FoldersPopup - Read me

Move like a breeze between your frequently used folders and documents! Freeware.

Written using AHKScript v1.1.09.03+ (http://www.ahkscript.org)
By JnLlnd on AHKScript forum Thanks to LearningOne for sharing his code and to others who helped in this thread on AHKScript.org forum.

History

Version: 5.2.2 (2015-11-29)

Italian and French language updates
Fix an error in link for setup file in v5.2.1

Version: 5.2.1 (2015-11-15)

update special folders initialization for Windows 10
adjust menu icons to Windows 10 icon files
shorten application description in executable file for Windows 10 display
shorten notification tray tip texts for better display on Windows 10
add a short delay after tray tip in notification zone for Windows 10 compatibility
add option to disable sound on some tray tips
fix bug with favorite application parameters, letting user enclose parameters with double-quotes only if required
disabled collecting group load diagnostic data
check for updates prompt for download v6+ only if OS is Win7+, if v6+ prompt for ugrade to Quick Access Popup
German and French language updates

Version: 5.1.2 (2015-08-28)

fix description label errors when changing a hotkey in "Options, Other hotkeys"
when the Explorer extension Clover is installed, support folder navigation in the current tab instead of opening a new tab

Version: 5.1.1 (2015-07-21)

fix a bug for FPconnect users preventing the middle-mouse-button click to be recognized by FPconnected file manager (see: http://blog.rolandtoth.hu/post/106133423662/fpconnect-for-folderspopup-windows)
improve group load error handling

Version: 5.1 (2015-05-06)

See beta versions v5.0.9 to 5.0.9.0

Version: 5.0.9.9 (2015-05-06)

Enable keyboard shortcuts even if Current folders, Groups of Folders and Clipboard menus are disabled
Dutch language update

Version: 5.0.9.8 (2015-05-02)

fix bug causing error when trying to show icon in Clipboard menu when icons are not allowed
fix bug with None in change hotkey dialog box
updates of language files

Version: 5.0.9.7 (2015-04-27)

fix a bug with relative paths being combined wrongly when the location in an URL
in change hotkey dialog box, make the selection of no hotkey (None) more obvious
preserve standard order of modifiers in hotkey labels when changing hotkey
updates of language files

Version: 5.0.9.5/6 (2015-04-24)

simplified implementation of the copy location to clipboard feature; English language adapted
addition of the Brazilian Portuguese language !
update to Spanish language file

Version: 5.0.9.4 (2015-04-23)

fix bug when adding folders using the drag-and-drop technique, these favorites being considered as application favorites
re-wording of the language around the "Paste Location" feature to "Copy location"
expand the relative path in favorite location, based on the current working directory, making the change folder support relative paths
adjustments to all translation language files

Version: 5.0.9.3 (2015-04-15)

sort URLs in Clipboard menu
Spanish, Dutch and French text updates
help text updates, addition of help text about Clipboard and Paste Favorite's Location menus
display current customized shortcuts in Help text (English only for now)
support comments starting with ";" in language files
support comments at end of lines after ";" in language files

Version: 5.0.9.2 (2015-04-11)

addition of spanish language
fix Change hotkey description text for hotkeys 3 to 6
Add English description text in Change hotkey for hotkeys 7 to 10
fix buttons centering bug in Option GUI
fix text layout in Change hotkey GUI

Version: 5.0.9.1 (2015-04-10)

merge changes in v5.0.1

Version: 5.0.9 (2015-04-05)

new Paste Favorite's Location in the main menu
new shortcut (default Shift-Windows-V) to open the Paste Location menu
new radio button options for paste location destination in Options tab 1
paste favorite's location to keyboard or clipboard, according to destination selected in Options
new checkbox option in Options tab 1 to display or not the Paste Favorite's Location menu
add tray tip when showing the Paste Favorite's Location
disable Groups, Settings, Add this folder and Support freeware menus when showing Paste menu

Version: 5.0.1 (2015-04-10)

change default hotkeys for Current Folders (+^f), Groups of Folders (+^g), Recent Folders (+^r), Clipboard (+^c) and Settings (+^s) for Windows 8.1 compatibility
fix bug with special folders Pictures and Favorites (Internet) when user change these folders default location

Version: 5.0 (2015-04-05)

(see history for v4.9.1 to 4.9.9.1)

Version: 4.9.9.1 (2015-04-03)

removed menu shortcuts in main menu to let user select menu item by their name first letter
German, Dutch, Italian and Korean language update

