:
  • Shared menus: prevent user from changing the location or file name of a Shared menu (avoiding errors); if the file for a shared menu has been renamed or moved, first remove the shared menu and create a new one with the moved or renamed file
  • Snippets: when displaying a prompt waiting to send a text snippet or execute a macro snippet, QAP now accepts Escape to cancel the snippet
  • Drag & Drop: when adding a file shortcut (.lnk) using drag and drop, set the default name of the favorite to the name of the shortcut
  • File Shortcuts (.lnk): when adding a file shortcut with the "Add favorite" dialog box or using drag and drop, get the favorite default icon value and, for applications, the "Parameters" (command line arguments) and "Start In" working directory values from the file shortcut (this is already done that way when adding the shortcut using the Explorer context menu)
  • Add favorite: reorder the types of favorites radio buttons in the "Select Type" dialog box when you add a favorite
  • Windows Explorer: opening a folder that is already open in another Explorer window now brings the existing window to front (instead of creating a new window) except, of course, if you click inside an existing Explorer window, in which case it changes the folder inside this window
  • Windows Explorer instances: before this release, opening a folder in a new window was creating a new Explorer instance for every new folder; now, the window for a new folder is created under the existing Explorer instance and only one Explorer instance is created by QAP (unless user open the Alternative menu "Open in new window" or if user adds an argument to the folder in "Advanced Settings" in which cases QAP must create new Explorer instances)
  • Exclusions: add the capability to exclude menu mouse trigger (by default, Middle mouse button) by process name in addition to window title and class name (the process name is usually the name of the executable file of an application, for example: NOTEPAD.EXE) and add detection of process name when using the "Get window info" button below exclusion list in "Exclusion" tab of the "Options" window
  • make sure location ends with backslash for app's Save As dialog box (like with Notepad++ v7.5.6) trying to save instead of navigating if location does not end with backslash
  • QAP development framework AutoHotkey has been upgraded to v1.1.28.00
  • Language:
  • language updates for Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
  • removed Sweedish language (not updated since v8.0)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.9.1.10 Beta (Apr 28, 2018)

  • Fix bug no menu selected in Settings when opening the Settings window from QAP icon
  • Add Ctrl-M hotkey in Settings to move the selected favorite(s)
  • Fix bug disabling hotkey Enter in Settings when multiple favorites are selected
  • Encode snippet content when dislayed in Select hotkey or Select hotstring dialog boxes
  • Add QAP feature "Restore dialog boxes window position" and add it to System menu (Tray)
  • Fix bug in System menu (Tray) to display the correct settings file name if settings file has been switched
  • Add menu item for QAP support group in Tray menu

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.9.1.9 Beta (Apr 20, 2018)

  • In "Options", "File Managers" tab, replace the "Always navigate" check box with clearer radio buttons "When opening the QAP menu outside of file manager, open folders in:" with two options "the current Windows Explorer window" or "a new Windows Explorer window", keeping the actual user's value; default value "new window" is unchanged
  • In "Options", add a check box to enable or disable scheduled refresh instead of setting interval to 0 second to disable it (no change in the functionality itself)
  • Fix bug with Live folders sorting for folders created before v9, now existing live folders are sorted by alphabetical order
  • Fix bug when adding a Link favorite with "Express" QAP feature and added web page did not return a title
  • Fix bug when getting a web page title and the opening title HTML tag of that page is formated like "

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.9.1.8 Beta (Apr 10, 2018)

  • Close computer QAP Features:
  • add QAP Feature "Close Computer Control Center" with commands Power down, Shutdown, Restart and Logoff, forced or not; Sleep or Hibernate, immediately or not, disabling wake events or not; Turn monitor off, Put monitor in low-power mode or Start screen saver
  • add QAP Features "Restart computer", "Logoff user", "Sleep computer", "Hibernate computer", "Turn monitor off", "Put monitor in low-power mode" and "Start screen saver"
  • add QAP tree view sub category "Close Computer Commands" under "Windows Features" for close computer QAP features
  • Various improvements and bug fixes:
  • add capacity to exclude menu mouse trigger (MButton) by process name (exe file name) in addition to window title and class name
  • add detection of process name when using the "Get window info" button below exclusion list
  • fix bug in menu item position when adding favorites with any of the "Add Favorite" QAP features if user selected a different parent menu in "Menu Options" tab
  • language updates for Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German and French, removed Sweedish language (not updated since v8.0)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.9.1.7 Beta (Mar 31, 2018)

  • QAP Features:
  • Add QAP feature "Reopen Current Folder from Dialog Box" (when you are in a dialog box and wish to browse this folder in Explorer)
  • Add QAP features for existing features that were available only in Tray menu (they cannow be added in any menu): "Restore Settings Position", "Check for update" and "Edit Settings file"
  • Add category "Window Management" in QAP features tree view and move some features from category "Windows Feature" to "Window Management"
  • Fix bug with "TC Hotlist" QAP feature being displayed twice in QAP features tree view (same issue fixed with Special folders tree view)
  • Various improvements:
  • Add "Sort" button to left side of Settings window to "Sort all or selected favorites in list"; if a separator is part of the selected rows, sorting stops at first separator
  • Add "Sort" option for "Live folders" with ascending or descending sort by file name, extension, size of modified date, default sort order is file name ascending
  • When a file shortcut (.lnk file) is added to QAP menu with Drag and Drop, keep the shortcut's file name as default favorite name (instead target's file name)
  • Move "Edit Settings file" from "Settings file options" tray submenu back to main Tray menu
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix bug item position in menu dropdown not set when adding a QAP feature with type
  • Fix bug with tooltips in Settings window for left hand column that were offset by 2

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.9.1.6 Beta (Mar 25, 2018)

  • Close All Windows
  • Add the QAP feature "Close All Windows" with a dialog box to select which of the currently open windows to close
  • Add a button to select or deselect all windows to close
  • Double-click or press Enter to close one window only or see its details
  • Options
  • When adding a favorite automatically using one of the "Express" commands or "Add Favorite" QAP features, change default position of new favorites from top to bottom of the menu
  • Rename option "Add automatically at the top of menu" to "When adding automatically, add a favorite at..." and change it from a check box to radio buttons with options "Bottom of menu" and "Top of menu"
  • In "Options" dialog box, move the "When adding automatically, add a favorite at..." option from "General" to "Menu" tab
  • QAP Features
  • New QAP features to add a favorite for each type of favorite (12 types)
  • Add these new features to the QAP Features tree view under 2nd level list "Add Favorite of Type"
  • When adding a favorite using QAP features "Add Favorite" (with or without type), add it at top or bottom of menu according to option "When adding automatically, add a favorite at..."
  • Also, when adding with "Add favorite" QAP features, add the new favorite to the top or bottom of the menu where the "Add Favorite" command was launched
  • At first QAP launch (when creating the QuickAccessPopup.ini file), add default items "Add Feature - QAP" at top of menu "My QAP Essentials" and "Add Feature - Special" at top of menu "My Special Folders"
  • Stop saving the QAP features name to ini file (this was done by error in the previous beta release)
  • Add Express command
  • When using the "Add this Folder or Link Express", add favorite to menu where the "Express" command was launched
  • When adding a favorite using "Express" command, add it at top or bottom of menu according to option "When adding automatically, add a favorite at...".
  • Bug fixes
  • Fix bug when double-clicking a tree view header (when adding QAP Features or Special Folders)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.9.1.5 Beta (Mar 18, 2018)

  • Windows Special folders:
  • categorize Windows Special folders
  • replace Windows Special folders dropdown list with a tree view containing Special folders grouped by categories
  • support double click in treeview to add immediately a new Windows Special folder (also when adding from the QAP features tree view)
  • when editing a new Windows Special (or QAP feature) favorite, in the tree view, expand the branch of the first occurence of the edited favorite (it can be available in more than one branch)
  • Various changes:
  • when adding a favorite, reorder types of favorites radio buttons in "Select Type" dialog box
  • before this release, opening a folder in a new window was creating a new Explorer instance for every window; now, the new window is created under the same Explorer instance and only one Explorer instance is created by QAP unless user adds an argument to the folder in Advanced settings (low probability) in which case QAP must create a new instance for this window
  • rename "Refresh Live Folders menus" to "Refresh Live Folders and Shared menus"
  • Bug fixes:
  • when adding a file shortcut (.lnk) using drag and drop, set default name based on the target file (not the file shortcut name) to be consistent with other ways of adding file shortcuts
  • when adding a file shortcut from the "Add favorite" dialog box or using drag and drop, get from file shortcut the favorite default icon value and, for applications, the Parameters (command line arguments) and working directory values; this is already done when adding unsing the Explorer context menu
  • fix bug with default shortcut when adding or editing a QAP feature favorite

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.7.1.2 (Feb 23, 2018)

  • prevent user from changing the location or file name of a Shared menu (avoiding errors); if the file for a shared menu has been renamed or moved, first remove the shared menu and create a new one for the moved or renamed file
  • message to confirm before creating a new (empty) external menu
  • using Snippets, when waiting to send a text snippet or execute a macro snippet, accept Escape to cancel the snippet

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.9.1.1 Beta (Feb 20, 2018)

  • Hotstrings:
  • see FAQ page http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/what-are-hotstrings/
  • add "Hotstrings" section to "Menu Options" tab in "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box
  • add "Change hotstring" dialog box to set the trigger (or abbreviation) of an hotstring and its options
  • checkbox options in "Change hotstring" dialog box are: Case sensitive, Do not conform to typed case, Expand inside other words, Keep hotstring abbreviation, Do not wait for Ending key, Do not keep Ending key (see FAQ page for explanations of options: http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/what-are-hotstrings/#options)
  • hotstrings can trigger any type of favorites, most useful with "Text Snippets" to use an abbreviation (the trigger) to expand in the longer replacement text of a Text Snippet
  • due to large number of options combinations (taking into account case-sensitivity and other options), QAP does not validate that hotstring triggers are unique; in case of duplication, depending on various options, only one of the favorites having the same hotstring will be triggered
  • in "Options", "Hotkeys" tab, add the "Hotstrings default options" button to to set default hotstrings options for newly created hotstrings (these defaults do not impact existing hotstrings)
  • to "Manage Hotkeys" window, add the "Hotstrings" tab with a list of all favorites having an hotstring
  • in "Settings" window, add a label under the "Hotkeys" (renamed "Shortcuts, see below) to open the "Manage Hotkeys" dialog box in the "Hotstrings" tab
  • add a new QAP feature named "Hotstrings" to open the "Manage Hotkeys" dialog box in the "Hotstrings" tab
  • Keyboard shortcuts:
  • rename button and labels "Hotkeys" to "Shortcuts" in windows "Settings", "Add/Edit Favorites", "Manage Hotkeys", etc. (in QAP, the term "Hotkeys" now encompass both "Shortcuts" (mostly keyboard shortcuts, but also mouse shortcuts) and the new "Hotstrings" (described above)
  • simplified management of favorites keyboard and mouse shortcuts (internal changes only)
  • in the settings file QuickAccessPopup.ini, shortcuts are now saved in the favorites lines in the [Favorites] section (instead of the separate [LocationHotkeys] section as before)
  • the existing shortcuts in the [LocationHotkeys] section are automatically upgraded to the new favorites shortcuts format
  • NOTE: once you upgraded to a version greater than 8.7.1.92, you should not revert to an earlier version (if whenever you have to do it, your keyboard shortcuts will be lost)
  • Extended Search:
  • add the "Extended Search" checkbox after the "Search" text box in the "Settings" window
  • by default, the "Extended Search" is not checked, and search filters only based on the favorites name
  • if the "Extended Search" is checked, search covers favorite name, type, shortcut, hotstring trigger, location (file or folder path), snippet content, FTP login name and password, and advanced settings "Parameters" and "Start in" folder
  • Bug fixes and minor changes:
  • enable some keyboard shortcuts in the "Settings" window that were disabled by error when favorite list was filtered by the Search
  • stop offering to edit a favorite when its location is not found for items from dynamic menus (like "Recent Folder")
  • in the "Settings" window, change the default button to "Close" (instead of "Save & Close") and, if user hits the Enter key when the focus is not in the favorites list, send the Enter key to the default "Close" button
  • QAP development framework AutoHotkey has been upgraded to v1.1.28.00

