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: 12.3 (2026-05-12)
 
Enabling/Disabling favorites
- new option under "Various Advanded Options" to "Show checkboxes in favorites list to enable or disable favorites" directly from the "Customize" window (no need to edit the favorite)
 
Alternative Menu Features
- new Alternative Menu feature "Delete a Favorite" (see: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/what-are-the-power-menu-features/)
- redesign of "Options, Alternative Menu Hotkeys" dialog box to extract keyboard modifiers options into a new section "Options, Alternative Menus Modifiers" (see: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-launch-alternative-menu-features-directly-from-the-regular-popup-menu/)
 
Various
- add QAPmessenger command "OpenFavoriteInCmd" to open the specified folder in an existing or in a new Command-line window (see: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-display-the-qap-menu-from-the-command-line-or-from-a-batch-file/)
- fix various small internal bugs

See the full version history in the change log.

Download archived versions.