Im pretty late regarding this thread, but have you tried autohotkey?
Ive posted my personal startup script below for reference, just some small examples what you can do with it:
-you can assign shortcuts to individual folders, which i mapped to middlemousebutton.
-you can do autolookup of marked words in a english dictionary via shortcut
-you can make the script automatically replace full words for your shortcut of choice, e.g. write “ty” which will automatically replaced by “thank you” or whatever.
This is just the tip of the iceberg of what you can do with it. and its free.
Note: In Windows Explorer, if “View > Toolbars > Address Bar” is
; not enabled, the menu will not be shown if the hotkey chosen below
; has a tilde. If it does have a tilde, the menu will be shown
; but the favorite will be opened in a new Explorer window rather
; than switching the active Explorer window to that folder.
; CONFIG: CHOOSE YOUR HOTKEY
; If your mouse has more than 3 buttons, you could try using
; XButton1 (the 4th) or XButton2 (the 5th) instead of MButton.
; You could also use a modified mouse button (such as ^MButton) or
; a keyboard hotkey. In the case of MButton, the tilde (~) prefix
; is used so that MButton’s normal functionality is not lost when
; you click in other window types, such as a browser. The presence
; of a tilde tells the script to avoid showing the menu for
; unsupported window types. In other words, if there is no tilde,
; the hotkey will always display the menu; and upon selecting a
; favorite while an unsupported window type is active, a new
; Explorer window will be opened to display the contents of that
; folder.
f_Hotkey = ~MButton
; CONFIG: CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITES
; Update the special commented section below to list your favorite
; folders. Specify the name of the menu item first, followed by a
; semicolon, followed by the name of the actual path of the favorite.
; Use a blank line to create a separator line.
/*
ITEMS IN FAVORITES MENU <-- Do not change this string.
samples ; F:\samples
artwork ; C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\satin\Eigene Dateien\artwork
zbrush ; C:\Programme\Pixologic\ZBrush2
*/
; END OF CONFIGURATION SECTION
; Do not make changes below this point unless you want to change
; the basic functionality of the script.
#SingleInstance ; Needed since the hotkey is dynamically created.
Hotkey, %f_Hotkey%, f_DisplayMenu
StringLeft, f_HotkeyFirstChar, f_Hotkey, 1
if f_HotkeyFirstChar = ~ ; Show menu only for certain window types.
f_AlwaysShowMenu = n
else
f_AlwaysShowMenu = y
; Used to reliably determine whether script is compiled:
SplitPath, A_ScriptName, f_FileExt
if f_FileExt = Exe ; Read the menu items from an external file.
f_FavoritesFile = %A_ScriptDir%\Favorites.ini
else ; Read the menu items directly from this script file.
f_FavoritesFile = %A_ScriptFullPath%
;----Read the configuration file.
f_AtStartingPos = n
f_MenuItemCount = 0
Loop, Read, %f_FavoritesFile%
{
if f_FileExt <> Exe
{
; Since the menu items are being read directly from this
; script, skip over all lines until the starting line is
; arrived at.
if f_AtStartingPos = n
{
IfInString, A_LoopReadLine, ITEMS IN FAVORITES MENU
f_AtStartingPos = y
continue ; Start a new loop iteration.
}
; Otherwise, the closing comment symbol marks the end of the list.
if A_LoopReadLine = */
break ; terminate the loop
}
; Menu separator lines must also be counted to be compatible
; with A_ThisMenuItemPos:
f_MenuItemCount++
if A_LoopReadLine = ; Blank indicates a separator line.
Menu, Favorites, Add
else
{
StringSplit, f_line, A_LoopReadLine, `;
f_line1 = %f_line1% ; Trim leading and trailing spaces.
f_line2 = %f_line2% ; Trim leading and trailing spaces.
; Resolve any references to variables within either field, and
; create a new array element containing the path of this favorite:
Transform, f_path%f_MenuItemCount%, deref, %f_line2%
Transform, f_line1, deref, %f_line1%
Menu, Favorites, Add, %f_line1%, f_OpenFavorite
}
}
return ;----End of auto-execute section.
;----Open the selected favorite
f_OpenFavorite:
; Fetch the array element that corresponds to the selected menu item:
StringTrimLeft, f_path, f_path%A_ThisMenuItemPos%, 0
if f_path =
return
if f_class = #32770 ; It’s a dialog.
{
if f_Edit1Pos <> ; And it has an Edit1 control.
{
; Activate the window so that if the user is middle-clicking
; outside the dialog, subsequent clicks will also work:
WinActivate ahk_id %f_window_id%
; Retrieve any filename that might already be in the field so
; that it can be restored after the switch to the new folder:
ControlGetText, f_text, Edit1, ahk_id %f_window_id%
ControlSetText, Edit1, %f_path%, ahk_id %f_window_id%
ControlSend, Edit1, {Enter}, ahk_id %f_window_id%
Sleep, 100 ; It needs extra time on some dialogs or in some cases.