Version: 4.9.9 (2015-03-30)

keep current position of add favorite window when changing favorite type
fix bug making the exit routine running twice
moving OnExit before InitFileInstall to ensure deletion of temporary files
unused language variable removed

Version: 4.9.8 (2015-03-28)

add an option in third tab to display or not special menu shortcut
adjust layout ot Options tab 3
save and load display special menu shortcut option to ini file
function to build main menu with special menu shortcuts text
shorten button names in Hotkey2Text
fix bug in group load for special folders
Italian and Swedish Options language updates

Version: 4.9.7 (2015-03-25)

fix a bug with "New window" (Shift-MMB or Shift-Win-A) not opening in a new Explorer when mouse over an Explorer
improve target window identification when special menu are called using their shortcuts (if target window can open favorite, then navigate, if not new window)
sets menu position correctly when special menu are called using their shortcuts
fix bug in WindowIsFPconnect when target window id or class is unknown
review of English text in Menu hotkeys Options tab and improve Menu hotkeys tab layout
Italian, Swedish, French and Korean language update

Version: 4.9.6.2 (2015-03-21)

fix a bug in OpenFavorite (and OpenClipboard) in situations where the target window could not be detected

Version: 4.9.6.1 (2015-03-20)

addition of debugging code around OpenClipboard
fix a bug introduced in v4.9.2 breaking the creation of default menu at first run

Version: 4.9.6 (2015-03-19) (no v4.9.5)

change default hotkleys for Settings (+#s), Current Folders (+#f) and Clipboard (+#s)
review hotkeys array naming
add hotkey reminders in special menu labels in main menus

Version: 4.9.4 (2015-03-18)

add a hotkey to open directly the Current folders menu (by default Ctrl-Win-C)
add a hotkey to open directly the Groups menu (by default Ctrl-Win-G)
add a hotkey to open directly the Clipboard menu (by default Ctrl-Win-V)
redesign the Options dialog box splitting hotkeys in two tabs: one for popup menu hotkeys and one for other hotkeys
review hotkeys language in Options
fix a bug from v4.2 when opening a special folder (Libraries, My Computer, etc.) from the Current Folders menu

Version: 4.9.3 (2015-03-14)

add URL parsing in Clipboard submenu
keep only URLs shorter than 260 chars
fix icon bug inside Clipboard menu (using only Folder and URL icons for now)
filter out illegal characters in paths / ? : * " > < | (in addition to space, tab and line-feed) from the beginning and the end of each clipboard line
fix two bugs in OpenClipboard making folders always opening in new window

Version: 4.9.2 (2015-03-12)

check for beta versions updates
enabled only for users who ran a beta version previously and who enabled the Check for update option

Version: 4.9.1 (2015-03-10)

add the favorite type Application
add Arguments and Working directory fields to Application favorites
execute the Application favorites passing properly the arguments and setting the working directory
make room in the Add Favorite window for additional property fields
support default and custom icons for Application favorites
add the Clipboard menu item in the main menu and add to the submenu folders, documents or applications paths found in the Clipboard
if no path is found in the current Clipboard, the previous submenu content is preserved
add an option to determine if the Clipboard menu is shown (default true)
disable clipboard submenu if empty
add clipboard icon to Clipboard menu
remove arguments double quotes when there is no argument
process environment vars for app favorites and clipboard paths

Version: 4.3 (2015-02-22)

make the Settings window resizable
save Settings Gui size state to ini file on quit
restore Settings Gui size on load
when saved maximized, restore at default size and center
prevent minimizing the settings window to avoid user to forget to save settings
adjust hand mouse pointer when hover clickable controls

Version: 4.2.2 (2015-01-31)

fix a bug with environment variables not being expanded when checking if target file exist
fix bug under XP during group load when an Explorer already contains the target folder, the existing Explorer is now activated and resized (consequence: a group cannot contain the same folder twice)
fix bug with check for update URL on some browsers
adding diag code to Check4Update command
stop incrementing usage counter when checking for update manually

Version: 4.2.1 (2015-01-18)

make FP compliant with Windows themes by adding a FP theme named "Windows" that keeps Windows theme's colors (making FP display OK when user selects a dark Windows theme)
making the FP theme "Windows" selected by default for new users
because of a side-effect in XL 2010, revert a patch in v4.2 to prevent double-click up/down buttons in Settings to overwrite the clipboard with the image URL (a Windows "undesired feature")

