When you don't want the list, you can get rid of it in a couple of ways: So, if you like it, say thanks to idea was to either operate in AutoSwitch mode - that will automatically switch folders - or present a list of open folders to choose from - what you see by default. I can't tell you who, as I respect tuska's privacy I even wanted to call it TuskaTool, but "someone" had strong objections against that.
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He went through at least 7 rewrites of the code and tested all of them. *Especially* as this program would not even exist without him. To stop using QuickSwitch, right-click it's system tray icon - a white on green "H" - and choose Exit It will stay quietly in the background, until you open a File Dialog. Note: QuickSwitch will write it's ini-file to that same folder, so you need write access there. Extract the zip-file containing QuickSwitch.exe to a folder.
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Download the 64-bit or 32-bit version of the QuickSwitch zip-file, depending on your operating system.ĭownload link is at the top of this page.Can not get information from file managers that run elevated (as administrator).QuickSwitch will not run on lower versions. A notification area (/system tray) menu, including icon.A different way to 'talk with' Total Commander an XYplorer.There will be a simplified menu with less 'technical' entries. Support for long paths ( longer than 259 characters).On the To-Do list for the near future are: In short, this lets QuickSwitch figure out and learn what the correct "window-distance" is for this specific application/dialog combination. Select AutoSwitch exception from the QuickSwitch menu.(Nothing will happen as AutoSwitch doesn't understand/ miscalculates) In 95% of the cases, this is 2 windows, like for example (1) Notepad's Open dialog, (2) Notepad itself and (3) File Explorer.įor the remaining 5%, you can follow these steps when AutoSwitch is unable "to do it's thing":
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Useful for example for webbrowser dialogs, as they already keep track of website/downloadfolder combinations.ĪutoSwitch "calculates" the number of (hidden/normal) windows between the most recent used file manager and the file dialog. Select that setting to 'mute' QuickSwitch in that specific dialog. The keyboard shortcut Control-Q will still open the menu if you need it, for example to reconfigure what to do in this dialog. When the file manager was active before you open the file dialog, it will even open that folder straight away, without further needed action. The menu will not be shown if there are no file manager folders to select from.Īfter selecting AutoSwitch from the menu, the menu will no longer be shown for that specific dialog, for example Notepad's Save As dialog.įrom there on, when you Alt-Tab to the file manager and Alt-Tab back to the file dialog, The file dialog will automatically open the folder that was active in that file manager. When you select one of those, the file dialog will switch to the selected folder.
Out of the box, it will show you a list of opened folders to choose from. QuickSwitch can do that in a couple of different ways: , it can switch that dialog to any folder that is opened in a file manager.Ĭurrently supported file managers: File Explorer, Directory Opus, Total Commander and XYPlorer. What does QuickSwitch do? - the short version
QuickSwitch is a spin-off of JumpToFolder and was suggested as an alternative to Listary's QuickSwitch as that is abandoned.
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