ControlSetText, Edit1, %f_text%, ahk_id %f_window_id%
return
}
; else fall through to the bottom of the subroutine to take standard action.
}
else if f_class in ExploreWClass,CabinetWClass ; In Explorer, switch folders.
{
if f_Edit1Pos <> ; And it has an Edit1 control.
{
ControlSetText, Edit1, %f_path%, ahk_id %f_window_id%
; Tekl reported the following: “If I want to change to Folder L:\folder
; then the addressbar shows http://www.L:\folder.com. To solve this,
; I added a {right} before {Enter}”:
ControlSend, Edit1, {Right}{Enter}, ahk_id %f_window_id%
return
}
; else fall through to the bottom of the subroutine to take standard action.
}
else if f_class = ConsoleWindowClass ; In a console window, CD to that directory
{
WinActivate, ahk_id %f_window_id% ; Because sometimes the mclick deactivates it.
SetKeyDelay, 0 ; This will be in effect only for the duration of this thread.
IfInString, f_path, : ; It contains a drive letter
{
StringLeft, f_path_drive, f_path, 1
Send %f_path_drive%:{enter}
}
Send, cd %f_path%{Enter}
return
}
; Since the above didn’t return, one of the following is true:
; 1) It’s an unsupported window type but f_AlwaysShowMenu is y (yes).
; 2) It’s a supported type but it lacks an Edit1 control to facilitate the custom
; action, so instead do the default action below.
Run, Explorer %f_path% ; Might work on more systems without double quotes.
return
;----Display the menu
f_DisplayMenu:
; These first few variables are set here and used by f_OpenFavorite:
WinGet, f_window_id, ID, A
WinGetClass, f_class, ahk_id %f_window_id%
if f_class in #32770,ExploreWClass,CabinetWClass ; Dialog or Explorer.
ControlGetPos, f_Edit1Pos, Edit1, ahk_id %f_window_id%
if f_AlwaysShowMenu = n ; The menu should be shown only selectively.
{
if f_class in #32770,ExploreWClass,CabinetWClass ; Dialog or Explorer.
{
if f_Edit1Pos = ; The control doesn’t exist, so don’t display the menu
return
}
else if f_class <> ConsoleWindowClass
return ; Since it’s some other window type, don’t display menu.
}
; Otherwise, the menu should be presented for this type of window:
Menu, Favorites, show
return
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
; Name: Autohotkey-Skript zum Artikel aus c’t 03/05
; Author: Wolfgang Reszel für c’t
; Datum: 5.12.2004
;
; Language: german
; Platform: tested with XP
;
; Beschreibung: (german)
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
; Das im Artikel erarbeitete Skript
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
; Starte alle 300 ms die Unterroutine SkriptAktualisierung
; sorgt dafür, dass das Skript beim Speichern automatisch neu geladen wird
; SetTimer,SkriptAktualisierung,300
; Starte alle 300 ms die FileZilla-Überwachung
; SetTimer, Überwachung, 300
; Return ; – hier endet der Auto-Execute-Bereich -----------------------
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
; – Tastaturkürzel: --------------------------------------------------
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
#i
Run, iexplore.exe ; Win+I
#gRun, http://www.google.de ; Win+G
!1 Send, „{Alt} ; Alt+1
!2 Send, “{Alt} ; Alt+2
!. Send, •{Alt} ; Alt+.
<^>!.Send, •{Alt} ; AltGr+.
#WheelUp SoundSet, +1 ; Win+Mausrad vorwärts: Lauter
#WheelDownSoundSet, -1 ; Win+Mausrad rückwärts: Leiser
#Numpad0 SoundSet, +1, , mute ; Win+0: Ton an/aus
; Belegt die Akzenttaste mit Akzent-Grave
SC00DSend, {ASC 096} ; ´
; Belegt Alt+Akzent mit dem normalen Akzentzeichen
!SC00DSend, ´ ; Alt+´
; Laufendes Skript in einem Texteditor öffnen
#F9Run, notepad.exe %A_ScriptFullPath% ; Win+F9
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
; – Hotstrings -------------------------------------------------------
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
lspLeistungserstellungsprozess{Enter}{Enter}
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
; – komplexere Kürzel ------------------------------------------------
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
; Win+a: Leo-Übersetzung des markierten Worts
#a
; Zwischenablage sichern
tmp = %clipboard%
; Strg+C simulieren
; (=Auswahl in Zwischenablage)
Send, ^c
; Den Inhalt der Zwischenablage
; in die Variable word speichern
word = %clipboard%
; Den alten Inhalt der
; Zwischenabl. wiederherstellen
clipboard = %tmp%
; Die Übersetzung des markierten
; Worts über dict.leo.org im
; Standardbrowser anzeigen
Run, http://dict.leo.org/?search=%word%&searchLoc=-1&relink=on&spellToler=std§Hdr=on&tableBorder=1&cmpType=relaxed&lang=de
Return
Run, iexplore.exe ; Win+I