Version: 4.2 (2015-01-15)

See all changes from v4.1.8 to v4.1.9.6 BETA

Version: 4.1.9.1 to 4.1.9.6 BETA (2015-01-10 to 2015-01-15)

German, Dutch, Swedish and Italian language updates
Minimized language variable added
change landing page URL in FP code for a redirect page easier to manage on the website
remove timeout from msgbox in check4update
revert ampersand (&) handling in menu as it was in 4.1, one & for shortcut, && to display an ampersand
Added the FP ico file to the portable package
re-enabled the Special Folders menu in Windows XP

Version: 4.1.8.7 BETA (2015-01-08)

add the new customizable My Special Folders menu as last item in the user's main menu (except for XP)
add a bln value in ini file to track that the new My Special Folders was created (except for XP)
protection if user already has a My Special Folders menu before FP creates it
stop building the old Special Folders menu (except for XP)
remove option to display special folders menu (except for XP)
in Settings, Ctrl-Left is now as clicking on on the left arrow (instead of the up arrow) beside the menu dropdown list
in Settings, remember the last menu position when returning to a previously displayed menu
refactor of code around navigation to previous menu (arrows left of the Menu to edit in Settings)
remove & in special folders menu names in language files
fix bug when moving up/down or removing favorite, the items list in add favorite is now updated
fix error message bug when moving folder under itself
swedish translation update

Version: 4.1.8.6 BETA (2015-01-06)

improve performance when moving large number of favorite from one submenu to another
fix bug & not being kept in menu names
fix bug in add favorite when changing favorite type, default icon not being properly set and location not being properly reset
fix bug when moving out all favorite from a submenu, menu item is now grayed out
Korean language updates

Version: 4.1.8.5 BETA (2015-01-04)

prevent double-click on Up/Down arrows buttons to overwrite the clipboard
fix a bug when moving multiple favorites with Up/Down or Ctrl-Up/Ctrl-Down, selection is now kept

Version: 4.1.8.4 BETA (2015-01-03)

add hotkeys to Gui to move favorites (Ctrl-Down/Up), edit favorite (Enter), open submenu (Ctrl-Right), return to parent menu (Ctrl-Left), Select All (Ctrl-A), Add new (Ctrl-N) and Remove (Del)
add shortcuts help in main Gui, new layout for drag & drop help
allow multiple select of favorites to move or delete them; adapt gui Edit and Remove buttons if multiple selection
add separator and column break not allowed if multiple favorites selected
looped uses of adapted guiaddfavoritesave to move favorites
add moved favorites at end of destination menu
arrows move multiple favorites
in add/edit favorite, save default button
special folder Performance Information and Tool only on Win7 (not available on Win8 and more)
add support for six special folders in TC with use of :: instead of shell:::
fix bug special folder Images with Total Commander
fix bug in manage groups, Select a group was sorted with list of groups

Version: 4.1.8.3 BETA (2014-12-31)

fix bug default position in menu not correct after last items in menu was removed
fix bug when change to submenmu using edit button, the delete button in new submenu deleted items in the previous menu

Version: 4.1.8.2 BETA (2014-12-31)

complete refactor of special folders using CLSID, Shell commands, Shell constants, AHK constants, DOpus alias or TC commands, and supporting NavigateExplorer, NewExplorer, Dialog, Console, DOpus, TC and FPc
adaptation of OpenFavorite and navigate/new window functions to the refactored special folders
error message when a special folder cuold not be open
add support for FPconnect TargetPath filename
support environment variables in FPc paths
fix bug when moving a favorite to another submenu

Version: 4.1.8.1 BETA (2014-12-27)

removed support for FreeCommander XE (now available via FPconnect)
add version and os info to check4update request

Version: 4.1.8 BETA (2014-12-26)

add dropdown list in Add Favorite dialog box to select the position of the new favorite in the menu
for Windows 7 and more, refactor InitSpecialFolders with ClassID and exceptions for unavailable ClassID (the Special Folders submenu is maintained but users could replace it by creating their own Special Folders in any menus)
add icons and translateble default names for exceptions
extended support for FPconnect (universal file manager connecteor from Roland Toth) with auto-detection of FPconnect, open in current tab/window or new tab/window
fix bug not showing icons for system menus in main menu under Win_XP
fix delay in group load for slow drives
the FP menu can now be open over the FP Settings window with middle-mouse click (or Win-A)
language files updates

