Hotkey Utilities

Small Windows utilities that work with a hotkey or mouse click

Requirements

Windows XP or later (unless otherwise noted.)

Explorer utilities require "Display full path in title bar" enabled in Folder Options.

Taskbar Gap/Work Area utilities require taskbar AutoHide disabled.

Note: Utilities tested on English Language versions of Windows.

Folder Cache

An MRU Cache of Explorer Folders. Leave running in Tray. Press Shift-NumPadAdd to open the Folder Cache Window.

(To start with Windows just put a shortcut in your Startup folder.)

ReOpen

• Like FolderCache with additional List for Programs
• Default hotkey is Shift-Pause or click Middle Mouse Button on desktop
• Hotkey adjustable via Tray Menu
• Middle Mouse Button Click enable/disable via Tray Menu
• Background color adjustable on Glass enabled systems

Selector

Hotkey program to open other programs with Selected Text or Clipboard Text as parameter.

• Open link or current page in another browser without plugins
• Add browsers to Selector instead of installing a plugin in each browser
• Launch Explorer, editors, any app .. not just browsers.
• drag & drop multiple customized shortcuts onto Selector
• Use multipe shortcuts to the same app with custom startup parameters
• Go "" Button to wrap param in double quotes
• Browser Copy Image Location with Image URL Button opens image in default editor
• New Windows 7 Transparency option to use Window below on 7 Glass

Quotidian Folders

Hotkey to pop up a list of folders you use every day, near the mouse.

Url Pack

Tray Hotkey to gather and launch Urls as a pack using default browser with adjustable delays.

Comment Explorer

Tray Hotkey allows you to add and view Comments for files in Explorer.

PropPage

Hotkey opens Property Pages for file(s) selected in Explorer.

Taskbar Gap

Tray Hotkey allows you to set a gap next to the Taskbar by adjusting the work area. Restores work area setting on exit.

Note: ShiftKicker and MaxaMiser decribed below are for those who do not want to actually change the work area desktop setting.

Shift Kicker

Tray Hotkey. Hold down shift key while clicking Maximize Button to maximize with a TaskBar Gap.

MaxaMiser

Tray Hotkey to size active window leaving a TaskBar Gap.

KeyDrive

Tray Hotkey to open a drive letter in Explorer. Also has functionality similar to Windows 7 Snap for Explorer drive windows. For example, press RightWinKey Up Arrow, then 2 letters to open those drives side by side.

ReRun

Tray Hotkey to ReRun a program you just closed.

OneKey

Tray Hotkey to launch that file or program you use all the time with one key.

Transpose

Typo fix on the fly by Transposing the 2 characters left of the caret in editors and browsers. Also has a couple of Mouse Hotkeys for Chromium based browsers. AutoHotKey Source and program icon included. Customize it as you prefer. Add editors and browsers to the list of supported apps by modifying the AHK script.

TicTac

(single monitor support only)

Positions active window to a "tic tac toe" location visually corresponding to the number pad keys 1 - 9. Pressing Windows Key and NumberPad 3 positions the active window at the Bottom Right of the desktop work area, etc.. Note that you can change the hotkey modifier using the Change Hotkey Modifier command in the Tray Menu.

TicTac Lite

TicTac Lite uses an invisible window instead of Tray Icon.

TicClick

Same as TicTac but uses the mouse instead of the numberpad.

PromptHere

Press Mouse Hotkey to open a command prompt for folder(s) selected in Explorer or other file managers. Now uses Glass when enabled on Vista or Windows Seven.

Toggle

Hotkey or double click tray icon to Toggle associated window between 2 (non-maximized) sizes and positions. See Readme for details.

Toggle2

Hotkey dedicated to Toggling the Active Window only.

7Folder

(Windows Seven Only)

Press F7 to create New Folder in Explorer or on Desktop.

New Folder 2

(for Vista and later)

Press F7 to create New Folder in Explorer or on Desktop.

Fave Folder

Alt Right Mouse Click in Explorer moves selected folders to Fave Folder.

Alt Right Mouse Click on Desktop opens the Fave Folder in Explorer.

Pasty

Press hotkey to copy selected text into Windows Search in Vista/W7(Run line in XP) or another search engine that opens with a hotkey.

ChimeCopy

(For 64 bit Vista/Windows7)

A front-end Hotkey app to sound copy and paste chimes when using Network Clipboard on a 64 bit system. See Readme for link to Network Clipboard utility.

Control-Enter Vista

(For Windows Vista and later)

Pressing Control-Enter opens Explorer selections in separate windows like in XP.

Half Shell

(For Vista and Windows Seven)

Shift-Enter opens folders selected in Explorer in new windows or file manager.

Topmost Toggle

Control Right Click on the active window to toggle Topmost or "Stay On Top" attribute.

Shift Right Click to toggle Alt-Tab visibility(toolbar style.)

Home Folder

Shift-NumberPadMinus opens the Home Folder of the active window.

Control-NumberPadMinus opens a command prompt. If the active window is an application window, the home folder will be the current directory for the command prompt. If the window is an explorer folder, that folder will be the current directory for the command prompt.

AltTab

(For Windows XP and Vista)

AltTab is a compiled AutoHotKey script that just moves the mouse near the origin of the active window when you use the AltTab hotkey combination in Windows to bring another window to the forefront.

ChainCopy

Copies file(s) along with the source folder chain, to a new root folder.

Leave running in Task Tray. Open the target root folder in Explorer and press Control-NumberPadPlus Hotkey. Use the File Open Dialog to select the file(s) to chain copy.

SourceSnap

Small utility for programmers to snap up selected source code or text to a file via hotkey. There are 2 save methods. A save to a new file, and an append to the snap file(add snippet.) See Readme for particulars.

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