Quick Access Popup 12.2.1 + x64

- add NbLiveFolderItemsMax default value to QuickAccessPopup.ini to make it easier to change this value
- links updated in Support freeware dialog box

Live Folder options
- 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)"
- 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
- More info: http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-a-menu-be-updated-as-the-content-of-a-folder-changes/

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:\ProgramData\JeanLalonde"
- 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

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

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

Reduce the number of pages (clicks) in setup procedure from 7 to 3 when installing an update
Language update for German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian-Portuguese and Chineese (TW)
Fix bug working directory not being shown in edit favorite advanced tab for application favorites

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

- 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)

- 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

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
- more info in http://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-pass-the-current-folder-as-parameter-to-an-application-launch
ed-with-qap/

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

(Sorry for multiple updates in last days... Once found, I did not want to leave this bug out anymore)
- fix bug main settings backup files being deleted/overwritten when the main menu includes a shared menu

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

Import/Export Settings:
add "Import/Export Settings" menu to Tray menu (right-click QAP icon in Notification zone)
choose to import or export any or all of favorites, hotkeys, alternative menu hotkeys, global settings and themes
import from any existing .ini file complying with QuickAccessPopup.ini structure
export QuickAccessPopup.ini sections to any existing or new Windows configuration (.ini) file
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)
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"
fle name can include environment variable and support relative paths based on the QAP working directory
Other:
Total Commander "TC Hotlist" menu can now read hotlist data when AlternateUserIni parameter is used in [Configuration] section of wincmd.ini
QAP feature "Switch" excludes Windows 10 apps auto-loaded from Switch app menu (work in progress)

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 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 this release:
show the "change folder in dialog boxes" alert just before opening a favorite instead of before showing the menu
show the "change folder in dialog boxes" alert (only) the first time the user selects a favorite folder over a dialog box
simplifiy "change folder in dialog boxes" option (no more double checkbox)
do not save submenu path to ini file - this is not required and could be misleading when external menu are saved in different locations
updated Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Portuguese-Brazilian, German and Sweden language files

New in this BETA version:
keybord 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")
save settings without closing the Settings window if one of the keys Shift, Control or Alt is pressed when clicking the Save button
Minor bug fixes:
when a shared menu was just added, location column in Settings favorites now show ">>" (symbol for Shared menu) instead of ">" (symbol for regular menus)
display proper error message when trying to launch a Link favorite with an invalid URL