LNCHR - my version of a quick launcher

[likethevegetable]

There are many out there that do a similar job, but I wanted to share mine. This is my version of a quick launcher to map shortcuts, run commands, Google searches, and even a calculator, to a snappy little app that you open with CapsLock and start typing. The documentation contains more info:

https://github.com/kalekje/LNCHR-pub

Would love to hear feedback and some ideas!

[kunkel321]

Very smooth app -- I like it!

Just a heads up that the Outlook search feature doesn't seem to work on my system.

Error: (0x80080005) Server execution failed

---- S:\AutoHotkey\MiscTools\LNCHR-pub-master\LNCHR-Funcs.ahk
088: outlookApp := ComObjActive("Outlook.Application")
089: Catch
▶ 090: outlookApp := ComObject("Outlook.Application")
091: Return outlookApp
092: }

[jarhead]

Looking forward to trying this. I still use TheBestPessimist's AutoHotKey-Launcher everyday.

The Outlook search feature works for me.

[likethevegetable]

Very smooth app -- I like it!

Just a heads up that the Outlook search feature doesn't seem to work on my system.

Error: (0x80080005) Server execution failed

---- S:\AutoHotkey\MiscTools\LNCHR-pub-master\LNCHR-Funcs.ahk
088: outlookApp := ComObjActive("Outlook.Application")
089: Catch
▶ 090: outlookApp := ComObject("Outlook.Application")
091: Return outlookApp
092: }

Try opening outlook first, and ensuring it's on your active desktop!

[kunkel321]

Try opening outlook first, and ensuring it's on your active desktop!

Yep -- It works if Outlook is open. Very nice!

[JPMuir]

Just a shout out to likethevegetable !

I just encountered your LNCHR app and really enjoyed working with it. I'm going to switch over a hundred or more of my hotkeys and menu concoctions to this way to tame the 'everything everywhere at once' capability of this creation. I conceived of this approach some months ago but I have just too little experience with Autohotkey v2. And while my Office macro and Excel skills are really long in the tooth (back in the 1990s), it was fun working with the combination to generate (almost instantly) revised AHK scripting to update the app's system. Wonderful work.

One caveat, Would not work in the OneDrive folder environment on my laptop (the Excel macro would not manage the files) but worked perfectly in my local Apps folder where I keep many utilities and image apps.