Paste folder path to "Save as" window Topic is solved

[Avastgard]

Something I have to do all day at work is to use the "Save as" window to save files in specific folders. I noticed that everytime I do this I have the destination folder open, but the "Save as" window default location never is what I need it to be unless the last thing I saved was already on the destination folder. So what I do is:

• Activate destination folder
• Press Ctrl + L to select the folder path
• Press Ctrl + C to copy folder path
• Activate "Save as" window
• Press Ctrl + L to select address bar
• Press Ctrl + V to paste destination folder path
• Press Enter to navigate to destination folder
• Click OK to save on destination folder

This routine always feels clumsy and I wondered if AutoHotkey could help me make it more streamlined. My idea is to write a script that copies a folders's path whenever I click anywhere on it with MButton. Then, when I click on the "Save as" window with MButton, it automatically pastes the destination folder's path and presses Enter to navigate there. That's what I thought, at least, maybe there are simpler or more efficient solutions.

I wrote this script which will work for the first part (copying destination folder's path), but fails to paste it to the "Save as" folder:

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MButton::
IfWinActive ahk_class CabinetWClass ahk_exe Explorer.EXE
	Send, ^l
	Send, ^c
IfWinActive ahk_class #32770 ahk_exe chrome.exe
	Send, ^l
	Send, ^a
	Send, ^v
	Send, {Enter}
	return

Any help to fix it (or the suggestion of other approaches) are welcome.

[Descolada]

I think you're just missing some brackets:

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RButton::
	IfWinActive ahk_class CabinetWClass ahk_exe Explorer.EXE
	{
		Send, ^l
		Send, ^c
	}
	IfWinActive ahk_class #32770 ahk_exe chrome.exe
	{
		Send, ^l
		Send, ^a
		Send, ^v
		Send, {Enter}
	}
	return

Without the brackets, it only includes the next line:

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IfWinActive ahk_class CabinetWClass ahk_exe Explorer.EXE
	Send, ^l
Send, ^c

is equivalent to

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IfWinActive ahk_class CabinetWClass ahk_exe Explorer.EXE
{
	Send, ^l
}
Send, ^c ; Sends ctrl+c in any case

[Avastgard]

Thanks, that solved the problem!

I seem to always fumble with brackets. Guess I'll have to do some more reading on the documentation about this.