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.

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?.

What’s new

Version: 11.6.3.3 (2024-04-27)
- stop showing the snippet default prompt when using a snippet on the Desktop (for example when renaming a Desktop file)
- fix a bug with the working directory when launching an application from a shortcut file (.lnk) in a Live folder
- when opening a document from the QAP menu, add the document's parent folder in the "Recent folders" menu
- add an option under "Various Advanced Options" to set the "Maximum number of seconds to wait when the Clipboard is busy" (default 5 seconds)
- stop waiting after 1 second when opening the menu from QAPmessenger and the menu is not ready
- fix a bug when getting the current location in "Add this folder" dialog boxes and in some placeholders
- prevent loading Customize window in an invisible position if invalid position was remembered at last exit
 
NEW: Unleash your clipboard! See my other project Quick Clipboard Editor v2 for supercharged history, multi-format pasting & automation.
https://Clipboard.QuickAccessPopup.com
 
Version: 11.6.3.2 (2024-01-23)
- in current location placeholders "{CUR_...}", support a fallback location used when the current location cannot be detected; insert the fallback location after "|", for exemple "{CUR_LOC|c:\fallback_location\}"
  (seee: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/can-i-insert-values-in-favorites-location-parameters-or-snippets-using-placeholders/#current)
- fix a bug in the placeholder {Now} wrongly calculating the last day of month (as in "{Now:ld}")
- for some favorites without shortcut, fix a bug showing erroneously in menus the reminder "None" instead of nothing
- fix a bug when saving a favorite with a placeholder in its location, alerting erroneously that the favorite does not exist
- fix a display issue in "Options, File managers" when QAPconnect was selected
- in DOpus Favorites dynamic menu, handle the situation when DOpus favorites folder is empty
- update Portuguese language file
 
Version: 11.6.3.1 (2023-10-17)
- fix a bug breaking the "Reopen current folder in dialog box" command and possibly other QAP features commands
 
Version: 11.6.3 (2023-10-16)
 
Options
- reorder options sections in "Options" dialog box and menu
- add new option under "Menu Icons" to set a custom icon for "Link" favorites and, if present, use it instead of the default browser's icon
- duplicate the "Open Customize window at Startup" option in "General" section
 
Customize window
- when the "Customize" window is active
  - add support for extra mouse button (side buttons) to navigate Forward and Backward in submenus
  - support for extra mouse button (side buttons) to navigate Forward and Backward in submenus
  - support Alt+Right and Alt+Left to navigate backward and forward in submenus (in addition to existing hotkeys Shift+Ctrl+Right and Shift+Ctrl+Left)
  - update the "Customize Window Shortcuts Help" dialog box (F1) under the "Help" menu
- add button on the left side of the window to launch the favorite selected in the "Customize" window
- enable this button for launchable favorite types Folder, Document, Application, Special, URL, FTP, QAP and Group (not applicable for Snippet)
 
Various improvements
- support the new placeholder "{SelectedText}" and replace it with the text currently selected in the active window
- check if the Clipboard is free before refreshing the "Clipboard" menu
- QAP is now compiled with AHK runtime v1.1.37.1
- update language files for French, Italian, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese and German

See the full version history in the change log.

Download archived versions.