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.7.1.93 Beta (Jan 31, 2018)

  • internal changes for a simplified management of favorites keyboard and mouse shortcuts
  • in the settings file (QuickAccessPopup.ini), shortcuts are now saved in the favorites lines in the [Favorites] section instead of the separate [LocationHotkeys] section
  • upgrade previous settings file to the new favorites shortcuts format; NOTE: new version of the settings file should not be used with older version of QAP

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.7.1.92 Beta (Jan 31, 2018)

  • merge bug fixes from master release v8.7.1.1
  • fix bug introduced in v8.7.1 making the menu miss the QAP features names after user saved changes in the Hotkeys dialog box
  • fix bug "unknown" icons displayed for some favorites in menu after saving favorites for the first time after first launch after installation
  • update to traditional Chinese (ZH-TW) language file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.7.1.91 Beta (Jan 31, 2018)

  • compiled with new AHK runtime v1.1.27.03
  • display AHK runtime version number in about dialog box
  • use new object A_Args to parse arguments; requires AHK v1.1.27+
  • remove hotkeys exceptions for Russian keyboard solved by new runtime v1.1.27
  • fix bug writing file version number to executable files (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • add QAP executable file number to setup executable file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.7.1.1 (Jan 22, 2018)

  • Fix bug introduced in v8.7.1 making the menu miss the QAP features names after user saved changes in the Hotkeys dialog box
  • Fix bug "unknown" icons displayed for some favorites in menu after saving favorites for the first time after first launch after installation
  • Fix bug write file version number to executable files (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Add executable files version number to setup executable file
  • Compiled with new AHK runtime v1.1.27.03 and display AHK runtime version in About dialog box
  • Update to traditional Chinese (ZH-TW) language file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.7.1 (Dec 30, 2017)

  • Run as administrator:
  • new checkbox "Run as administrator" in Options, first tab, to launch QAP as an admnistrator (ie: with elevated privileges)
  • display a security alert when selecting the "Run as administrator" option and when launching QAP as administrator
  • when running as administrator, embed the Windows UAC (User Access Control) logo in QAP icon in the Notification zone
  • add the "[admin]" tag to QAP application name when running as administrator
  • administrator security alert, "[admin]" tag and QAP tray icon with UAC logo are displayed only if QAP is running as admin because of the "Run as administrator" option (ie: not if user launched QAP as administrator by other means)
  • launch QAP with normal privileges if user decline elevation (ie: do not enter the admin password when requested)
  • Bug fixes:
  • in Live Folders, fix icons for items with extension .url (links) or .lnk (shortcuts)
  • fix bug when Directory Opus had multiple listers and wrong lister was sometimes activated after opening a folder in new tab
  • fix bug in French version to remember the "Add/Edit favorite" dialog box width
  • Various:
  • the QAP startup shortcut (created when user select the "Run at startup" option) now includes the "/Settings:" parameter if user switched settings file (QAP will reload with the changed settings file)
  • add a random number to QAP temporary folder name to make sure we have distinct folders in case multiple QAP instances are launched
  • use the Windows UAC (User Access Control) logo as default icon for the Alternative menu "Run as administrator"
  • new JLicons.dll icons file v1.4 including Windows UAC logo icon and QAP icon with UAC logo
  • User installing QAP in PORTABLE mode, make sure you update your JLicons.dll file
  • Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, German and French language update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.7.0.9.1 Beta (Dec 21, 2017)

  • Add the "Run as administrator" checkbox option to Options, first tab, to launch QAP as an admnistrator (ie: with elevated UAC privileges)
  • Display a security alert when selecting the "Run as administrator" option and when launching QAP as administrator
  • After saving options with "Run as administrator" ON, offer to reload QAP in Admin mode
  • After saving options with "Run as administrator" OFF, offer to exit app (but QAP could not reload itself in normal mode because the reloaded instance would inherit admin privileges)
  • Command-line option "/AdminSilent" for power users who want to skip the alert when QAP is launched as adminstrator
  • Change the QAP tray icon for version embedding the UAC logo when QAP is running as administrator
  • Add the "[admin]" tag to QAP application name when running as administrator
  • Display an alert message if user declined elevation (ie: did not enter the admin password when requested) and running as normal user
  • New JLicons.dll icons file v1.4 including UAC logo icon and QAP icon with UAC logo
  • Use the UAC logo as default icon for the Alternative menu "Run as administrator"

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.7 (Dec 6, 2017)

  • New QAP Features:
  • new QAP feature "Repeat Last Actions" displaying a submenu with the last 10 items selected in the popup menu
  • adding a new submenu "Repeat Last Actions" to the "My QAP Essentials" menu for new installation only (* existing users must add it themselves *)
  • when an item is selected from the "Repeat Last Actions" menu, it is moved to the top of the menu
  • new option in "Options", "Menu" tab, to select the number of items in "Repeat Last Actions" menu (default 10)
  • new QAP feature "Repeat Last Action" (singular) to repeat the last item selected in the popup menu (* users must add it themselves to their menu *)
  • new QAP Feature "Recent Files" displaying a submenu with recent files as remembered by Windows
  • adding a new submenu "Recent Files" to the "My QAP Essentials" menu for new installation only (* existing users must add it themselves *)
  • adding a new submenu "Repeat Last Actions" to the "My QAP Essentials" menu for new installation only (* existing users must add it themselves *)
  • the "Recent Files" submenu contains the same number of items as the "Recent Folders" submenu
  • new option in "Options", "Menu" tab, to display the refreshed folders "Recent Folders", "Recent Files" and "Drives" attached to the main menu (with a refresh delay that may vary at each menu popup) or detached as stand-alone menus refreshed on demand (as before this release)
  • Russian keyboard support:
  • various adjustments for systems where current input language (keyboard) is Russian (language code 0419)
  • if Russian keyboard is detected, replace Windows + W and Shift + Windows + W menu keyboard hotkeys with equivalent keys on Russian keyboard (ASCII Unicode 1094)
  • at first execution, do not assign default hotkeys to favorites if running on a system with Russian keyboard
  • change method of initialization of shortcuts in "Settings" window to avoid errors with Russian keyboard
  • Temporary folder:
  • add an option in "General" tab to select the folder where the QAP temporary folder is created (and deleted when you exit QAP)
  • for new installation starting with this version, the default temporary folder is created in Windows %TEMP% folder (e.g. C:UsersUserNameAppDataLocalTemp)
  • Other improvements:
  • support navigation (change folder) in PowerShell window as in the command-line console (CMD)
  • add an item to the QAP system menu (richt-click on QAP icon menu in Notification zone) labeled "Restore Settings window position" that move the "Settings" window to its default position and size, in case it would become invisible following changes by user in screens configuration
  • when activating a running application with Applications favorite option "If the application is already running, activate it instead of launching", activate it only if it has the requested admnin (UAC) level (elevated or normal), if not, launch a new instance with the required admin level (if the application supports multiple instances)
  • allow resize of dialog box shown when selecting a destination menu for copied or moved multiple favorites, allowing to see longer destination menus and save window last position to ini file to restore it when using this dialog box again
  • add code to be more specific when detecting a file dialog box (Open, Save As, etc.) and exclude non-file dialog boxes (Preferences, Options, etc.)
  • Bug fixes:
  • changes in Manage Icons window were not saved if favorites were part of a shared menu
  • could not use the Alternative menu feature "Edit a favorite" for running apps favorites if the "If this application is already running, activate..." option was enabled
  • default hotkeys for QAP features in "My QAP Essentials" were not correctly initializes when creating the settings file at first execution
  • bug in error message when a hotkey was not available in current keyboard layout
  • opening Special folder "Control panel" in Directory Opus was causing a blank tab to be added
  • make sure the application window does not stay minimized when activating a running application with Applications favorite option "If the application is already running, activate it instead of launching"
  • Language updates:
  • update to Traditional Chinese (ZH-TW, back to v8.1), Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Spanish, Dutch and French language files
  • English language revision (thanks to Richard for proofreading)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.6.4 (Nov 29, 2017)

  • fix bug: changes in Manage Icons window were not saved if menu was part of a shared menu
  • fix bug: could not use the Alternative menu feature "Edit a favorite" for running apps favorites if the "If this application is already running, activate..." option was enabled
  • give temporary menu name to unknown QAP feature (this should only happen if switching back from a version with a new QAP feature to an earlier version where this QAP feature is unknown)
  • Simplified Chinese (ZH-TW) translation update (back to v8.1) and English language proofreading

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.6.9.7 Beta (Nov 22, 2017)

  • implement shortcuts for Repeat last actions menu and Repeat last action
  • fix bug wit last actions menu when numeric shortcuts are enabled
  • fix bug with last action when QAP feature menu item has a shortcut
  • stop collecting text separators in last actions

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.6.9.6 Beta (Nov 20, 2017)

  • fix bug with Drives menu when dynamically refreshed menus are attached to QAP popup menu
  • adding a new item "Repeat Last Actions" to "My QAP Essentials" menu for new installation only (existing users must add it themselves)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.6.9.5 Beta (Nov 20, 2017)

  • limit number of items in Repeat Last Actions menu
  • default to 10 item in the Repeat Last Actions
  • add option to select the number of items in Repeat Last Actions in Options, Menu tab

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.6.3 (Nov 16, 2017)

  • make "Add this Folder or Line" work with recent versions of Firefox (tested with v56)
  • fix bug when adding a link with "Add this Folder or Link" from the QAP icon menu
  • fix display bug in "Edit favorite" dialog box when very long web page title is retrieved as favorite name
  • fix bug when assigning an hotkey to an Alternative menu feature for the first time

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.6.2 (Nov 7, 2017)

  • For new inslallations only, add default hotkeys to QAP features:
  • "Add This Folder or Link" -> Shift + Control + A
  • "Reopen Current Folder in Dialog Box" -> Shift + Control + C
  • "Clipboard" -> change from Shift + Control + C to Shift + Control + V (existing users can add it themselves in the Edit Favorite dialog box, Menu Options tab)
  • Fix bug display hotkey title in error messages when a hotkey is not available in current keyboard layout
  • Update to Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Spanish, French and Dutch language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.6.9.3 Beta (Nov 7, 2017)