Version: 4.1 (2014-12-20)

addition of Italian language, thanks to Riccardo Leone
redesign the Help and Options windows into three tabs to save height on small screens
change mouse cursor to hand only in Settings window
change delays in group load
add diagnostic info for clipboard in group load
solve icon issue with multi column menus under Win XP, show icons only in first columns
change default to "add to existing windows" when creating a new group of folders
add BETA support for file manager connector FPConnect (from Roland Toth)

Version: 4.0.4 (2014-12-13)

add a button to select or deselect all Explorer windows in Group Save
support column click in Group Save to sort on column content
fix bug in Explorer collection causing the Save Group button and menu to be disabled

Version: 4.0.3 (2014-12-13)

more robust group load and window move and resize
fix a bug in Explorer collections in case ComObjCreate returns an invalid handle
remove forgotten testing code in DOpus group load
when close before restoring group stop closing IE windows
stop closing TC windows before restoring

Version: 4.0.2 (2014-12-12)

bug making language (other than English) in setup not being taken into account at FP first run

Version: 4.0.1 (2014-12-09)

fix bug with Recent shortcut opening in a new Explorer window instead of navigating in the correct window
fix bug properly exit group load loop when an error occurs within an iteration

Version: 4.0.0 (2014-12-07)

See all changes from v3.9.1 to v3.9.9 BETA

Version: 3.9.9 BETA (2014-12-04)

detect if app is started in program files folder and set working dir to appdata
create a backup of the ini file at launch time
Dutch and Korean language updates

Version: 3.9.8 BETA (2014-12-01)

fix lOptionsDisplayFoldersInExplorerMenu label.
add column break and system variable in default menu
fix bug when edit and save a submenu under the same name (from v3.3.2)
add double-quotes to Run command parameters
sort groups list in manage groups and edit group

Version: 3.9.7 BETA (2014-11-25)

add an item in the right-click Tray menu to open the FoldersPopup.ini file
add an option to disable check for update at startup
add Downloads folder to Special Folders menu, support for DOpus and TC, not available on Win_XP
fix a bug making custom icons not following when favorites were moved up or down in the menu
merge and refactor GuiMoveFavoriteUp and GuiMoveFavoriteDown commands
fix a bug visible only to Total Commander users occuring when you left-click the tray icon button or when left-click on the tray icon was in the overflow area
add location URL of folders in groups saved to the ini file

Version: 3.9.6 BETA (2014-11-21)

refactor BuildGroupMenu into BuildFoldersInExplorerMenu and stripped BuildGroupMenu
add numeric shortcuts to groups menu
exclude DOpus collection windows of Current folders menu
merged OpenRecentFolder and OpenFolderInExplorer with OpenFavorite
merged 2-in-1 command PopupMenuMouse + PopupMenuKeyboard and 2-in-1 command PopupMenuNewWindowMouse + PopupMenuNewWindowKeyboard, into 4-in-1 command
support for system environment variables in favorite location (e.g.: APPDATA, LOCALAPPDATA, ProgramData, PUBLIC, TEMP, TMP, USERPROFILE)
make the vertical bar (or pipe "|") a reserved character in submenu or favorite name
fix bug clicking the correct pane in DOpus when popup in new window
fix bug with document favorite custom icons
fix a bug occurring in some situation when a favorite location contains a comma (from v3.3.1)

Version: 3.9.5 BETA (2014-11-15)

display and select icon for folders, url and documents in add/edit favorite and in menu
better error management around menu icon assignment, fix the *.msc bug
use shell32.dll icon #1 for unknown icon
fix a bug in Group menu for network locations

Version: 3.9.4 BETA (2014-11-09)

Swedish, German and Korean translations for new features in v3.9.1 and v3.9.2
Custom icons for submenus (custom icons for folders in next release)
Add hidden column in Settings listview for icon resource
Add field in Folders section of ini file for icon resource
Add icon selector to add/edit favorite dialog box (for submenu only in this release)
New special menu Folders in Explorer to open in Explorer or a dialog box a folder already open in another Explorer
Merge open folder in Explorer with Open recent folders
Add option to display or not the Folders in Explorer menu
Regroup Display options in Options dialog box
In Options, add the size 48 pixels to the choie of icon size

