Download Quick Access Popup

Easy one-step installation

Installing QAP Video Demo

  1. Download, execute this exe file and just follow the setup instructions.
  2. Enjoy!
    You can find help on installation here: What’s the simplest way to install Quick Access Popup? You can also install and update Quick Access Popup automatically and silently using Chocolatey. 
 

Most users ONLY need to download and install the Easy Setup file (above). Users with specific requirements and some knowledge of manual software installation may instead download the Portable ZIP file.

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About virus or malware false alerts

If you get a virus or malware alert from your anti-virus or protection software about Quick Access Popup being a potential threat, this is not the case (you can trust me… or read this setup EXE file or portable ZIP file anti-virus report by VirusTotal.com :-). Please, also read this post: How can I use QAP if an anti-virus is blocking its download or its execution?.

Issue saving or loading your menu?

Recent updates to Windows Defender rules are becoming more and more obstructive. They can slow down or even interrupt saving your favorites. If it takes an eternity to save your menu or if you get an error message like An error occurred while reading this settings file… you may need to add Quick Access Popup as an exception in Windows Defender configuration in order to allow QAP to work correctly. If you can’t load QAP because the settings file is corrupted, see how to retrieve your settings.

What’s new

Version: 12.2.1 (2026-02-17)
- fix a bug when the Ctrl+Ctrl option was enabled and the Ctrl key was held down long enough to trigger a repetition generating multiple presses over a short period
 
Version: 12.2 (2026-02-16)
 
New features
- add an option under "Options, Popup Hotkeys" to enable double right-click to open the main menu (Note: double right-click is supported on any window except windows excluded in "Options, Popup menu" and the QAP "Customize" window)
- in QAPmessenger, support the command "Customize" to open the QAP "Customize" window in the Main menu (by default) or in a specific submenu or group, for example [ C:\>QAPMessenger.exe Customize ] to open the Main menu or [ C:\>QAPMessenger.exe "Customize|Main > My Snippets" ] to open the "My Snippets" submenu
- in favorite "Short name for menu", escape double {{ and %% to keep the user variable names or environment variable banes displayed as-is, for example "{{Dropbox}" to display "{Dropbox}" and "%%appdata%" to display "%appdata%
- addition of Japanese language in "Options, General"
 
Bug fixes
- when multiple applications in a folder have the same root name (for example "this name.exe" and "this other.exe"), make sure QAP launche the correct executable (see: https://forum.quickaccesspopup.com/showthread.php?tid=3139)
- make sure secondary windows like "Options", "Add Favorite", "Select Shortcut", etc. are not hidden by the "Customize" when it is set "always on top" by other means than the "Pin" button in the Customize window's left column
- fix bug when using the QAPmessenger command "LaunchFavorite" to launch a group
- fix encoding issues in some lines of the French language file

See the full version history in the change log.

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