  • Russian keyboard support:
  • various adjustments for systems where current input language (keyboard) is Russian (language code 0419)
  • if Russian keyboard is detected, replace Windows + W and Shift + Windows + W menu keyboard hotkeys with equivalents keys on Russian keyboard (ASCII Unicode 1094)
  • at first execution on a system with Russian keyboard, do not assign hotkeys to favorites of the default menu
  • change method of initialization of Settings window hotkeys to avoid errors with Russian keyboard
  • Other:
  • update default hotkeys for QAP features in "My QAP Essentials" when creating the settings file at first execution
  • fix bug in error message when a hotkey is not available in current keyboard layout
  • update to German, Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.6.9.2 Beta (Nov 2, 2017)

  • add QAP Feature to list "Recent Files" as remembered by Windows
  • add option to display the refreshed folders "Recent Folders", "Recent Files" and "Drives" attached to the main menu (with a slight refresh delay at each menu popup) or detached as stand-alone menus refreshed on demand
  • add an option in "General" tab to select the folder where the QAP temporary folder is created (and deleted when you exit QAP)
  • for new installation starting with this version, the default temporary folder is created in Windows %TEMP% folder (e.g. C:UsersUserNameAppDataLocalTemp)
  • update to Italian, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.6.9.1 Beta (Oct 29, 2017)

  • support change folder in PowerShell window as well as in command-line console (CMD)
  • allow resize of window when selecting the destination menu for copied or moved multiple favorites, allowing to see longer menu destinations and save window last position to ini file and restore previous position
  • add code to be more specific when detecting a file dialog box (Open, Save As, etc.) and exclude non-file dialog boxes (Preferences, Options, etc.)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.6.1 (Oct 29, 2017)

  • fix bug default icon not set properly when adding a favorite (update RECOMMENDED for all users)
  • block popup menu during menu refresh launched with QAP feature Refresh Live menus
  • add link for monthly donations in Support freeware dialog box

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.6 (Oct 27, 2017)

  • Add this Link:
  • the QAP Feature "Add This Folder" has been renamed "Add this Folder or Link" and now detects URL locations in browsers as well as folder locations in supported file managers
  • when adding a link, QAP retrieves the web page title automatically as default favorite name; if the URL returns an error (this can happen even for valid pages), it leaves the favorite name empty
  • when adding or editing a favorite link, a button allows to retrieve the page title from the web page
  • a tooltip is displayed when retrieving web page title (in case fetching the tile takes some time)
  • Copy multiple favorites:
  • support copy multiple favorites (still excluding menus and groups)
  • multiple copy stops when an existing favorite in the destination menu has the same name as the cop�ed favorite (as for multiple move in previous versions)
  • an error message is displayed when user ask to move or copy multiple favorites to their actual location
  • Text Separators:
  • a new favorite type "Text Separator" allows to insert text entries as headers or sub-headers in the QAP menu (selecting these entries in the menu has no effect)
  • a new "T" icon in the left column of Settings window can be clicked to add Text Separators
  • by default, Text Separators have no icon but one can be selected in the "Menu Options" tab
  • Favorites icons management:
  • QAP now allows favorites to have "no icon"
  • in add/edit favorite dialog box "Menu Options" tab, a new link labeled "no icon" selects the "no icon" pseudo-icon (the "forbidden" sign with a diagonal bar)
  • the "no icon" icon can also be selected in the JLicons.dll file
  • the favorite icons taken in JLicons.dll are now saved in the settings file by their name (e.g. "iconFolder") instead of the "file,index" format used for icons from other files
  • current icons from JLindex.dll in the settings file are be converted from "file,index" format to names (e.g. "iconFolder") the first time settings are saved with this version (and future versions)
  • in add/edit favorite dialog box "Menu Options" tab, a new link labeled "select in JLicons.dll"
  • a new icon file named JLicons.dll v1.3 including the new iconNoIcon pseudo-icon will be automatically updated for Setup users (for portable installation, make sure the previous file is replaced)
  • Unicode conversion:
  • QAP now save its settings (QuickAccessPopup.ini) with Unicode encoding, allowing more international and special charactes to be saved in favorites location, snippets content or favorites names
  • QAP still supports existing settings file saved in ANSI encoding but it offers to do the conversion QAP is loaded with this version (and future versions)
  • if settings file is encoded in ANSI, QAP displays a dialog box offering the user to:
  • 1) convert its settings file to Unicode encoding (for better int'l and special characters support);
  • 2) not convert (value "DoNotConvertSettingsToUnicode=1" is added to settings to remember this choice);
  • 3) or ask again at next startup.
  • - the dialog box includes a link to a FAQ web page for explanation and help (http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/why-converting-the-settings-file-to-unicode-and-conversion-troubleshooting/)
  • Various:
  • the option "Always open folders in current file manager window" in Options, "Files mamagers" tab is added to always change folder in the current Explorer, Total Commander or Directory Opus window, except when using the Alternative menu "Open in new window"; this applies to favorites of types Folder, Special Folder and FTP
  • improve visibility of the "Explorer context menu" option in Options "Menu" tab
  • new value SendToConsoleWithAlt in Global settings, default 1 (true), to use the ALT+0nnn ASCII codes when changing folder in a command-line window (CMD)
  • partial update of all language files (complete updates in next versions), full update of the French language file
  • Bug fixes:
  • fix bug when changing folder in command-line window (CMD) with some international keyboard input language (by using the ALT+0nnn ASCII codes)
  • fix bug when opening an application favorite with {CUR_LOC} and when location is empty (this was happening when the current window was not an Explorer window)
  • fix bug when user cancels the pick icon dialog box, now QAP keeps the selected icon

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.5.9.4 Beta (Oct 26, 2017)

  • fix bug when changing folder in command-line window (CMD) with some international keyboard input language (by using the ALT+0nnn ASCII codes)
  • new value SendToConsoleWithAlt in Global settings, default 1 (true), to use the ALT+0nnn ASCII codes when changing folder in a command-line window (CMD)
  • change internal processing of version number when comparing running vs latest version number

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.5.9.3 Beta (Oct 1, 2017)

  • add option "Always open folders in current file manager window" in Options, "Files mamagers" tab, file managers tab, to allow always change folder in the current file manager (Explorer, Total Commander or Directory Opus) for favorites of types Folder, Special and FTP (except when using the Alternative menu "Open in new window")
  • support copy multiple favorites (excluding menus and groups)
  • multiple copy stops when a favorite has the same name in the destination menu (as for multiple move in previsous versions)
  • error message when user ask to move or copy multiople favorites to their actual location
  • add tooltip when retrieving web page title (in case fetching the tile takes time)
  • improve visibility for Explorer context menu option in Menu tab

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.5.9.2 Beta (Sep 25, 2017)

  • Add this Folder or Link now works for links when called from the menu in the Notification zone (Tray icon)
  • add diagnostic code

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.5.9.1 Beta (Sep 20, 2017)

  • Text Separators:
  • new favorite type "Text Separator" allowing to insert text entries as headers in the QAP menu (selecting these entries does just nothing)
  • new "T" icon in the left column of Settings window to add Text Separators
  • by default, Text Separators have no icon but you can select one in the "Menu Options" tab
  • Favorites icons management:
  • allow favorites to have "no icon"
  • new link labeled "no icon" in add/edit favorite dialog box, "Menu Options", selecting the "no icon" pseudo-icon (the "forbidden" sign with a diagonal bar) for this favorite
  • the "no icon" icon can also be selected in the JLicons.dll file
  • the icons from JLicons.dll are now saved in the settings file by their name (e.g. "iconFolder") instead of the "file,index" format used for icons from other files
  • current icons from JLindex.dll in the settings file will be converted from "file,index" format to names (e.g. "iconFolder") next time you save your settings
  • new link labeled "select in JLicons.dll" in add/edit favorite dialog box, "Menu Options", shown only if current icon is not already picked from this file
  • new JLicons.dll v1.3 including iconNoIcon will automatically replace the current JLicons.dll file for Setup users (user preferinf portable installation, make sure you unzip and update this file)
  • Add this Link:
  • rename QAP Feature "Add This Folder" to "Add this Folder or Link" and detect URL location as well as folder location
  • when using "Add this Folder or Link" to add a link, retrieve the web page title automatically as default favorite name; it the URL returns an error (this can happen even for valid pages), leave the favorite name empty
  • when adding or editing a favorite link, add a button to get the page title from the we page and put it as default for the favorite name
  • Unicode conversion:
  • if QAP settings file (QuickAccessPopup.ini) is encoded using ANSI standard, display a dialog box offering the user to:
  • 1) convert its settings file to Unicode (for better int'l and special characters support);
  • 2) not convert (value DoNotConvertSettingsToUnicode=1 is added to settings to remember this choice);
  • 3) or ask user next startup.
  • dialog box includes a link to a FAQ web page for explanation and help (http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/why-converting-the-settings-file-to-unicode-and-conversion-troubleshooting/)
  • Various:
  • fix bug when opening an application favorite with {CUR_LOC} and when location is empty (when the current window is not an Explorer window)
  • fix bug when user cancel the pick icon dialog box, now it always keep the selected icon
  • Duth language file updated

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.5.3 (Sep 9, 2017)

  • Fixes a comment typo in v8.5.2 preventing the app to load

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.5.2 (Sep 8, 2017)

  • Reverting change from v8.5.1 causing issues for users having special characters in their favorites paths : at QAP startup, STOPS converting QuickAccessPopup.ini to Unicode encoding if it is encoded in ANSI (until more tests are done)
  • If your QuickAccessPopup.ini was corrupted using v8.5.1, go to your working directory (http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/whats-the-qap-working-directory/), rename QuickAccessPopup.ini-ANSI-BK to QuickAccessPopup.ini
  • For new installations, this change is maintained: create new settings file QuickAccessPopup.ini with Unicode encoding

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.5.1 (Sep 8, 2017)

  • Create new settings file QuickAccessPopup.ini with Unicode encoding; this change allows the use of extended characters in favorite's name, location or content
  • At QAP startup, check if QuickAccessPopup.ini encoding is ANSI and, if yes, convert it to Unicode encoding and inform user
  • Fix bug expand placeholder {CUR_LOC} in application favorite's working directory before checking if directory exists
  • Fix bug display "Reset default hotkey" in Select hotkey dialog box when there is no default

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.5 (Sep 5, 2017)