Version: 3.9.3 BETA (2014-11-08)

retrieve language from ini file created by setup program and use when creating the FP ini file
accept space in Change hotkey dialog box to allow combinations with spacebar as a potential hotkey
detect TreeView folder select dialog box and exclude them because of a Windows limitation (Edit1 control not handling the Enter)
add the option OpenMenuOnTaskbar to open or not the popup menu over the taskbar (class Shell_TrayWnd)
add column breaks in menu
improve reliability and performance of group load with Explorer and DOpus
fix bug with windows move/resize when group load
fix bug with minimize/maximize Explorers when group load
fix wrong web link when an beta version update is available

Version: 3.9.2 BETA (2014-11-05)

Addition of German language to Setup program
Add the possibility to overwrite an existing group of folders in the save group dialog box
allow to edit a group from the manage groups gui
Delete the startup shortcut when uninstall with Inno Setup
After installation with Inno Setup, copy an existing FoldersPopup.ini file if one exist in a previous protable installation (findable only if a shortcut to the portable installation exists)

Version: 3.9.1 BETA (2014-11-02)

New setup procedure with standard Install / Uninstall procedures (using Inno Setup) - keeping a separate zip file for portable version
Adapt Run at startup shortcut for Inno Setup by using the working directory instead of the script directory
Create a unique environment code (mutex) to allow Inno Setup to detect if FP is running before uninstall or update
Changed default FP hotkeys Windows-K and Shift-Windows-K to Windows-A and Shift-Windows-A (Windows-K is a reserved shortcut in Win 8.1) - configs of actual users are not changed
Add the option "Use tabs" for DirectoryOpus users to choose to open new folders in new tab (new default) or in a new lister
After DOpusRt opens a folder in a new tab, activate that window
Change Group menu label to "Group of folders"
Support Group menu of Explorer and DOpus windows containing the same folder
Support saving multiple windows (Explorers or DOpus) containing the same folder
Create objects to get special folders class id by name and name by class id
Save groups with special folders to ini file
Load groups with special folders from ini file
Fix a bug with labels when changing the hotkey for Recent folders menu and Settings windows

Version: 3.3.2 (2014-12-01)

fix a bug occurring when editing a submenu and saving it under the same name

Version: 3.3.1 (2014-11-17)

fix a bug occurring in some situation when a favorite location contains a comma

Version: 3.3 (2014-10-24)

TotalCommander integration

automatic detection for Total Commander support
Total Commander configuration in Options
ini configuration for TotalCommander
add a checkbox in options to let Total Commander users choose to open new folders (Shift+Middle-Mouse) in a new tab or in a new window
new TotalCommanderUseTabs and TotalCommanderNewTabOrWindow switches in ini file
show popup menu in TotalCommander windows
add this folder from Total Commander window
navigate regular and special folder in TotalCommander existing window
open regular and special folder in new TotalCommander window or tab according to TotalCommanderNewTabOrWindow
disable Switch menu first time TC is enabled until the tabs issue is resolved in TC

Other changes

addition of Swedish language, thanks to Åke Engelbrektson
fix a bug when user select a hotkey replacement for Middle-mouse button that involves a modifier key (e.g. Shift+Right-click)
fix bug with icons on Windows Server (disable icons)
fix bug making new folders opening in Explorer instead of Total Commander or Directory Opus when called from the Tray left-click menu
change DOpus command to open a new lister to Go with NEW parameter

Version: 3.2.2 (2014-10-02)

fix layout in options gui
remove support for MS Office 2003/2007 file dialog boxes
German language update

Version: 3.2.1 (2014-09-20)

When Explorer replacement activated in DOpus, ghost Explorer in the Switch Explorer menu skipped
Removed Flattr from donation platforms
Remove Switch Explorer support for DOpus listers containing an FTP folder (until issue resolved - #84)
Addition of the korean language - thanks to Om Il-Sung (Dollnamul)

Version: 3.2 (2014-09-16)

collect info about opened DOpus listers using DOpusRt
collect info about opened Explorers and DOpus listers in two objects, merge the two sets of folders, remove duplicates and build Switch menus
adapt SwitchExplorer and SwitchDialog to new object model
switch explorer in DOpus using DOpusRt, switch to DOpus if 2 panes or multiple tabs
handling coll:// DOpus windows like search results in Switch Menu
use DOpus icons for listers in Switch Explorer
enable special folders menus when target window is Directory Opus and navigate to special folders using DOpusRt and built-in aliases
navigate folders and recent folders in current lister using DOpusRt
open new lister using DOpusRt
prompt at startup to activate DOpusRt if DOpus found under Program Files
when Add This Folder, read current folder using DOpusRt

