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Another li'l update which u'd probably like:

- Paths to be searched on demand (the usual practise) and the ones to be searched on every launch are user configurable.

By default start menu is searched on demand, and desktop + recent items are searched on every launch. Change it to suit your needs.

@daonlyfreez
i like your idea of first name then path. there are 2 ways that i can think of scripting it right now... i'll try to get to it soon.

Guyz, is the script completely failing on german systems?

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Left/right arrow could be bound to scrolling the listbox horizontally. Usually one only types in a few characters and maybe delete some, so left/right is not really useful in the input line, but it would be very convenient to scroll the listbox without the mouse.

Major makeover done. This should tackle the long path issues. It also looks sleeker!

Also, the earlier dir scan method is replaced with all-ahk usage at Tekl's request.

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Sleek it is.

Yeah, I was thinking of suggesting to remove the paths since Seek, but then I thought, if there were 2 of the same name, and I couldn't think of anything to remedy it so I didn't. The tooltip did the job. Nice.

The folders specified to be scanned on every launch were not being scanned recursively : Fixed

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Hey Rajat,
I don't know about German systems, but the script does not respond to the enter key on my French system.
The window opens ok, and displays the rearch results as you type, but it stops there...
Paul

This is something only Chris can answer as i've no clue. I've not made enter a hotkey in this script, instead i use a default button to capture enter.

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It's not down to capturing a keypress, because I have the same problem when clicking on the open button.
What I have noticed is that the results list box has trouble displaying accented characters ("Menu démarrer" for "Start Menu"). 320MPH does work fine, however, when the result is a path with no accented characters.
If you need, PM me an Email address and I'll post some screen grabs to illustrate the problem.
Regards,
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I really have no idea abt what breaks by accented letters.

Chris! help us here!

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NIce work, Rajat! How about supporting pgup/down/home/end keys for the listbox?

Have you considered sorting the entries by last access time, instead of alphabetically, so that the most recently used item would be the first, the next most recently used the second, etc. It's likely that you want to access the same common entries again and again, so it would be convenient. An option for it maybe if you're in doubt?

See...

I have a weird fenomenon with your new version. I included the desktop in the scan, and if I type only one character, most of the time it insists on jumping to a .tar file deep somewhere on the desktop...

Which brings me to another request, and that would be to be able to switch on/off recursive scan for an included folder...

I like your new version very much, the only thing that annoys a bit, is that the tooltip stays on top if 320mph is running, maybe you could build in a hide if not frontmost window?

I have a German keyboard, but an English system, and 320mph works fine with üöäß (accented characters) etcet...

I think this accented characters problem is an ANSI/Unicode issue with the scanning of the paths. I don't know the details about the routine in Ahk that scans the filesystem, but I have had enough problems with handling both ANSI/Unicode and long vs 8.3 paths on command line utilities...

Would be good to know if this happens with paths only or also with accented characters from another source, and also which systems, whether it's a 9x/NT thing...

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There will definitely be problems displaying and retrieving Unicode filenames since AutoHotkey can only access files stored in folders whose names are ANSI. In addition, it can only display ANSI characters.

nice suggestions.. i'll probably get to them soon.


per folder different settings will be quite complex to implement... though u can turn off recursive scans completely for either always or on demand scanned items in script.


this script is not supposed to be kept running all the time... u run it, launch whatever, it closes itself... why would u keep it running in the background?

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and thanx Chris for the explanation!

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I must admit you've lost me there Chris.
Phi's Seek script displays and accesses paths and files with Unicode characters with no problems at all...
Paul