  • Menu key:
  • you can now use the Menu key (also called Context menu key or Application key) to pop up the QAP menu or launch any favorite
  • to select the Menu key, in the "Select Hotkey" dialog box, click on the "menu key (application)" link below the hotkey selector
  • this hotkey can be combined with any modifiers (Shift, Alt, Ctrl or Win)
  • Snippets:
  • major improvements to make Snippets easier to create and edit
  • a button in snippet add/edit favorite dialog box to enlarge the snippet content text box
  • font size selector for snippet text box
  • check box to display a snippet with fixed font (useful for code snippets)
  • display preferences saved with each snippet
  • default preferences for snippets can be selected in Options, General tab
  • when launching a snippet with the "Prompt before" option, QAP also accepts Space to kick-off a snippet (in addition to Enter)
  • change help link to new FAQ page about snippets (see improved FAQ content about Snippets)
  • Reopen Current Folder in dialog box:
  • a feature I should have included much earlier... Warning: to take advantage of it, existing users must add themselves this new feature to their menu
  • new QAP feature "Reopen Current Folder in dialog box" allowing to reopen in a dialog box the current location in Windows Explorer
  • the current location is the folder currently displayed in the active (or in the last active) Windows Explorer window
  • current location is also detected in Directory Opus or Total Commander if one of these file magagers is enabled
  • Hotkeys:
  • set QAP feature default hotkeys for "Reopen Current Folder" to Shift + Ctrl + C (of course, you can change it at any time)
  • change QAP feature "Clipboard" default hotkeys from Shift + Ctrl + C to Shift + Ctrl + V
  • this change is only for new installations - exising users must do this change themselves, if they wish
  • Various:
  • the "Ctrl + Ctrl" option has been moved to the "Alternative menu" tab in Options dialog box, and its presentation has been improved
  • add a link beside the "Check for update" checkbox in the Options dialog box to check for update immediately
  • check if the "Start in" folder location exists before launching a favorite and do not launch it if the location is not found
  • offer to edit the favorite when one of these folder locations is not found: folder, document or application location, "Launch with" application location or "Start in" folder location
  • Language:
  • new! Dutch language is now available
  • German translation update for changes since v8
  • updates for Spanish, Italian and French language files
  • Bug fixes:
  • fix an error in QAP 32-bit executable file preventing the Windows Explorer context menus to work with QAP installed in portable mode
  • allow favorite location to be a UNC root path (like \127.0.0.1 or \MyDomain) assuming the location is online because Windows does not allow to check if an UNC root location is available (on my system, Windows 10 defaults to the "Documents" folder if the UNC drive is not mounted)
  • fix bug when adding a QAP feature and when its default hotkey is already in use for another favorite
  • fix bug when processing backtick (accent grave) in snippets (used for code snippets) and add help about backticks in add/edit dialog box
  • fix bug && displayed in Drag & Drop help window title instead of &
  • add diagnostic code to track the "71 hotkeys limit" bug - if someone encounter this error message, please contact me

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.4.2 (Aug 21, 2017)

  • stop creating Windows Explorer context menu for Windows Shortcuts (.lnk files) because of potential security issue
  • if you need to remove this context menu see the FAQ

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.4.1 (Aug 8, 2017)

  • fix bug maximum of Live Folders items exceeded (500 items limit) by error
  • fix bug last Live folder item duplicated when numeric shortcuts are enabled

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.4 (Aug 2, 2017)

  • add "Always on top" option to Settings window to ease drag and drop
  • update drag & drop help message
  • remember window location when drag & drop a folder favorite to Settings window
  • add a tab about Shared Menus in Help window
  • add tooltips over left column buttons in Settings window
  • fix bug when icon resource filename includes a coma
  • fix links in Options tabs and fix links to Shared menu FAQ page on website
  • Spanish, Brazilian-Portuguese, Italian and French language updates

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.3 (Jul 21, 2017)

  • Search:
  • add search text box to filter favorites in all submenus in Settings window
  • add an X button to empty the filter text box and restore the full favorites list
  • filtering is done based on the existence of the search string in the favorites name (only) in all menus and submenus
  • filtering is case insensitive
  • filtered favorites are displayed in the order they were found, starting from top main menu
  • in filtered favorites list, the Edit button, Enter key or double-click open the edit favorite dialog box with the selected favorite
  • double-clicking a menu favorite in filtered favorites list opens this menu unfiltered
  • after edition of a favorite, the regular favorites list is restored in the location of the edited favorite
  • the Remove button or Delete key removes a favorite from the filtered list (with confirmation before deleting a menu and its submenus); after deletion, the filtered list remains active
  • in filtered list, only single selection is available, allowing edition or deletion of only one favorite at a time
  • left columns buttons to move favorites or insert separator buttons (and their associated hotkeys) are disabled in filtered list
  • in filtered list, the Add button (and its associated hotkey Ctrl-N) adds a new favorite at the top of the main menu
  • changing menu using the dropdown list, using back or top arrows and closing and re-opening the Settings window restore the regular unfiltered list
  • in Settings window, the new shortcut Ctrl-F moves the cursor to search box
  • Shared menus:
  • complete rewrite of Shared menus file locking (reservation to avoid conflicting changes by simultaneous users)
  • when opening the add/edit favorite dialog box, QAP checks if the favorites belongs to a Shared menu and displays a message if the menu is read-only, locked (reserved) by another user or if it was changed since QAP was launched
  • when saving a favorite (or when moving a favorite using arrows in Settings, or when adding a separator or a column break), QAP checks if the favorites belongs to a Shared menu and, if yes, checks if the shared menu was locked or modified since the dialog box was opened and, if yes, displays a message
  • after a favorite in a shared menu is saved in QAP "internal" memory, QAP locks (reserves) the shared menu file until the changes in shared menu are actualy saved to the settings file QuickAccessPopup.ini, preventing other users from editing this shared menu
  • QAP display "Read-only" in the Settings window's content column and prevent opening this menu in the Settings window if it is saved in a folder where the user has no write access and for shared menus of type "Centralized" where user does not have write-access for this menu
  • when creating a Shared menu of type "Centralized", QAP automatically adds the current username to the write-access list (preventing the user to be locked out of its own new menu)
  • in "Centralized" Shared menus write-access list, names can also be separated by semicolon (in addition to comma)
  • a shared menu cannot be added under another shared menu
  • QAP now supports Shared menu file locking when changes are done using the "Manage icons" window
  • in Settings window column labeled "Content", QAP now displays the Shared menu settings file location
  • New Explorer Context menu for Windows shortcuts:
  • add an Explorer context menu for Windows shortcuts file (.lnk files) labeled "Import Windows shortcut to Quick Access Popup menu" to import shortcut settings to QAP favorites
  • QAP imports the following settings from Windows shortcut: working directory (for application favorites), window state (for folder favorites) and icon settings (for any type of favorites)
  • note for user of portable version: the file ManageContextMenu.bat has been updated to include the new context menu "Import Windows shortcut to Quick Access Popup menu"
  • Various:
  • add Settings shortcut F1 to open the Help window
  • add Settings shortcut Ctrl-H to display the Favorites Shortcuts Help window
  • update the Favorites Shortcuts Help window
  • Bug fixes:
  • fix bug having various side effects after user made changes to Settings and cancelled these changes with the Cancel button
  • fix bug when opening a folder and active window is QAP Settings window

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.2.9.3 Beta (Jul 17, 2017)

  • add Explorer context menu labeled "Import Windows shortcut to Quick Access Popup menu" to import .lnk files to QAP favorites
  • import following settings from Windows shortcut: working directory (for application favorites), window state (for folder favorites) and icon settings (for any type)
  • reset Search label in empty search box when Settings is shown
  • fix bug with search filter when showing the gui from add favorite QAP feature
  • fix bug when add favorite from QAP showing shared menu error at fresh start only
  • fix bug when opening a folder and active window is QAP Settings window
  • Note for user of portable version:
  • The file ManageContextMenu.bat has been updated to include the new context menu "Import Windows shortcut to Quick Access Popup menu".

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.2.9.2 Beta (Jun 26, 2017)

  • Search in Settings:
  • add search text box to Settings window above favorites list with an x button to empty the filter text box
  • add a filtered favorites list shown automatically over the regular favorites list when text is typed in the filter text box and hidden when the search text box is emptied
  • filtering is done based on the existence of the search string in the name (only) of favorites in all menus and submenus, starting from top main menu
  • in filtered favorites list, show the same columns as in the regular list plus the menu path in second column, after favorite name
  • Edit button, Enter key or double-click in the filtered list open the edit favorite dialog box with the selected favorite, except if it is a menu where the double-click will open the submenu
  • when edited favorites is saved (or cancelled), the regular favorites list is restored in the location of the edited favorite
  • Remove button or Delete key removes a favorite from the filtered list (with confirmation before deleting a menu and its submenus); after deletion, the filtered list remains active
  • in filtered list, only single selection is available, allowinf edit or deletion of only one favorite at a time (support for multiple deletion or multiple move could be added but requires more work)
  • disable left columns move and separator buttons (and associated hotkeys) in Settings when filtered list is active
  • in filtered list, the Add button (and its associated hotkey Ctrl-N) adds a new favorite at the top of the main menu
  • hide filtered list anjd restore regular favorite list, when changing menu using the dropdown list or back or top arrows in Settings, and when closing and re-opening the Settings window
  • add Settings shortcut Ctrl-F to move the cursor to search box
  • Other:
  • add Settings shortcuts F1 to open Help window
  • add Settings shortcut Ctrl-H to display the Favorites Shortcuts Help window
  • update the Favorites Shortcuts Help window
  • fix bugs having various side effects after user made changes to Settings and cancelled these changes (with the Cancel button), breaking the backlinks ("..") to parent menu, breaking the check for shared menus changes in since menu was loaded
  • Bug fixes from master branch v8.2.3:
  • fix bug blocking removal of multiple favorites when user answers no when asked to confirm removal of a submenu
  • fix label display bug under Remove button preventing showing the number of selected favorites

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.2.9.1 Beta (Jun 26, 2017)

  • include read-only external menu in menus dropdown list in Settings for navigation (not in the same list when in Add/Edit favorite or move favorites)
  • fix bug declare a menu read-only when menu is under a read-only shared menu, in save favorite, remove favorite, add separator or column

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.2.3 (Jun 26, 2017)

  • fix bug blocking removal of multiple favorites when user answers no when asked to confirm removal of a submenu
  • fix label display bug under Remove button preventing showing the number of selected favorites

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.2.9 Beta (Jun 19, 2017)

  • complete rewrite of Shared menus file locking (reservation to avoid conflicutal changes by simulatneous users)
  • when opening the add/edit favorite dialog box, QAP checks if the favorites belongs to a Shared menu and displays a message if the menu is read-only, locked (reserved) by another user or if it was changed since QAP was launched
  • when saving a new or edited favorite (or when moving a favorite using arrows in Settings, or when adding a separator or a column break), QAP checks if the favorites belongs to a Shared menu and, if yes, checks if the shared menu was locked or modified since the dialog box was opened and, if yes, displays a message
  • after the new or edited favorite in a shared menu is saved in QAP "internal" memory, QAP locks (reserves) the shared menu file until the changes in shared menu are actualy saved to its settings file, preventing other users to edit this shared menu
  • QAP handles scenarios where the parent menu in the favorites dialog box "Menu Options" tab is changed, handling file locking if one or both menus are shared menus
  • QAP display "Read-only" in the Settings window's content column and prevent opening this menu in the Settings window if it is saved in a folder where the user has no write access and for shared menus of type "Centralized" where user does not appear in the write-access users list
  • QAP checks if a shared menu is in a read-only folder by attempting to create a temporary settings file in this folder, test filename being "~$_QAP_Test_file_nnn.ini", where "nnn" is a random number (by convention file sync tools like Dropbox ignore file starting with "~$")
  • QAP checks if folders containing Shared menus files are read-only only once in a session; if the read-only setting of a folder is changed during QAP is running, QAP will consider it can be written to until QAP is restarted (this could cause a file write error, visible or not)
  • when creating a Shared menu of type "Centralized", QAP automatically adds the current username to the write-access list (preventing the user to be locked out of its own new menu)
  • in "Centralized" Shared menus write-access list, names can also be separated by semicolon (in addition to comma)
  • QAP checks that an external settings file cannot be added under another external settings file (this is not supported in current version)
  • QAP now supports Shared menu file locking in the "Manage icons" window (in previous QAP versions, this window was not properly handling shared menu file locking)
  • in Settings window's "Content" column, QAP now displays the Shared menu settings file location