Other changes

new option to show the popup menu near the mouse pointer, in the active window or at a fix position
prevent intermittent Windows bug showing an error when building recent folders menu if an external drive has been removed
setting the image and recent items special folders reading the Registry for a solution working in all Windows locales
fix bug when showing special folders names in Switch menus
fix bug when duplicate folders were found in Switch menus
prevent paths longer than 260 chars in Switch menu from causing an error
limit menu name to 250 chars maximum in add/edit folder dialog box
different ini variable LatestVersionSkippedBeta to remember latest skipped version in beta mode

Version: 3.1.3 (2014-09-07)

bug fix: make all special folders menu items work when popup menu is activated from the tray icon
improve handling of the hash (aka Sharp / "#") bug in Shell.Application (see v1.2.6)
fix bug when navigating in a CMD window with path including AHK reserved chars

Version: 3.1.2 (2014-09-03)

Menu icons now supporting Windows Vista
Stop building recent folders menu at startup (unnecessary since this menu is refreshed on demand)

Version: 3.1 (2014-08-29)

First public release of Folders Popup v3
Fix a bug in Switch in dialog box menu

Version: 3.0.12 BETA (2014-08-27)

German and Dutch translation update (Thanks to Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann and Pieter Dejonghe)
Left click on Tray icon to show favorites menu

Version: 3.0.11 BETA (2014-08-24)

fix an icon error under WinXP

Version: 3.0.10 BETA (2014-08-23)

fix bug when selecting a mouse hotkey after None was selected for that hotkey
in Change Hotkey, unselect modifiers when None is selected as mouse trigger
additional text to clarify triggers in Settings, Options
new menu icon for submenus

Version: 3.0.9 BETA (2014-08-22)

replaces Send command with SendInput
fix bug when navigating to network folder in DOpus
add popup menu and color to tray menu

Version: 3.0.8 BETA (2014-08-20)

add type of favorites for links, display default browser icon for link favorites and open links in default browser
fix bug with DOpus when path includes AHK reserved chars
better support of DOpus when in dual listers

Version: 3.0.7 BETA (2014-08-18)

make display icons optional, refactor Add Menu commands in a centralized function
allow to select no mouse trigger for popup menu, add None to the dropdown list in Change hotkey window
add mouse or keyboard hotkey to open the recent folders list
fix error when icon location contains %1
fix error when assigning color to an empty submenu
fix a v2 bug with shortcuts numbers increment in Switch menus

Version: 3.0.6 BETA (2014-07-26)

Redesign of buttons in Settings
Addition to ini file of themes with colors for dialog boxes and menu
Implementation of colors to menus and dialog boxes
Add option in Settings/Options to select theme

Version: 3.0.5 BETA (2014-07-23)

fix a v2 bug allowing editing in Settings with no item selected
fix a v3.0.2 bug when adding an item to a menu other than the current menu in Settings
change cursor to hand for all buttons in Settings
refactor (merge) Add and Edit favorites GUI and Save commands (no change visible to users)

Version: 3.0.4 BETA (2014-07-21)

fix a bug when adding a menu and numeric shortcuts are active
lighter tray tip message after menu is updated in settings
fix a bug when retrieving icons for documents
change cursor for an hand for all buttons in Gui
support icons for document being executable files

Version: 3.0.3 BETA (2014-07-20)

remove "supported dialog boxes" management
in gui remove listview, add/edit/remove buttons, reposition other buttons
remove add dialog box menu, save dialog box, dialog is supported function

Version: 3.0.2 BETA (2014-07-19)

add favorite type "F" folder, "D" document or "S" submenu and refactor all
remove or add ... to main menu items
manage icons resource at init, supporting XP and Win7+
include parent menu dropdown list when add favorite
fix old 2.0 bug not detecting name already used when adding from add this folder
menu icon size default size to 16 for XP and 24 for other OS

Version: 3.0.1 BETA (2014-07-15)

do not check if network favorites exist
error icon when local favorite does not exist (removed feature)
error message when unavailable local favorite is selected in popup menu
traytip status when refreshing menus

Version: 3.0.0 BETA (2014-07-14)

support favorite documents as popup menu items, add Document radio button to add dialog box
when adding document, suggest short name for menu
when menu item is a document, launch it with Run
add icons to folders menu, submenus, documents and special folders
add Settings Option for menu icon size, default size to 24
keep the regular tray icon when suspended
implement Exit tray menu
disable separator editing
adapt labels to "favorites" instead of "folders"
build function to auto-center action buttons in Gui

