New release v9.4 with better multi-monitor support and other improvements

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Jean Lalonde

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Dec 21, 2018, 3:38:33 PM12/21/18

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Among other improvements, Quick Access Popup v9.4 includes enhanced window management that will make the use of QAP more convenient on multi-monitor systems.

Version: 9.4 (2018-12-21)

Opening Explorer windows on multi-monitor systems

- if the default file manager in "File Managers" tab is Windows Explorer, the tab includes a new option "On a multi-monitor system, always open the Explorer window on the active monitor" when system has more than one monitor

- detect the active monitor based on the mouse position (if favorite folder was launched with mouse trigger) or else based on the active window position

Maximize folder on multiple-monitors systems

- show the "Window Options" tab in "Add/Edit favorite" dialog box for favorites of types Folder, Special and FTP when Explorer or Total Commander is the active file manager (Directory Opus users should use DOpus Layouts instead)

- when, in the "Window Options" tab, the window state is "Maximized" or "Minimized", allow to select on which monitor to open the new Explorer or Total Commander window (monitor 1 by default)

QAP windows position

- on "General" tab of the "Options" window, new option "Open Settings window on Active monitor" to open the QAP "Settings" window on the active monitor when system has more than one monitor

- detect the active monitor based on mouse or active window position

- always position other QAP windows relative to the center of the main "Settings" window or of their parent window

- remember width of the "Add/Edit/Copy/Move Favorite" window in ini file (useful when menu paths become long)

- remove tray menu command to "Restore dialog box position"

- add the "TryWindowPosition=1" option in quickaccesspopup.ini to show the "Add/Edit Favorite" tab "Window Options" for favorite types "Document", "Application", "URL" and "Windows Apps"; but there is no official support for these options because most applications for these favorite types block window positioning; you can try this option and... all the better if it works for some apps!

QAP icons

- new version of JLicons.dll v1.5 with new icons for the QAP app itself (regular icon, loading icon, admin icon, etc.)

- use icons QAP loading, QAP master and QAP beta from JLicons.dll instead of from the QAP temporary folder

- JLicons.dll v1.5 also includes improved "Live Folder" and "Live Folder opened" icons

Other changes and bug fixes

- in "Options", "Basic" tab, add the option "Main settings file backup folder" to select a destination folder for backups of the main settings file (quickaccesspopup.ini); backup are created only for main ini file; Shared menu settings files and Alternative settings files (open with the "Switch Settings file...") are still backuped in their own folder

- in "Live Folders" and in "Add/Edit Favorite", when resolving a Windows File Shortcut (.lnk file) that does not return a target location, keep the .lnk file name as location

- add copyright and company name, and update description in file version info of QAP executable and setup files

- update language files for French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Portuguese and Korean

Note: Users who install QAP in portable mode (with the ZIP file), make sure you replace the icons file JLicons.dll with the new file v1.5 included in this release. For users of the Setup installation, this is done automatically.