SpicyKeys
Use hotkeys to open/move/copy
selected files in Windows Explorer
Introduction
With SpicyKeys, you can select file(s)/folder(s) in Windows Explorer and press a hotkey to either open them in a predefined program or move/copy them to a predefined destination.
Please note: This program can move files, and I can't guarantee it will work perfectly. Use at your own risk!
Setup
Edit spicykeys.txt to define what the hotkeys will do, then run spicykeys.exe or, if it's already running, right-click the tray icon and click Update Config.
Example config:
F7 open C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe \ open C:\Program Files (x86)\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe ^+f run C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe ^!k move !:\keep ^!b copy D:\backup
Each line has three components: the hotkey, the mode, and the path.
Hotkey
The hotkey is in AutoHotkey's format.
- ! is Alt
- ^ is Ctrl
- + is Shift
- # is Win
Examples: #F1 is Win+F1, +!w is Shift+Alt+W, ^Numpad0 is Ctrl+Numpad0
Mode and path
The mode can be open, run, move, or copy.
In open or run mode, the path is to an executable.
In open mode, the selected file(s)/folder(s) will open with the executable.
In run mode, the executable will run without opening anything.
In move or copy mode, the path is the destination that the selected file(s)/folder(s) will be moved/copied to.
Destination for move/copy
The destination can be in one of five formats:
| Destination | D:\source\file.txt will go to |
Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| example | D:\source\example\file.txt | The destination will be within the source's folder. |
| E:\example | E:\example\file.txt | The destination is a full folder path. |
| :\example | D:\example\file.txt | As above, except the destination will be on the same drive as the source. |
| !E:\example | E:\example\source\file.txt | The destination will be added to the front of the source's path. |
| !:\example | D:\example\source\file.txt | As above, except the destination will be on the same drive as the source. |
Other features
If a hotkey has multiple actions assigned to it, the hotkey will open a menu of actions that can be selected.
The mode can also be open-confirm, run-confirm, move-confirm, or copy-confirm, which will prompt for confirmation.
The destination can include the time the hotkey is pressed with a YYYYMMDDHH24MISS timestamp in <angle brackets>.
Example: F12 copy example_<yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss>
