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ExploreEverything.ahk: An autohotkey (ahk v1) script that allows you to search the current explorer folder, your desktop and more using Everything
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| #SingleInstance Force | |
| #NoTrayIcon ;If you want the tray icon to be visible; comment this line by adding a semicolon ; in front of the #. Example: ;#NoTrayIcon | |
| ; ALTERNATIVE METHOD: Try the built-in Everything option "hotkey_explorer_path_search" | |
| ; ^^^INFO: https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17390#p17390 | |
| EverythingPath := "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" ;Set this to your everything.exe path. Keep the quotes. | |
| ;---Optional setup for special folders--- | |
| MyRecycleBin := "Recycle Bin" ;If your OS is not English, go to your explorer's "Recycle Bin" (🚮) folder and change this to the title of that window. Keep the quotes. | |
| MyThisPC := "This PC" ;If your OS is not English, go to your explorer's "This PC" (💻) folder and change this to the title of that window. Keep the quotes. | |
| MyHome := "Home" ;(Windows 11) If your OS is not English, go to your explorer's "Home" (🏠) folder and change this to the title of that window. Keep the quotes. | |
| MyFullName := "" | |
| try { | |
| ;Get full user name (for file picking dialog) | |
| MyFullName := GetUserFullName() | |
| } catch e { | |
| MyFullName := "" | |
| } | |
| EnvGet, UserProfile, UserProfile | |
| ;Default hotkey is ^F (Ctrl+F). Replace each ^F with F3 if you want to use that hotkey instead. | |
| ;You may delete each block below if you don't need its features. | |
| ;BLOCK 1 - DESKTOPS | |
| #If, WinActive("ahk_class WorkerW") or WinActive("ahk_class Progman") | |
| ^F:: | |
| RunPath = -p "%UserProfile%\Desktop\" | |
| Run, %EverythingPath% %RunPath% | |
| WinWait, ahk_exe everything.exe,, 2 | |
| if (!ErrorLevel) { | |
| Sleep, 125 | |
| WinActivate, ahk_exe everything.exe | |
| } | |
| Return | |
| ;BLOCK 2 - TASKBARS | |
| #If, WinActive("ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd") or WinActive("ahk_class Shell_SecondaryTrayWnd") | |
| ^F:: | |
| Run, %EverythingPath% | |
| WinWait, ahk_exe everything.exe,, 2 | |
| if (!ErrorLevel) { | |
| Sleep, 125 | |
| WinActivate, ahk_exe everything.exe | |
| } | |
| Return | |
| ;BLOCK 3 - EXPLORER WINDOWS and FILE PICKING DIALOGS (only for the full file picking dialog) | |
| #If, WinActive("ahk_class CabinetWClass") or WinActive("ahk_class #32770") | |
| ^F:: | |
| ;Try using the GetExplorerPath method (doesn't work on the file picker dialog) | |
| ;Doesn't work with Recycle Bin, This PC, Home... (probably more) | |
| RunPath := GetActiveExplorerPath() | |
| if (InStr(RunPath, "::{")) { | |
| ;If the function returns a GUID path, retry using the manual method below. | |
| RunPath := "" | |
| } else if (RunPath != "") { | |
| ;Finalize commandline | |
| RunPath = -p "%RunPath%" | |
| } | |
| if (RunPath == "") { | |
| ;Function method failed OR this is a file picking dialog | |
| ;To find the correct control path use an inspector application (UIAViewer, System Informer, Winspector etc..) | |
| ;Find Breadcrumb Parent1 -> ToolbarWindow321 | |
| ControlGet, crumbHWND, Hwnd,, Breadcrumb Parent1, A | |
| ControlGetText, RunPath, ToolbarWindow321, ahk_id %crumbHWND% | |
| ;Cleanup the string (Location: C:\Dir1\Dir2) | |
| ;Windows paths can't include the ":" character so we don't need to combine result[2]...result[last] | |
| try { | |
| RunPath := StrSplit(RunPath, ": ")[2] | |
| } | |
| if (RunPath == "") { | |