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.2.2 (Jun 8, 2017)

  • Fix display bug in Settings, change cursor to hand when mouse over some icons and labels
  • In Shared menus, verify if user has write access when opening a collaborative menu in Settings and give appropriate error message if user has no access
  • In Shared Menus Catalogue, replace "&&" in menu names with single "&"
  • Change QAP feature label "Add shared favorites menu from catalogue"
  • In the Add Favorite dialog box, add info about Live Folder Options in Folder tip

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.2.1 (May 19, 2017)

  • ***update recommended for shared menus users ***
  • multi-user change collision bug fixed
  • add QAP feature to "Add a Shared menu from the catalogue"
  • add tip below Shared menu catalogue list about double-click on a line to view the shared menu info
  • when create Shared menu, force user to select the Shared menu type (no default type)
  • support relative paths and environmenet variables for Shared menu file path
  • fix bug in Add/Edit Favorite of type Shared menu when browse for external file and cancel

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.2 (May 15, 2017)

  • Shared menus revamped:
  • three type of Shared menus:
  • Personal: menu shared on different computers by the same user
  • Collaborative: menu on a shared drive for a team or a workgroup (every member can edit the menu)
  • Centralized: menu on a shared drive maintained by one or more menu administrator(s)
  • new "Shared menu" tab in shared menu favorites to select shared menu type (radio buttons), name and options
  • options for "Centralized" shared menus: list of users with right to edit the shared menu (coma separated list), message about shared menu access shown to users without access
  • Shared menu options are saved in the "[Global]" section of the share menu ini file, in variables "MenuName", "WriteAccessUsers", "WriteAccessMessage" and "MenuType"
  • in favorites list, display Shared menu name and display "Read-only" if current user does not have write access to the centralized menu
  • when adding a Shared menu, get the favorite name from the menu ini file if the variable "MenuName" exists
  • deprecate the option "Number of the first favorite" in shared menu files (now
  • favorites always starting at 1 but starting number in old menu are still supported)
  • Shared menus catalogue:
  • new option in "General" tab to "Enable Shared Menu Catalogue" and select the "Catalogue root folder"
  • when user adds a Shared menu and when the catalogue is enabled, give user the option to select the Shared menu from a dialog box
  • new Shared menu dialog box containing the shared menu files under the catalogue root with menu names, paths and checkboxes to select menu(s) to add to QAP popup menu
  • in Shared menu dialog box, button "Add selected shared menu(s)" to add selected menu(s) from catalogue to the QAP menu at the current menu and position in favorites list
  • in Shared menu dialog box, button "Add another shared menu" to browse the file system for any Shared menu settings file and add it to current position in favorites list
  • in Shared menu dialog box, respond to double-click on a row by showing Shared menu info and a button to open the settings file in a text editor if it is not read-only
  • new "ExternalMenusCataloguePathReadOnly" variable (in QAP ini file only) to prevent user from changing the catalogue root folder when value is 1, and display an error message if user tries to change the root if read-only
  • Shared menus mutli-user edition:
  • alert message when user tries to edit an external menu that was modified by another user or on another computer, based on last modification date-time
  • reserve external menu when user loads a Shared menu in Settings or when user add or move favorites to a Shared menu, user and computer name are savec in the Shared menu variable "MenuReservedBy"
  • release Shared menu reservation when user saves or cancels settings changes or quits QAP
  • store and read last modified date in Shared menu ini file and update it only when favorites or external menu properties are changed, not when only reserved without changes
  • in "About" dialog box, display user name and computer name
  • Other changes:
  • new Alternative menu QAP features "Open the Containing Folder in the Current Window" and "Open the Containing Folder in a New Window" to open the folder containing the selected document, application or folder favorite in the current window or in a new window
  • in Export file name, translate placeholder "%A_Now%" to current local date-time and "%A_NowUTC%" to current Coordinated Universal Time (based on computer time), using "YYYYMMDDHH24MISS" format
  • in "Import/Export Settings", remember lats destination file in quickaccesspopup.ini when exporting and restore last used file name in when exporting settings
  • in "Live folders", exclude folders with the Hidden (H) attribute (keeping those having System attribute without the Hidden attribute)
  • enlarge submenus dropdown lists to 500 px in "Add/Edit Favorite" dialog box
  • disable the popup menu during settings saving
  • remove Patreon donation option; add Paypal links to make donations in EUR and CAD funds
  • update to Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese language files
  • Bug fixes and improvements:
  • fix bug in Setup program when updating QAP causing QAP Explorer context menus to be re-enabled even if user turned them off in Settings
  • fix bug "Open this menu" button missing in "Edit favorite" dialog box for Shared menus favorites

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.1.9.6 Beta (Apr 3, 2017)

  • in add/edit favorite, shared menu tab, change external type only if a value exists in external file loaded (no more default to type 1)
  • adapt Shared menu note depending if we are in Add or Edit dialog box
  • during saving settings, do nothing if user tries to open the popup menu
  • fix bug in Setup program when updating QAP causing QAP Explorer context menus to be re-enabled even if user turned them off in settings

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.1.1 (Mar 31, 2017)

  • Import/Export:
  • in Import/Export Settings, save destination file to QuickAccessPopup.ini when exporting and restore last used file name in Export dialog dox
  • in Export file name, translate placeholder "%A_Now%" to current local date-time and "%A_NowUTC%" to current Coordinated Universal Time (based on computer time), using "YYYYMMDDHH24MISS" format
  • Alternative menu:
  • two new Alternative menu QAP features to open the folder containing the selected document, application or folder favorite 1) in the current window or 2) in a new window
  • Various improvements:
  • in Live folders, exclude folders with the Hidden (H) attribute (keeping those having System attribute without the Hidden attribute)
  • in Edit Favorite dialog box for a favorite of type Group, add a button to open the group in the Settings window
  • enlarge submenus dropdown lists to 500 px in Add/Edit Favorite dialog box
  • split Options dialog box first tab "General" in two tabs ("General" and "Menu") to make some room for future options
  • remove "Use Classic buttons" option in "General" tab ([Global] value "UseClassicButtons" still supported if present in ini file)
  • remove Patreon donation option; add Paypal links to make donations in EUR and CAD funds
  • tooltip "Saving..." and disable "Cancel" button in Settings during saving
  • Bug fixes:
  • support relative paths and environment variables in Live Folders
  • fix bug prevent editing favorites in read-only external menu from the Edit Favorite Alternative menu
  • (Setup program updated 2017-03-30) fix bug when updating QAP in setup mode causing QAP Explorer context menus to be re-enables even if user turned them off in settings

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.1.9.5 Beta (Mar 28, 2017)

  • Shared Menus Catalogue:
  • when Shared Menu Catalogue root path is set in Options ("General" tab), display the Catalogue when user add Shared menu
  • list all shared menu under the Catalogue root path (excluding backups) to the Catalogue dialog box, displaying shared menu names, shared menu paths and checkboxes to select shared menu to add to popup menu
  • button "Add selected shared menu(s) to add shared menus from catalogue to the menu currently displayed in Settings at the current position in favorites list
  • button "Add another shared menu" to browse the file system for any shared menu settings file and add shared menu to current position
  • respond to double-click on a shared menu row by showing shared menu info with a button to open the shared menu settings file if it is not read-only
  • update to Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.1.9.4 Beta (Mar 17, 2017)

  • Shared Menus:
  • in Add/Edit Favorite for external menus, replace the "Advanced Settings" tab with "Shared Menu" tab
  • in the "Shared Menu" tab, add radio buttons for external menu types 1) Personal, 2) Collaborative (show menu name only) or 3) Centralized (show menu name, write access users and message)
  • display alert message about write access when user change type for type 3
  • store external menu type in external menu [Global] value "MenuType"
  • for collaborative external menu, save "MenuReservedBy" value as "user (computer)" and prevent access if reserved
  • for personal external menu, save "MenuReservedBy" value as "computer (user)" and display only alert and allow access if reserved
  • in Options, improve Shared Menu Catalogue root path selection with text box and browse button
  • in About, display user name and computer name

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.1.9.3 Beta (Mar 10, 2017)

  • Shared menus (see updated FAQ page http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-a-submenu-be-shared-on-different-pcs-or-by-different-users/)
  • error message when user tries to load an external menu that was modified based on file last modified date-time
  • store and read last modified date of external file in ini file and update it only when favorites or external menu properties are changed, not when only reserved without changes
  • update the last modified date-time of external ini file and in external menu object when user save changes
  • reserve external menu when user loads the external menu in Settings or when user selects parent menu menu in add/edit favorite or move dialog boxes
  • track user reserving an external menu writing his username in variable MenuReservedBy
  • block external menu editing if menu is reserved except if reserved by current user
  • release reserved external menus when user saves or cancels settings changes or quits QAP
  • fix bug prevent editing favorites in read-only external menu from the Edit Favorite Alternative menu
  • Other changes:
  • enlarge submenus dropdown lists to 500 px in Add/Edit Favorite dialog box
  • remove Patreon donation option; add Paypal links to make donations in EUR and CAD funds

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.1.9.2 Beta (Mar 3, 2017)

  • Shared menus:
  • add to Options general tab the "Enable Shared Menu Satalogue" checkbox and prompt user for catalogue root when enabling
  • add "ExternalMenusCataloguePathReadOnly" varibale to QAP ini file to prevent user from changing the catalogue root and display an error message if user tries to change rthe root when read-only
  • when user adds a favorite of type Shared menu and Shared Menu Catalogue root exists, give user the option to select the Shared menu from the catalogue (using file select dialog box at this time - to be inproved)
  • when adding a Shared menu, get the favorite name from the shared menu file if variable "MenuName" exists

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.1.9.1 Beta (Mar 3, 2017)

