Thanks for the reference. This app is too much for my personal needs and I'm used to start QAP directly from the tray of using the middle mouse button. But users could find ObjectDock a convenient way to start QAP menu.
In this app or in any other app that would provide custom links, instead of relying to the system tray, you could use the QAPmessenger utility that was developed for Explorer context menus but that could also be useful in other situation. To show the QAP menu from any shortcut, enter the path and parameter:
This will show the QAP menu at the mouse position (or at other position as set in QAP options). ShowMenuLaunch will launch a favorite folder in a new DOpus tab (or Explorer window) and ShowMenuNavigate will change the folder in the current tab or window.
Thanks for the tip, but I can't get this to work from a dock.
When using QAPmessenger, the menu pops up and I can open/start programs, open the settings, etc.
But, if I try to open a folder or drive I get this error:
"An error occurred while trying to open this favorite. Please, try again..."
This is ONLY when I try via a shortcut on my dock.
The shortcut works normally when started as a shortcut, ie. double-click on the lnk-file .
(So QAPmessenger, QAP Portable, DOPus and ObjectDock doesn't quite see eye to eye, lol)
Will look into it, but for now I'll stick with the "System Tray dock".
It took me some time before I was able to check this. I was not able to reproduce this issue. I could add a shortcut in a tab and open both apps, settings and folders with it (with DOpus). I had to put "ShowMenuLaunch" in the "Arguments" field of the shortcut, not in the "Link" field.
Yes, I do the same.
I'm 99.99999% sure that this is not a QAP or DOpus problem.
The shortcut work as expected outside "the dock".
Would help if You could post (or PM me) the condition/error check that triggers the error message from QAP.
It might send me in the right direction regarding what's blocking QAP from opening the folder.
I just posted an update on changes in Quick Access Popup since this post written a looong time ago. Changes include the integration of DOpus Favorites to the QAP menu.
Following up on Leo's post, a quick update on QAP : Since this thread was created in 2014, Folders Popup became Quick Access Popup and has been constantly updated. As of July 2020, it is at v10.5.2. You can download it for free on www.QuickAccessPopup.com or get support on forum.quickaccesspopup.com.
@jnllnd, may I suggest updating the original post with updated screenshots? The Options one looks particularly outdated and @leo used it in an FAQ post:
Dear @jnllnd. is there a way to pass 1sec delay while opening QAP's menu? can i make it instant? some settings i missed? i've tried to use QAP many times, but every time I had to delete it because of this delay.
During this delay, QAP refreshes the items under the "In the works" menu. To populate the "Recent Folders", "Recent Files", "Frequent Folders" and "Frequent Files", QAP scans the Windows system folder "Recent items" (%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent). The time it takes to scan this folder varies based on the activity added to the "Recent items" folder by Windows apps since the last QAP menus refresh. Normally, this delay is more around 0,5 second (less than that on a quick system).
There is a way to reduce the delay. In "Options, Popup Menu", disable the "Attach all dynamic menus to QAP main menu" checkbox. After QAP restart, the "Recent..." and "Frequent..." menus will be displayed as standalone menus (detached from the main menu) but they will be refreshed only when you invoke them, not each time you open the main QAP menu.
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