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Win+R Window Replacement #51

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PowerWindowsXP opened this issue May 9, 2019 · 7 comments
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Win+R Window Replacement #51

PowerWindowsXP opened this issue May 9, 2019 · 7 comments
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Idea-Enhancement New feature or request on an existing product Product-PowerToys Run Improved app launch PT Run (Win+R) Window Resolution-Duplicate There's another issue on the tracker that's pretty much the same thing.

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@PowerWindowsXP
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Instead of having just the textbox for run what if we made it like the open file window and had a list of directories in a default library and users could select from there. I have never made anything for windows but I think I might try.

@lemonade1947
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I really think it should function similar to dmenu on linux.
Currently the way I, and a lot of power users, open programs, is to hit WinKeym, type the first few letters of the name of an app, lets say notepad, then hit enter.

WinKey > "notep" > Enter

This has a few disadvantages that I think could be addressed with this new Win+R menu.

  • Windows search is kind of trash
  • If you mistype, it tries to search whatever you typed in Edge. Which is a perfectly reasonable feature even if I don't personally use it, but it'd be nice to be able to know when it was going to happen.
  • Files and folders also come up in this menu, so sometimes you end up opening these up instead.

Honestly, I think a slightly more user friendly "clone" of dmenu would be perfect for this.

@jaimecbernardo jaimecbernardo added Idea-Enhancement New feature or request on an existing product Product-PowerToys Run Improved app launch PT Run (Win+R) Window labels May 9, 2019
@graemechapman
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Couldn't you just open explorer?

@CSaratakij
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Definitely dmenu or rofi ways.
Actually, there is something close to rofi in Windows, Wox

@PowerWindowsXP
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Yes, we could use file explorer but if it's a program in the let's say program files, set that to the default directory and you can easily select Wich program you want to start.

@ExE-Boss
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This is likely a duplicate of #44.

@Ronsss
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Ronsss commented May 13, 2019

I'd like to see a MRU, Most Recently Used list displayed all the time rather than as a drop down on the input box.

@crutkas crutkas added the Resolution-Duplicate There's another issue on the tracker that's pretty much the same thing. label Oct 28, 2019
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crutkas commented Oct 28, 2019

dup of #44

@crutkas crutkas closed this as completed Oct 28, 2019
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Idea-Enhancement New feature or request on an existing product Product-PowerToys Run Improved app launch PT Run (Win+R) Window Resolution-Duplicate There's another issue on the tracker that's pretty much the same thing.
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