  • Shared menus:
  • in Advanced settings tab, add "Read-only" checkbox and text boxes for "Shared menu name", "Users with write access to this shared menu" (coma separated list) and "Shared menu write access message"
  • saving these values to shared menu ini file as soon as user click OK in "Add/Edit favorite" dialog box (not waiting for when user saves the favorites)
  • values are saved in "[Global]" section under "MenuName", "WriteAccessUsers" and "WriteAccessMessage"
  • grant write access to read-only shared menu to users having their Windows logon name in the "Users with write access to this shared menu" text box
  • display shared menu name and write access message in error message when user tries to edit a read-only shared menu
  • display shared menu name in content column of shared menu entries in Settings
  • deprecate first line number value in external menu files, now always starting at 1 (starting number in old menu still supported; please advise me if this cause issue)
  • Import/Export:
  • in Import/Export Settings, save destination file to quickaccesspopup.ini when exporting and restore last used file name in Export dialog dox
  • in Export file name, translate placeholder "%A_Now%" to current local date-time and "%A_NowUTC%" to current Coordinated Universal Time (based on computer time), using "YYYYMMDDHH24MISS" format
  • Alternative menu:
  • new Alternative menu QAP features to open the folder containing the selected document, application or folder favorite in the current window or in a new window
  • Bug fixes and improvements:
  • in Live folders, exclude folders with the Hidden (H) attribute (keeping those having System attribute without the Hidden attribute)
  • fix bug add missing Open button for shared menus in Edit Favorite dialog box

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.1 (Feb 20, 2017)

  • Shortcuts:
  • display favorites shortcuts in a new column in the Settings
  • when creating a favorites shortcut, support left only or right only keyboard modifiers for Shift, Alt, Ctrl and Win keys
  • support different shortcuts for favorites with the same location (if they have different names), allowing them to have different options (in other words, favorite shortcuts are now linked to "name + location")
  • update menu and dialog box labels to include menu shortcuts (underlined character, using the & special character)
  • Various:
  • in QAP Mouse Hotkey exclusion list, also exclude hotkey in app's dialog boxes when the app's title or class name is prefix an asterisk (*)
  • add the QAP Features "Run as administrator" to the Alternative menu (Shift + Middle mouse button or Shift + Windows + W)
  • new batch file from Dogan Celik to install/uninstall Windows Explorer context menus registry keys, working as-is with portable version (see instructions in batch file)
  • group members can now be disabled (same as favorites being hidden in menu), change disable checkbox label for group members
  • renamed the icon file iconQAP.ico to QuickAccessPopup.ico using the same ico file name for context menu registry keys in app, setup and portable batch
  • Bug fixes:
  • cover exceptional situation where icon "file,index" for an extension is badly encoded in registry (including ")
  • fix bug when double-clicking on empty line in Hotkeys list
  • fix bug in Hotkeys list, when change hotkey, enable save button only if a hotkey was changed
  • fix bug when Menu hotkey in Options is changed from None to a keyboard shortcut
  • add delay when changing folder in dialog box to help with an intermittent issue in in some apps like Firefox (delay in milliseconds stored in quickaccesspopup.ini [Global] variable WaitDelayInDialogBox with default 100)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.0.9.2 Beta (Feb 15, 2017)

  • exclude QAP mouse hotkey in dialog boxes based on the title or the class name of the dialog boxes parent window; for title or class prefixed with "*" in exclusion list, QAP will also exclude app's dialog box
  • group members can now be disabled (same as favorites being hidden in menu), change disable checkbox label for group members
  • add delay in navigate dialog box to solve (partly?) an intermittent issue in Firefox (and other apps?) dialog box; store delay in ini file variable WaitDelayInDialogBox (default 100 ms)
  • add separator before RunAs in Alternative menu

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.0.9.1 Beta (Feb 9, 2017)

  • QAP Feature:
  • add the Run as administrator command to the Alternative menu (Shift + MMB or Shift + Windows + W)
  • Shortcuts:
  • display shortcuts in a new column in the Settings
  • in favorites shortcuts, support left only or right only keyboard modifiers for Shift, Alt, Ctrl and Win keys
  • support different shortcuts for favorites with the same location with different options, if they have different names (hotkeys are now linked to "name + location")
  • update menu and dialog box labels to include menu shortcuts (underlined character, using the & special character)
  • Various:
  • new batch file from Dogan Celik to install/uninstall Windows Explorer context menus registry keys, working with portable version without editing
  • renamed the icon file iconQAP.ico to QuickAccessPopup.ico using this ico file for context menu registry keys in app, setup and portable batch
  • Bug fixes:
  • cover exceptional situation where icon file,index for an extension is badly encoded in registry (including ")
  • fix bug double-click on empty line in Hotkeys list stop opening an empty Change hotkey dialog box
  • fix bug in Hotkeys list, when change hotkey, enable save button only if a hotkey was changed
  • fix bug when Menu hotkey in Options is changed from None to a keyboard shortcut

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.0.4 (Jan 13, 2017)

  • v8.0.4: fix bug in Manage Hotkeys list not retrieving correct favorite on double-click
  • v8.0.4: alert about menu shortcuts to user when inserting ampersand (&) in short name for the menu
  • v8.0.4: update to Chinese and French language file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.0.3 (Jan 9, 2017)

  • fix small issue with check for update command

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.0.2 (Jan 9, 2017)

  • fix Settings dialog box issue with Chinese translation
  • update to Sweeden, Italian, Portuguese, French and Spanish language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8.0.1 (Jan 9, 2017)

  • update current year in About dialog box
  • add NbLiveFolderItemsMax default value to QuickAccessPopup.ini to make it easier to change this value
  • links updated in Support freeware dialog box

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 8 (Jan 9, 2017)

  • LIVE FOLDER OPTIONS:
  • Add the new QAP Feature "Refresh Live Folders menus" to your menu to refresh Live Folder on-demand (normally, Live Folder menus are refreshed when you launch QAP of when you save changes in Settings)
  • QAP adds items to Live Folders up to a maximum of 500 items; if this number is exceeded, it displays an alert message
  • You can edit a Live Folder favorite in the "Settings" window or using the Alternative menu "Edit a Favorite" (Shift+Middle Mouse Button or Shift+Win+W) and also by clicking any item in a Live Folder menu with Shift+Ctrl menu modifiers pressed
  • To enable a Live Folder favorite, add or edit a Folder favorite and go to the new tab "Live Folders Options". In this tab you can select:
  • the checkbox "Live Folder" to transform this favorite into a menu (and submenus) refreshed with the current content of the folder (and its subfolders)
  • an option to set the "Number of subfolders levels to include in the Live Folder menu" (1 by default - keep it low for large folders)
  • an option to "Include Documents" in the Live Folder
  • an option to "Include" or "Exclude" documents by file extensions
  • an option to split Live Folder menu in columns of a given "Number of items per column (0 for no column break)"
  • NEW MENU ICONS:
  • QAP now uses new color icons from the shared file JLicons.dll installed with QAP
  • In "Easy Setup" mode, this file JLicons.dll is saved in the shared applications folder "C:ProgramDataJeanLalonde"
  • In "Portable" mode, the file JLicons.dll is included in the portable ZIP file and must be kept in the same folder as QAP executable file
  • This change frees QAP from its dependency on Windows files shell32.dll and imageres.dll
  • Using this icons library, menu icons can now be enabled on Windows Server versions.
  • Icons from: www.icons8.com
  • MANAGE ICONS:
  • The new "Manage Icons" dialog box gives an overview of your current favorites menu icons with buttons to pick a new icon or reset the default icon for each favorite
  • Click the new button "Icons" in the Settings window (lower right) or add to your menu the QAP Feature named "Icons"
  • In Options (General tab), the numeric value "Manage Icons window rows" alloow to set the height of the window in case the height is calculated based on inaccurate info returned by Windows (this happens sometimes)
  • VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Settings window:
  • New color buttons in Settings window and a new option (first tab) to "Use classic QAP buttons" (black & white) if you prefer the old style buttons
  • Stop rebuilding all menus after each add or edit favorite
  • Replace the "Save" button in Settings with two buttons: "Save & Close" and "Save & Reload", the latter keeping the Settings window open after reloading the menu (this replaces holding the Shift or Alt modifier keys when clicking the Save button in previous versions)
  • When changes are unsaved in the Settings window, if the QAP menu is called or if a favorite is launched via hokey, QAP will prompt user for one of these actions: "Save" - save settings, "Settings" - go to settings or "Cancel" - just cancel the requested action
  • Add a confirmation prompt before deleting a group in Settings
  • Manage Hotkeys window:
  • New item order column in Hotkeys list to sort initialy favorites with hotkeys following the QAP menu order
  • Stop displaying group members in Hotkeys list (this was useless since hotkeys could not be assigned to individual group members)
  • In the "Change hotkey" dialog box, new links "Enter" and "Escape" allow to select Enter or Escape as hotkey (idealy associated with keyboard modifiers like Shift, Alt or Ctrl)
  • Shared menus:
  • When saving a Shared menu settings file, compare the last modified date after saving and display an error message if the date was not updated (probably because the target file is read-only)
  • Display an error message if a new Shared menu settings file cannot be created (probably because the target folder is read-only)
  • Automatically append the .ini extension when selecting a Shared menu settings file
  • Note that Quick Access Popup still does not manage conflicts if a Shared menu is modified by different users at the same time (see Shared menu help page for more info)
  • Other improvements:
  • New option in Options window (Menu hotkeys tab) to enable left or right double Ctrl hotkey (press left or right Control key twice) to open main QAP menu
  • Add .cmd extension to the list of supported application extensions (with .exe, .com, .bat, .ahk and .vbs) when adding a favorite by drag and drop or using Explorer context menus
  • Append .ini extension if destination export file has no extension when exporting settings
  • Replace the "QAP working" notification when rebuilding menu with a small popup message listing the updated menus, close to mouse cursor location
  • Record Windows Explorer window position when adding a folder from Windows Explorer context menu (allowing to restore this window position in the "Window Options" tab when launching the folder)
  • Add to QuickAccessPopup.ini the setting "AlternativeTrayIcon" under "[Global]" section to set a tray icon replacement (replacement file must be an .ico file)
  • In Options, General tab, the new checkbox "Add automatically at the top of menu" makes sure favorites added automatically with "Add this folder", "Add this folder Express" or "Add favorite" from Windows Explorer context menus are added at the top of main menu (by default they are added at the top and, if unchecked, they are added at the bottom)
  • Support the new placeholder "{CUR_LOC}" in folder, document and application favorites locations allowing to create favorite with a location relative to the folder where the QAP menu is opened
  • Add up/down buttons to numeric values in various settings in Options and Add/Edit favorite windows
  • When installing an update with the "Easy Setup" mode, reduce the number of pages (clicks) in setup procedure from 7 to 3
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Fix bug working directory not being shown in edit favorite advanced setting tab for application favorites
  • Changes made in Hotkeys list window are now properly cancelled if user cancels changes in Settings window
  • Fix bug when editing a QAP Feature or Special folder favorite from Alternative menu, QAP Feature or Special folders drop down list is now correctly initialized
  • LANGUAGE UPDATES:
  • Update to Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Chineese (TW), Brazilian-Portuguese and German language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.9.2.4 Beta (Jan 3, 2017)

  • re-enable menu icons on Windows Server versions
  • translate Left and Right words for Ctrl-Ctrl option in Options 2nd tab
  • rework compile and setup scripts, change beta app icon for v8

