QuickCliq Config

Description:

QuickCliq is one of those programs, like Greenshot, that is my first go-to that I use on a new computer. I usually just download Google drive where I have a series of portable programs that I can then call with this program.

To Resolve:

1. Since it is portable, you launch by double clicking the .exe. First setup a keyboard shortcut. I use Alt+Q. Here is my setup:

   

2. So it starts by a scheduled task that I have that runs on startup that is pointing to my Google drive that contains the following:

   start C:\google\progs\quick-cliq-v2.4\qc.exe
   start C:\google\progs\virtual-desktop-manager-v1.9\VirtualDesktopManager.exe
   start C:\google\google\progs\everything-v1.3\everything.exe
   start C:\google\google\progs\quick-text-paste-v1\quicktextpaste.exe
   cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox"
   vdesk create:3
   ::noswitch:true doesnt work
   vdesk on:3 run:"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe" --comment "gw-vm" --startvm "vm-uuid-here"
   vdesk on:3 run:"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe" --comment "gw-vm" --startvm "vm-uuid-here"
   vdesk on:3 run:"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe" --comment "gw-vm" --startvm "vm-uuid-here"
   :: To get VM uuid, just open Virtual Box and "send shortcut to desktop" for your VM. Then right click and copy the path here.
   ::https://github.com/eksime/VDesk
   

3. I use QuickCliq for two main things:

   • Application launcher for installed and portable programs on my Google Drive
   • Script launcher => I place various batch files in my google drive and then use QuickCliq to run them, works really well for on-demand backups, one offs, AutoHotKey, starting processes as admin, and basically any other reason you would run a script 🙂

4. Examples:

   • Launch Powershell as admin => ps.bat:

   @echo off
   powershell.exe start-process powershell -verb runas
   

   • Launch Powershell ISE as admin => ise.bat:

   @echo off
   powershell.exe start-process "powershell_ise" -verb runas
   

   • Start my backups:

   @echo off
   cd c:\windows\system32
   robocopy "C:\google" "V:\backup" /mir /r:1 /w:1
   robocopy "G:\vbox" "V:\backup" /mir /r:1 /w:1