Create new folder in Explorer? Topic is solved

[Lee James]

I've been struggling with this for a while…

In Explorer, I want to be able to delete files by pressing Ctrl+D, and create a new folder by pressing Ctrl+G.

The Script I made works fine for delete, but not for making a new folder:

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; *** Delete ***
#IfWinActive, Explorer
^d::
   Send, {delete}
Return

; *** New folder ***
#IfWinActive, Explorer
^g::
   Send, {control}{shift}n
Return

I also tried ^+n instead of {control}{shift}n but neither has any effect.

Something else I would love to be able to do (if it's possible?) is have a shortcut which moves the currently selected files into a new folder. Can that be done?

[elModo7]

Change that to this:

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; *** New folder ***
#IfWinActive, ahk_exe explorer.exe
^g::
	Send, {LControl Down}{LShift Down}N{LControl Up}{LShift Up}
Return

[Lee James]

Change that to this:

FANTASTIC! Thank you elModo7!

[Lee James]

Change that to this:

I've just noticed something strange… Now that I've added your code to my script, none of my other keys work!

For example, this shortcut no longer works at all:

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#2::
   Send, ½
Return

[gregster]

Strange? Depends on the structure of your script. My guess: you placed the other hotkeys behind the context-sensitive hotkey:

A context-sensitive hotkey definition section (started here with #IfWinActive, ahk_exe explorer.exe) needs to be closed with #IfWinactive or #If without any parameter to close the context-sensitive section, if there are other hotkeys after it, that should work anyway...

To turn off context sensitivity, specify #If or any #IfWin directive but omit all the parameters.

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; some general hotkeys here
[...]

#IfWinActive, ahk_exe explorer.exe
[...]		; contect-sensitive hotkeys here
#If		; closes the context-sensitive section

; other general hotkeys here:
#2::
   Send, ½
Return

If that's not it - please show a code snippet that allows to reproduce the problem...

[jeeswg]

- I would do it like this:

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#IfWinActive, ahk_exe explorer.exe
^g:: ;create new folder
SendInput, ^+n
return
#IfWinActive

- Note: I use n, not N, N is equivalent to shift+n. (I tested, and SendInput, ^N worked, although I prefer ^+n for clarity.)
- Note also (repeating gregster): #If and #IfWinActive affect all hotkey labels underneath them, until the next #If/#IfWinActive.

[elModo7]

I myself had never used the #IfWinActive, I tend to do something like this:

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^g::gosub, SampleLabel


SampleLabel:
	IfWinActive, Untitled - Notepad
	{
	    WinMaximize  ; Maximizes the Notepad window found by IfWinActive above.
	    Send, Some text.{Enter}
	    return
	}
return

That way I find hotkeys easier to spot and labels help isolate their purpose.