2014-07-11 2.2.1

fix bug when adding a folder to a submenu using drag and drop
add an incentive message about drag and drop at the bottom of Settings window
ignore submenu change in Settings when user select the current menu

2014-07-06 2.2

support drag and drop to add favorite
make the cursor change to a hand when the mouse pointer is over buttons or clickable text in Settings dialog box (tried to also implement tooltips but even with a timer, it flickers too much)
Recent folders menu now shown in a detached menu, at the calling popup menu location, refreshed each time it is opened, with tooltip while refreshing
fix a bug with number of Recent folders hide/display in Settings, Options
fix layout bug in edit folder dialog box
fix bug with Switch to Explorer opening a new window
replace PCAstuces review URL with Freewares & Tutos

2014-06-25 2.1.1

complete translation of mouse button names
fix bug when changing Settings shortcut
fix PCAstuces missing URL

2014-06-17 2.1.0

when adding this folder, select in which menu to add the new folder
new button when edit menu entry to open this menu
in edit folder dialog box, set focus to and select folder name
on-demand recent folders update to keep the popup menu snappy regardless of the number of recent items to parse or the performance of the PC
option in settings to choose the number of recent folders in popup menu, now default to 10
refactor (code merge) of GuiAddFolderSave and GuiEditFolderSave
allow to add this folder from a network folder starting with "\"
fix bug with up arrow to go to parent menu
addition of Dutch translation (thanks to Pieter Dejonghe!)
fix missing translations

2014-06-06 2.0.3

fix bugs with switch folders and recent folders options
update german translation

2014-06-03 2.0.2

improve performance of Recent Folders menu building, process only recent folders in recent items
fix bug when a recent folder is not available (only XP?)
fix header bug in diagnostic mode

2014-06-01 2.0.1

complete german translation
fix language typos

2014-05-28 2.0.0

see all additions from v1.5 ALPHA to v1.9 BETA

2014-05-27 v1.9 BETA (not to be released)

fix bug missing error message and other language minor changes
reorder popup menu and place settings, add this folder and support freeware menus at the end of main menu
reorder checkboxes in GuiOptions
support recent folders on Win XP
loading language files and images to the exe files
create a "Switch..." submenu for "Switch to Explorer" and "Switch in dialog box"options
allow "Switch to Explorer" menu to open a new window (with combining Middle mouse button with the Shift key)
prevent app from running directly from the zip file or running in a write-protected folder
new "Support freeware" dialog box and options
internal changes in the check for update function
better error handling if error occurs during ComObjCreate, situation occurring when Directory Opus is running (tested with v11.4)
basic support for Directory Opus v11.4 (navigate and add this folder) similar to FreeCommander XE, fix bugs in FreeCommanderXE support

2014-05-04 v1.8 ALPHA (not to be released)

add switch in dialog box to other explorer windows already opened
lMenuReservedShortcuts management with translations
sort folders button
folder up button
translated help to French
support freeware to popup menu
blnMenuReady before popup

2014-04-27 v1.7 ALPHA (not to be released)

new settings dialog box layout with icons to add, edit or remove folders or dialog boxes
icons to open help, about and settings dialog boxes
dropdown to select the submenu to edit
left arrow to go back to edit the menu(s) previously displayed
double-click to edit folders or supported dialog boxes
adjustments to dialog boxes for German and French translation
updated about and help dialog boxes
solved a bug when Add this folder in some type of dialog boxes

2014-04-19 v1.6 ALPHA (not to be released)

implement submenus ini file data structure and objects for folders
v1 ini file format automatic upgrade to v2 (all v1 folders placed in main menu)
load and save folders and submenus to ini file
display popup menus with submenus, disable empty submenus
add a dropdown menu to settings window to select the menu to edit
settings pugrade to add, edit, remove, move up or down submenus
add folder to the current submenu
add folder from popup menu to main menu
move folders or menus to other submenus
double-click an folder or submenu item in settings to edit it
update popup menus as settings are changed, backup available if user cancel settings changes
support numeric shortcuts for submenus
error checking: avoid duplicate names when moving an item to another submenu
error checking: avoid moving a submenu under itself