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.9.2.2 Beta (Dec 5, 2016)

  • in Manage Icons, display default icon as current when current icon is empty in Settings
  • fix favorite name header in Manage Icons window
  • add Paste and Paste Special icons and use the as default icons for text and macro Snippet favorites
  • add to Options a numeric value to set the Manage Icons number of rows (in case the number calculated based on info returned by Windows is wrong)
  • allow to edit a live folder favorite using Alternative menu or Shift+Ctrl menu modifiers by selecting any item in a live folder
  • add up/down buttons to numeric values in options and edit favorite windows
  • fix old bug when edit a QAP or Special folder favorite from Alternative menu, QAP feature or Special folders drop down list is now correctly initialized

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.9.2.1 Beta (Dec 5, 2016)

  • add option to add favorites automatically at top or bottom of main menu (default at top) when added with Add this folder, Add this folder Express and Add favorite from Explorer context menus
  • fix icon for Add Favorite QAP feature
  • change approach to getting screen height for Manage Icons window
  • add diagnostic code for screen height detection in Manage Icons

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.9.2 Beta (Nov 25, 2016)

  • add Manage Icons dialog box giving an overview of current icons of favorites with buttons to pick a new icon of set the default icon for each favorite
  • add Manage Icons button in Settings window and rearrange buttons layout in Settings
  • add Manage Icons QAP feature allowing to add the feature to QAP menu
  • new JLicons.dll version 1.1, moved to shared app folder in setup mode

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.9.1.5 Beta (Nov 21, 2016)

  • fix small display bug in Live folder tab of Edit Favorite dialog box

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.9.1.4 Beta (Nov 21, 2016)

  • fix bug with Live folder filtering
  • stop building live folders if max number exceeded (default 500 menu items)
  • add NbLiveFolderItems setting under [Global] section of QuickAccessPopup ini file
  • display an alert message if Live folders limit is exceeded
  • reset live folder options when Live folder checkbox is turned off

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.9.1.3 Beta (Nov 18, 2016)

  • fix bug with language switching
  • fix bug with Live folder filtering

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.9.1.2 Beta (Nov 17, 2016)

  • add QAP Feature "Refresh QAP menu" (useful when using Live folders - must be added to menu by the user)
  • in Live folders, stop showing a virtual sub-menu if folder does not contain sub folders or documents of desired extensions
  • add ini setting AlternativeTrayIcon in Global section to set a tray icon replacement (file must be .ico)
  • add links allowing to select Enter and Escape as hotkey in the Change hotkey dialog box
  • use new QAP icon for QAP exe files and setup file, add new icon file to portable zip file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.9.1.1 Beta (Nov 14, 2016)

  • use icons from new JLicons.dll file installed with QAP or included in the portable ZIP file (stop depedencies on Windows files shell32.dll and imageres.dll)
  • for icons from JLicon.dll, save favorite icons reference in ini file using index name (like "iconAbout") instead of file name and index number
  • when settings changes are unsaved and menu is called or favorite is launched via hokey, ask user if save settings, go to settings or cancel requested action
  • add cmd extension to supported application when adding favorite by drag and drop or using context menu
  • record window position when adding a folder from context menu

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.9.8 Beta (Nov 7, 2016)

  • Settings window:
  • stop launching favorites with hotkeys if changes in Settings window are unsaved
  • confirm before deleting a group in Settings
  • Hotkeys:
  • changes done in Hotkeys list are now properly cancelled if user cancel changes in Settings window
  • display item order column in Hotkeys list and sort initialy on this column following the QAP menu order
  • stop displaying group members in Hotkeys list
  • Shared menus:
  • compare last modified date after saving shared settings file and display an error message if date is identical (probably because the target file is read-only)
  • display an error message if a new shared settings file cannot be created (probably because target folder is read-only)
  • append .ini extension if destination export file has no extension when exporting settings
  • append .ini extension when browsing/creating a shared settings file
  • stop prompting to create file when selecting shared menu file

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.9.7 Beta (Nov 7, 2016)

  • fix bug when after creating a menu, saving Settings and stay in Settings, the new menu was not properly reloaded
  • stop showing the main menu if changes in Settings window are unsaved

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.9.6 Beta (Nov 7, 2016)

  • New color buttons for Settings window
  • New option (first tab) to keep classic black & white buttons
  • Reload QAP if classic buttons option changed
  • Change spacing for big buttons in gui
  • Disable or hide controls in windows options tab when selecting live folder
  • Language update for German, Spanish, French and Brazilian-Portuguese

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.9.5 Beta (Nov 7, 2016)

  • Add Save & reload button to Settings (this replaces holding a modifier key when clicking the save button)
  • Rename existing Save button to Save & close
  • Fix bug working directory not being shown in edit fav adv tab for application favorites

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.9.4 Beta (Oct 18, 2016)

  • Avoid editing folder favorite in live folder from Alternative menu
  • Finish move live folder settings to a new tab in Add/Edit Favorite folders
  • Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese language updates

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.9.3 Beta (Oct 18, 2016)

  • Merge changes from master version v7.5.4.2 (update RECOMMENDED: improvements against risk of QAP submenus favorites data loss)
  • Move live folder settings to a new tab in Add/Edit Favorite folders
  • Add an option in live folder to include or exclude files by extensions
  • Italian, Portuguese and Chineese (TW) language updated
  • Reduce the number of pages (clicks) in setup procedure from 7 to 3 when installing an update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.4.2 (Oct 14, 2016)

  • Update RECOMMENDED: improvements against risk of QAP submenus favorites data loss
  • add external menu values external path and loaded in menu object backup
  • when loading submenu favorite from ini file, recreate menu path in case the value is empty (possible for settings saved with v7.4.0.2 to v7.4.2)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.4.1 (Oct 11, 2016)

  • Update MANDATORY: risk of QAP favorites data loss!
  • Fix bug when canceling changes to Favorites list in Settings, that could then potentially cause loss of data if saving new changes to settings file after cancellation

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.9.2 Beta (Oct 10, 2016)

  • Update MANDATORY: risk of QAP favorites data loss!
  • From v7.5.4.1: Fix bug when canceling changes to Favorites list in Settings, that could then potentially cause loss of data if saving new changes to settings file after cancellation
  • Related to this bug: add live folder settings to backup in case user cancels settings changes
  • Live Folders:
  • Remove Refresh option
  • Add Documents option to include files in live folders
  • Add Columns option to set the number of items per columns in liove folder menu (empty for no column)
  • Sort live folders content with folders first, then files
  • Replace the "QAP working" rebuild notification with a tooltip displayed at mouse location and listing the updated menus;
  • Stop rebuilding all menus after each add or edit favorite
  • Language for live folder options, English and French
  • Other:
  • Fix bug after favorites saved with Shift-Save

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.9.1 Beta (Oct 4, 2016)

  • Live Folder favorites:
  • Option in Add favorite dialog box to display a favorite of type Folder as a subfolders menu
  • In Advanced Settings, an option to set the number of subfolders levels included in the Live Folder menu, 1 by default (keep it low for large folders)
  • In Advanced Settings, an option to refresh the Live Folder every time the menu is displayed, off by default (disabled in this version)
  • Other new feature:
  • Add left or right Ctrl + Ctrl (press left or right Control twice) to open main QAP menu (enable this in Options, tab 2).
  • Language updates:
  • Spanish and French

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.4 (Sep 25, 2016)

  • Application favorites:
  • in advanced settings, support placeholders {CUR_...} for current location where this favorite is launched: {CUR_LOC} (full folder), {CUR_NAME} (last folder), {CUR_DIR} (folder containing last folder) or {CUR_DRIVE}
  • in advanced settings, add a check box to set the "Start In" directory (working directory) to the current location where this favorite is launched
  • Various bux fixes or little improvements:
  • backup [Favorites] under the name [Favorites-backup] section in settings file before save the new favorites
  • when using Add this folder command, if folder path starts with "ftp://", add an FTP favorite
  • in Settings, block backdoors allowing to enter in read-only shared menu or to move items to these menus
  • Total Commander:
  • in TC Directory Hotlist, support folders relying on file system plugins like VirtualPanel (stop checking if file exist before launching these folders with TC)
  • Directory Opus:
  • fix bug then folder includes special characters (like ') when getting the current lister in DOpus (used in Add this folder and in current location placeholders)
  • Language updates:
  • German, Sweeden, Portuguese, Brazilian-Portuguese and Italian

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.2 (Sep 13, 2016)

  • fix bug main settings backup files being deleted/overwritten when the main menu includes a shared menu

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5.1 (Sep 12, 2016)

  • fix bug: after switching settings, QAP menu hotkeys could not be read and modified in Options

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.5 (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Import/Export Settings:
  • add "Import/Export Settings" menu to Tray menu (right-click QAP icon in Notification zone)
  • add "Import/Export Settings" to QAP Features list allowing to insert this feature to your QAP menu
  • choose to import or export any or all of these settings groups: favorites, hotkeys, alternative menu hotkeys, global settings and themes
  • export QuickAccessPopup.ini sections to any existing or to a new configuration (.ini) file
  • import from any existing .ini file complying with QuickAccessPopup.ini structure
  • replace or append favorites to the destination settings file
  • check for unsaved settings before importing or exporting setings
  • reload QAP after settings import
  • Switch Settings file:
  • add "Switch Settings file" menu to Tray menu (right-click QAP icon in Notification zone)
  • add "Switch Settings" feature to QAP Features list allowing to insert this feature to your QAP menu
  • change the settings file (.ini) to any file complying with QuickAccessPopup.ini structure
  • check for unsaved settings before switching settings file
  • reload QAP after switching to a new settings file
  • settings file can be configured from command-line parameter "/Settings:", for example: QuickAccessPopup.exe "/Settings:C:My FolderMy Settings.ini"
  • settings fle name can include environment variable and support relative paths based on the QAP working directory
  • Other changes or bug fixes:
  • Total Commander "TC Hotlist" menu can be updated when AlternateUserIni parameter is used in [Configuration] section of wincmd.ini
  • QAP feature to "Switch" applications now excludes "ghost" Windows 10 apps (pre-loaded by Windows but never used)
  • context menus now use QAPmessenger.exe v1.1 with diagnostic code saved to QAP working directory when debugging is activated
  • addition of xplorer2 (v3.2.0.2) to list of supported alternative file managers in QAPconnect.ini
  • include external menus in hokeys manager list
  • display localized favorite type in hotkeys manager list
  • German language update

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.4.3 (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Bug fix:
  • revert change done in in v7.4.0.2 and save again to settings the path (for example: "> submenu-1 > submenu-2") for favorites of types Menu, Group and Shared; this fixes the broken shortcuts for favorite of these types
  • NOTE for users of Shared menus: favorite shortcuts for items inside shared menus will work only if shared menus has same path from main menu (Main > submenu-1 > submenu-2) on all QAP installations that include this shared menu (this does not impact read-only external menus)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.4.2 (Aug 22, 2016)

  • This version fixes a bug in v7.4.1:
  • fix a bug not showing some icons for favorite Special folders (My documents, etc.) and possibly other folders

