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.

New! Full list of QAP features
Giving more power to power users

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: 12.1.1 (2025-12-06)
- fix bug with custom fonts in dark mode for "Customise" and "Quick Launch" windows
- reload QAP after changing the font for text fields
- update Past queries label in Options
 
Version: 12.1 (2025-11-19)
 
Quick Launch
- new option in "Options, Customize window" to remember the last queries used in the "Quick Launch" dialog box (from 0 to 99 queries, default 10, set to 0 to disable this feature)
- queries are captured when user launches an item from the search result
- past queries are displayed when the search string is empty, starting with the most recent; double-click or press Enter to search entries for a query
- last queries are remembered when relaunching QAP
 
Font options
- in "Options, Customize window", new option to select the font used in the text fields of the "Add/Edit favorites" and "Options" dialog boxes
- new options to select the font of the "Favorites list" and of the "Quick Launch" search result
- select the fonts from a list of all available fonts on the system
- add menu item "Tools, Restore all default fonts" to revert to default fonts
 
Clipboard Commands
- new option to never launch QCE Receiver lite with QAP
- fix bug when launching a Clipboard Command from the Quick Launch dialog box
 
Various
- fix a bug with option "Open menu when clicking on taskbar" not regognizing the task bar on monitors other than the primary monitor
- refactor the code to detect if a folder can be changed (navigate) in the target window or if the folder will be open in a new window (launch)
- fix bug executing QAP commands from Quick Launch
- fix bug opening the QAP Feature Clipboard menu when called from Quick Launch
- update German, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese and Dutch language files for v12.1

See the full version history in the change log.

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