Okay, so I was messing around with Windows the other day, you know, just generally frustrated with how much clicking it takes to do anything. Seriously; it’s like they design these things to actively annoy you. Anyway, I stumbled across this thing called Quick Access Popup 12.
It’s basically trying to solve the problem of Windows being a giant maze of folders and menus. The idea is simple: you want to launch something—a folder, a program, a website—you don’t want to spend five minutes hunting for it. This thing lets you do it faster. It’s an evolution of an older tool called “Folders Popup,” which, yeah, pretty self-explanatory.
You activate it with a middle-click or the Win+W shortcut. Pretty straightforward. It gives you a popup with your recent folders, favorites, and stuff you’ve had open before. You can even run apps directly from it. It works in File Explorer, the command line, even those annoying Open/Save dialog boxes.
But here’s the weird part—and what actually got me interested—Version 12 added this “Clipboard Command” feature. It’s not just about files anymore. It integrates with this other tool called Quick Clipboard Editor. Think about how often you copy and paste stuff, right? This lets you do things like change the case of text, encode it as HTML or Base64—all sorts of nerdy stuff.
You can save these clipboard commands, import them, customize them. It even throws up a little help window to guide you through installing the Clipboard Editor if you haven’t already. And when it first launches, it adds this “My Clipboard Commands” menu—you can move it around or delete it if you want.
They’ve also cleaned up some background stuff; improved how it handles commands and closes helper tools. Little interface tweaks, bug fixes—the usual. There are some new configuration options too; like adjusting keyboard delays for hotstrings. It’ll even automatically fill in those “Start In” fields when you import shortcuts, which is a nice touch.
The best part? It’s free. Seriously. You can download it right now.
I’m not sure how much I’ll use the clipboard stuff, honestly; I’m not encoding URLs on a daily basis. But the quick access to folders and apps? That’s genuinely useful. It’s one of those things that, once you start using it, you wonder how you lived without it. It’s like those little quality-of-life improvements that make a big difference.
What do you think about this clipboard stuff? Is it actually useful, or just another layer of complexity?
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