| ;If we are still unable to find breadcrumb text, try again using the window title. This can help us detect some special named folders. | |
| WinGetTitle, windowTitle, A | |
| RunPath := windowTitle | |
| } | |
| if (FileExist(RunPath)) { ;Check if its a regular path | |
| ;Finalize commandline | |
| RunPath = -p "%RunPath%" | |
| } else if (FileExist(UserProfile . "\" . RunPath)) { ;Check if its a user folder | |
| RunPath = -p "%UserProfile%\%RunPath%\" | |
| ;Check special named paths | |
| } else if (RegExMatch(RunPath, "^" . MyThisPC) || RegExMatch(RunPath, "^" . MyHome)) { ;This PC or Home | |
| RunPath := "" | |
| } else if (RegExMatch(RunPath, "^" . MyRecycleBin)) { ;Recycle Bin | |
| RunPath = -s "\$RECYCLE.BIN " | |
| } else if (MyFullName && RegExMatch(RunPath, "^" . MyFullName)) { ;UserProfile folder (using MyFullName) | |
| RunPath = -p "%UserProfile%" | |
| } else { | |
| ;Abort | |
| RunPath = "" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ;Uncomment below for debugging | |
| ; MsgBox, %EverythingPath% %RunPath% | |
| Run, %EverythingPath% %RunPath% | |
| WinWait, ahk_exe everything.exe,, 2 | |
| if (!ErrorLevel) { | |
| Sleep, 125 | |
| WinActivate, ahk_exe everything.exe | |
| } | |
| Return | |
| #If | |
| ;FUNCTIONS | |
| GetUserFullName() { | |
| username := A_UserName | |
| ; Connect to the WMI service | |
| objWMIService := ComObjGet("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!" . "\\.\root\cimv2") | |
| ; Query the Win32_UserAccount class for the current username | |
| colItems := objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_UserAccount WHERE Name='" . username . "'") | |
| ; Loop through the results to get the FullName | |
| for objItem in colItems { | |
| return objItem.FullName | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ;GetActiveExplorerPath by ntepa https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=507423#p507423 | |
| ;Works correctly in all situations except for special ::{GUID} folders (Recycle Bin, Home, Gallery) | |
| GetActiveExplorerPath() { | |
| try { | |
| hwnd := WinActive("ahk_class CabinetWClass") | |
| activeTab := 0 | |
| try ControlGet, activeTab, Hwnd,, % "ShellTabWindowClass1", % "ahk_id" hwnd | |
| for w in ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows { | |
| if (w.hwnd != hwnd) | |
| continue | |
| if activeTab { | |
| static IID_IShellBrowser := "{000214E2-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" | |
| shellBrowser := ComObjQuery(w, IID_IShellBrowser, IID_IShellBrowser) | |
| DllCall(NumGet(numGet(shellBrowser+0)+3*A_PtrSize), "Ptr", shellBrowser, "UInt*", thisTab) | |
| if (thisTab != activeTab) | |
| continue | |
| ObjRelease(shellBrowser) | |
| } | |
| return w.Document.Folder.Self.Path | |
| } | |
| } catch e { | |
| ;MsgBox,, ExploreEverything Error, % e.Message | |
| ;Return blank on failure | |
| return "" | |
| } | |
| } |
Author
Looks good to me. If your company etc. is forcing ahk 2.0 this should work as well.
this is great script, thanks,
I've just used the window.Document.Folder.Self.Path along with small fixes,
and AutoHotKey version 2.0 syntax.
(I also forked their documentation to https://eladkarako.github.io/docs_autohotkey_v2/docs/
because the cloudflare bot detection was too annoying)
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As this script is only for Autohotkey v1 and I currently need to use v2, I've asked AI to modify it to be compatible with v2. To my surprise it worked on the first try. There might be bugs that I do not know about but from simple testing it worked as expected.