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.4.1 (Aug 22, 2016)

  • New features:
  • Alternative menu features available in regular menu using keyboard modifiers when selecting a favorite in the popup menu (Shift for "Open in New Window", Control for "Copy Favorite Location" and Shift+Control for "Edit Favorite")
  • when clicking the "Save" button in the "Settings" window, save the favorites without closing the "Settings" window if Shift or Control is pressed
  • Language files:
  • updated Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Portuguese-Brazilian, German and Sweden language files
  • Icons and desktop.ini (Windows folder icons):
  • when building a menu, if an icon has a relative path, make it absolute based on the QAP working directory
  • when retrieving an icon from a desktop.ini file, if the folder location has a relative path, make it absolute based on the QAP working directory before reading desktop.ini
  • when retrieving an icon from a desktop.ini file, if the icon resource file has a relative path, make it absolute based on the favorite folder (not the QAP working directory)
  • when creating a desktop.ini file if the icon resource file is located in the favorite folder itself, create the icon resource file without its path in order to make it relative to the folder and movable with the folder
  • Other improvements or bug fixes:
  • feature change: when using "Add This Folder", the "Use default window position" option is now checked (QAP still records the current window position but user must uncheck the option to restore window position when opening the favorite folder)
  • simplifiy "Change folder in dialog boxes" option (no more double checkbox)
  • show the "Change folder in dialog boxes" alert just before opening a favorite instead of before showing the menu and show it only the first time the user selects a favorite folder over a dialog box
  • display proper error message when trying to launch a Link favorite with invalid URL
  • fix bug for beta testers, check for update prompt was not skipped for new beta version after user asked to skipped it

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.4 (Aug 17, 2016)

  • New in v7.4: Hidden favorites (disabled favorites):
  • add favorite option "Hide this favorite in menu" in all types of favorites
  • hidden favorites are displayed in favorites list and hotkeys list with type name between parenthesis
  • Bug fixes:
  • fix bug when column breaks are inserted in submenus
  • make Total commander open folders in new window in the TC active pane instead of always in the left pane
  • close QAP automatically if it is running when updating or uninstalling with setup tool

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.3.2 (Jul 4, 2016)

  • completely fix bug Directory Opus and Total Commander path not saved to ini file
  • add a note to dialog box about Windows delay when changing folder icon with desktop.ini
  • update to Spanish, French, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.3.1 (Jun 27, 2016)

  • fix a compilation error in v7.3 impacting icons display
  • adapted icons management to new icon file imageres.dll dated 2015-10-30 in Windows 10
  • minor bug fixes

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.3 (Jun 23, 2016)

  • Context menus:
  • context menus for: Explorer folders and files icons, Explorer background (white space) and Desktop background
  • context menu actions (right-click): Add Folder to menu, Add File to menu, Show menu
  • context menu advanced actions (Shift + right-click): Add Folder to menu Express, Add File to menu Express, Show Alternative menu
  • For the standard "Easy one-step" installation users (Setup):
  • change to setup procedure to create registry keys for QAP context menu at installation and removed them when user uninstalls the app (using Inno Setup tool)
  • add a check box in Option ("General" tab) to enable/disable QAP Explorer context menus (enabling or disabling scripts will ask to run with elevated administrator privileges)
  • creation of the context menus help page
  • fix bug in the uninstall procedure that was not properly checking that QAP was not running before uninstalling it (now, QAP must be closed by the user before installing and uninstalling it)
  • fix bug that prevented the Startup folder shortcut to be removed when uninstalling the app
  • Changes for portable installation users:
  • addition to the portable package of the scripts to add and delete manually QAP Explorer context menus: QuickAccessPopup-InstallContextMenus_reg.txt and QuickAccessPopup-RemoveContextMenus_bat.txt (see instructions in these files)
  • addition of the executable file QAPmessenger-1_0-32-bit.exe required to send commands from the Explorer context menus to QAP (this file should be saved in the same folder as the QAP executable file)
  • Other changes (all users):
  • add a check box in Add Application favorite dialog box (in "Advanced Settings" tab) to run favorite application with elevated privileges using the "Run as" command
  • for QAP users upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10, add the utility to adapt references to icons in the new Windows 10 icons files (see the startup menu "Update QAP Icons from Window 7 to Windows 10" or run the file "QAPupdateIconsWin10-1_0-32-bit.exe")
  • when "Add This Folder" command is called from QAP icon in the Notification zone, reactivate the last used file manager window to detect the folder to add
  • when called from QAP icon in the Notification zone, display the popup menu a little higher than the taskbar area (preventing occasional overlap)
  • disable QAP hotkeys when changing hotkeys, solving assignement issues in some situation
  • change license to the Apache License, Version 2.0 (still freeware and open source)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.2.3.2 Beta (Jun 14, 2016)

  • fix a path bug, now using custom path selected in setup program

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.2.3.1 Beta (Jun 14, 2016)

  • Context menus (setup install only):
  • add an option to enable/disable QAP Explorer context menus (enabling or disabling requires running with administrator privileges)
  • at first QAP execution, when ini file is absent, enable context menu if the option was selected in Setup program
  • context menu enabled in Explorer folders and files icons, Explorer background (white space) and Desktop background
  • context menu actions: Add Folder to Quick Access Popup menu (regular and express), Add File to Quick Access Popup menu (regular and express), Show Quick Access Popup menu, Show Quick Access Popup Alternative menu
  • Other (setup install and portable install):
  • add advanced option for application favorite to run apps with elevated privileges using the run as command
  • for users of QAP upgrading from Windows 7 to WIndows 10, add a utility to update icons to the new icon files in Windows 10

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.2.2.1 (Jun 14, 2016)

  • change Add This Folder icon for an icon identical in previous and current version of Windows 10 icons file (imageres.dll)

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.2.2 (Jun 14, 2016)

  • Snippets:
  • implement macro snippet commands Sleep, SetKeyDelay and KeyWait
  • Other:
  • new language Portuguese (PT)
  • new language Simplified Chinese language (ZH-CN)
  • fix bug double-click on separator was displaying wrong message "cannot be copied"

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.2.1.3 Beta (Jun 14, 2016)

  • fix bug preventing editing and launching macro snippets

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.2.1.2 Beta (Jun 14, 2016)

  • Snippets:
  • add configurable prompt before pasting a text snippet or launching a macro snippet
  • fix bug Alternative menu Edit a favorite and Copy favorite location not working with snippets
  • fix bug when launching Snippet using Alternative menu "Open in new window"
  • Shared menus (aka External menus):
  • in Add Favorite dialog and other boxes, change "External menu" to "Shared menu"
  • Other:
  • new language Portuguese
  • do not display "None" in startup notification if mouse or keyboard hotkey is not used
  • in What's new dialog box, add a vertical scroll bar when the text zone is very long
  • if a startup shortcut for FoldersPopup exists after QAP installation, remove it
  • fix bug double-click on separator display wrong message "cannot be copied"

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.2.1.1 Beta (Jun 14, 2016)

  • support following command in macro snippet: {&Sleep:n} or {&n}, {&SetKeyDelay:n, option} and {&KeyWait:keyname, options}
  • addition of Portugue language

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.2.1 (Jun 14, 2016)

  • SNIPPETS:
  • add new favorite type "Snippet" to paste pieces of text from the QAP popup menu or hotkeys
  • snippet is pasted to the active window at the current insertion point
  • an option in "Advanced settings" can make a snippet be sent as "Text" (default) or as "Macro"
  • snippets of type "Text" are pasted to the active window using the clipboard (the original clipboard content is preserved)
  • snippets of type "Macro" are sent as keystrokes supporting AHK special characters (handle with care - see help page)
  • if snippet is selected by clicking on Taskbar, on QAP icon in Notification area (Tray icon) or on Desktop, a keyboard pause allows user to select the insertion point and press the Enter key to start pasting (timeout after 10 seconds)
  • in snippet text, end-of-line and tab characters can be processed automatically or entered as special codes (`n for new line and `t for tab)
  • add help link in Add/Edit favorite for snippets
  • EXTERNAL MENUS:
  • add "External menu" favorite type allowing to load favorites from a shared .ini file
  • external menu can be modified as regular submenus
  • external menu can be made read-only by adding the value "MenuReadOnly=1" in the ini file [Global] section
  • first favorite number in external settings file can be configured in "Advanced settings"
  • external menu settings file path supports relative paths, environment variables, UNC and HTTP paths
  • if external menu settings file cannot be loaded properly, give an error message, display menu as unavailable in Settings favorites list and block menu editing
  • removing an external menu from QAP menu does not delete the external menu settings file
  • add help link in Add/Edit favorite for external menus
  • Bug fixes:
  • fix bug Settings window occasionally opening inavertandly when clicking on the QAP tray icon (when Total Commander and Directory Opus as file manager only)
  • option "Open Menu on Taskbar" is now considered
  • column breaks now inserted in menu when called from a hotkey and now inserted at the correct position in submenus
  • stop checking for prod update if user decide to download the newest beta version
  • stop launching Directory Opus when refreshing the list of open folders in listers if Directory Opus is not running
  • add the auto-detection of .ahk and .vbs extensions when user add a favorite using drag-and-drop to the Settings window
  • Other:
  • French, Italian and Swedish language update new v7.2 features
  • new runtime v1.1.23.5 from AHK

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.1.99.11 Beta (Jun 14, 2016)

  • fix bug Settings window opening occasionally when clicking on the QAP tray icon
  • fix bug when trying to get a Snippet location using Alternative menu feature "Copy a Favorite's Path or URL"
  • add the auto-detection of .ahk and .vbs extensions when user add a favorite using drag-and-drop to the Settings window

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.1.99.10 Beta (Jun 14, 2016)

  • new runtime v1.1.23.5 from AHK
  • same features

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.1.99.9 Beta (Jun 14, 2016)

  • External menu:
  • fix bug when trying to edit an external submenu just after its creation validate that external settings file is an .ini file or add .ini extension if no extension is provided
  • completely delete old favorites in external menu settings files when saving current favorites
  • Other:
  • stop launching Directory Opus when refreshing the list of open folders in listers if Directory Opus is not running
  • update Portuguese-Brazilian and Swedish language files

New in Quick Access Popup Portable 7.1.99.8 Beta (Jun 14, 2016)

  • External menu:
  • encode external menu settings file path from HTTP to UNC format (network paths)
  • validate that external menu settings file exists
  • do not abort menu load if an error is found in an external settings file, instead, give an error message
  • if external settings file did not load properly, display as unavailable in Settings favorites list, block editing of the external menu in Settings and do not save external menu
  • add help link in Add/Edit favorite for external menus
  • Snippet:
  • paste snippet with keyboard pause if QAP menu is called by clicking on Taskbar, on Tray icon or on Desktop
  • Other:
  • refactor processing/filtering of mouse clicks on Taskbar and Tray icon
  • fix bug column breaks now inserted in menu when called from a hotkey
  • fix bug column breaks now inserted at the correct position in submenus
  • fix bug option "Open Menu on Tarskbar" is now considered
  • French language update for v7.1.99.8 features
  • Italian language update for v7.1.10 features