closing or restoring windows all at once

[harryray2]

Everything 1.5

My question sort of relates to this:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10682

If I've closed or minimised several windows can I restore them all and also close or minimise them all at once?

If I've minimised them, I can restore them one by one, although sometimes I would like to restore them all at once, but if they are hidden I can't see a way of restoring them either individually or at once.

[raccoon]

You can use the AutoHotkey scripting engine to hide/show groups of windows all at once, and bind that to a hotkey combination.

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/command ... tivate.htm

[harryray2]

Thanks, I'll take a look. There doesn't seem to be a way to do it in everything.

Ideally, I would have liked some sort of context menu entry along the lines of open all and close all as I mainly use my mouse.

[NotNull]

That is Windows functionality as Windows manages .. the windows:

SHIFT+right-click the Everything icon in the taskbar and choose thye relevant option.



Topic moved to the Everything 1.5 alpha forum

[harryray2]

Thanks, I forgot about that...Shame it can't just be done with the mouse alone.
although it doesn't work on Everything if the windows are hidden, only minimised.

[harryray2]

@Raccoon, I've just started ploughing through autohotkey to get an idea of how it works but in the meantime I've managed to find a solution for the windows and shift key problems by writing some batch files with Nircmd.

I'm now going to try and find a way of incorporating commands in the context menu without having to use the shift key.

[therube]

batch files with Nircmd

Care to post?