2014-03-22 v1.5 ALPHA (not to be released)

add recent folders sub-menu
add ini variable RecentFolders
when blnDisplayMenuShortcuts reserve shortcut chars for app's items in menus
add GetDeepestFolderName as function
add ValueIsInObject function
add language dropdown
display full folder names in recent folders
add swith submenu to activate any other open Explorer
add DisplayRecentFolders and DisplaySwitchMenu options in Options dialog box and ini file

2014-04-25 v1.2.7

Workaround to make the "Run" command work on some system
Fix end-of-line at end of version number bug

2014-04-24 v1.2.6

Workaround for the hash (aka Sharp or #) bug in Shell.Application that occurs only when navigating in the current Explorer window to a subfolder including �#� in its parent path (e.g.: C:\C#\Project)
Windows XP only: fix a bug when navigating to the special folder �My Pictures� in dialog boxes

2014-04-19 v1.2.5

Support for FreeCommander XE
Compatible with Clover (opens the folder in a new tab)
Fix wrong error message issue #28

2014-04-17 v1.2.4

Fix shortcut (hotkey) assignments error (not a valid key name error) on Windows system with keyboard regional settings supporting Cyrillic letters (Russian and others)

2014-02-25 v1.2.3

For Windows XP users only, revert to v1.2.1 state due to unwanted behavior of FP v1.2.2 in Windows Explorer XP

2014-02-20 v1.2.2

Opens new Explorer windows complying with the Explorer navigation pane setting

2014-02-01 v1.2.1

Fix a bug that added separator lines at the bottom of Tray Menu (one line added at each display of the popu menu)
Improve diagnostic data collection (always at the user's discretion)

2013-01-26 v1.2

Add an option to add numeric keyboard shortcuts to launch folders in popup menu
Add an option to display the popup menu at a fix position
Add a diagnostic mode to collect support info (add DiagMode=1 under [Global] section in ini file)
Redesign of the Options dialog box

2013-12-24 v1.01

Bug fix: mouse and keyboard triggers were disabled in non-explorer windows

2013-12-23 v1.0 (First Official Release)

Configurable mouse button and keyboard triggers in a new "Options" dialog box
New keyboard triggers (by default, Windows-K and Shift-Windows-K) in addition to mouse button triggers (by default, Middle mouse and Shift-Middle mouse buttons)
Add "Run at startup" checkbox to "Options" dialog box to launch Folders Popup automatically at Windows startup
Add "Display the startup tray tip" checkbox to "Options" dialog box to display or hide the Folders popup's tray tip
Add "Display Special Folders" checkbox to "Options" dialog box to enable/disable navigation to special folders (My Computer, Network, Recycle bion, etc.) in popup menu
Better formated startup help tray tip
Close "Settings" dialog box with Escape key

2013-11-11 v0.9 (beta version)

Implemented startup option in tray and check4update, standardize dialog box titles, various text fixes
Renamed the app FoldersPopup, removed debugging code, prepare for compiler, removed external pictures

2013-11-11 v0.5 (last alpha version)

Implemented GuiAbout and GuiHelp, added About and Help to tray menu, tray tip displayed only 5 times
Removed file:/// protocol prefix, added support for ExploreWClass, implemented try/catch to Explore shell method, offer to add manually when add folder failed

2013-11-11 v0.4

Add settings hotkey to ini file (default Ctrl-Windows-F)
Enable Add This Window menu only in WIN_7/WIN_8 dialog boxes (not working in WIN_XP) and in Explorer windows (all versions)
Add GuiAddFolder and GuiAddDialog buttons commands, add AddThisFolder and AddThisDialog menus commands

2013-11-10 v0.3

Add NavigateConsole for console support (command prompt CMD)
Change .ini filename to new app name

2013-11-09 v0.2

Create language file, build gui, tray menu, popup folder menu and skeleton for front end buttons and commands
Create CanOpenFavorite condition for MButton with WindowIsAnExplorer, WindowIsDesktop and DialogIsSupported, AddThisDialog menu
Add SpecialFolders menu, OpenFavorite for Explorer and Desktop, NavigateExplorer
Add support for MS Office dialog boxes on WinXP (bosa_sdm_), open special folders in Explorer and Desktop
Implement NavigateDialog, add Desktop/Document/Pictures special folders, open it in dialog boxes, enable appropriate menus in popup menu
Renamed the app PopupFolders, isolate text into language variables, update GitHub and ReadMe.md with v0.2

2013-11-05 v0.1

First release of ALPHA version
Initialize script, read ini file and create arrays for folders menu and supported dialog boxes

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