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;   Simple Example HoeKey config
;
; Key Modifiers:
; ~=windows, _=shift, ^=ctrl, @=alt
;
; More details at http://www.bcheck.net/apps/hoe.htm

; Tin's hoekey.ini for Windows 7 64-bit
; See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable to understand environment variables


; Start in system tray
Start=TrayIcon|1|Double-click to configure your Windows Key

=Rem|-- General --

~Q=Config ;win+Q: Configure HoeKey

~^O=Run|"D:%SystemDrive%\Tin\connectivity\2keys mail and ciphershare.tlp"                                                                                                                    ;win+ctrl+o: Bitvise Tunneling for Outlook and Ciphershare
~O=Run|"C:%SystemDrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office\Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.lnk"           ;win+o: Outlook

~I=Run|"C:\Users\Server Admin\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Internet Explorer (64-bit).lnk"     ;win+i: IE 64-bit
~^I=Run|"C:%SystemDrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Mozilla Firefox\Mozilla Firefox.lnk"                    ;win+ctrl+i: Firefox
~@I=Run|"C:\Users\Server Admin\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Internet Explorer.lnk"                      ;win+alt+i: IE 32-bit
~_I=Run|"C:\Users\Server Admin\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Google Chrome\Google Chrome.lnk" ;win+shift+i: Chrome

~J=Run|cmd.exe|||D:\        ;; There is currently a bug where telnet.exe and some other commands will not work.
; This appears to be due to permissions. "dir telnet.exe /s" using Hoekey can not see.
; c:\Windows\System32\telnet.exe
; Strangely C:\Windows\System32\ping.exe works and appears to have the exact same permissions.
;
; Temporary solution, as a regular user copy telnet.exe to C:\Windows\ which is already in the system path.
;
~J=Run|%COMSPEC%|||C:\    ;win+j: Command shell
~^J=Run|cmd.exe%COMSPEC%|||%c        %c    ;win+ctrl+j: Command shell in current directory

=Rem|-- Communication --

~K=Run|D:\data-vmshared\%SystemDrive%\apps\KiTTY\kitty.exe                exe                            ;win+k: Kitty Putty
~^K=Run|"C:\Program Files %ProgramFiles(x86)%\ExpanDrive\ExpanDrive.exe"   ;win+ctrl+k: ExpandDrive SSH Drive Mapping

; For working directory to work properly you must startup using a shortcut.
~C~[=Run|"C:%SystemDrive%\apps\Putty Connection Manager\puttycm.shortcut.lnk" ;win+c: Putty Connection Manager

=Rem|-- Utilities --

; For some reason Araxis will not launch through Hoekey via the .lnk
~A=Run|"C:\Program Files\%ProgramW6432%\Araxis\Araxis Merge\Merge.exe"                                                        ;win+a: Araxis Merge
~^A=RUN|"C:\Program Files\%ProgramW6432%\Araxis\Araxis Merge\Merge.exe" %c %c ;win+ctrl+a: Araxis Merge Folder Comparison first argument is current folder

; This should be improved to change d:\ to the desktop variable
~N=Run|C:%SystemDrive%\apps\metapad351\metapadnpp.5.7.bin\unicode\notepad++.exe|||d:%USERPROFILE%\Desktop     ;win+n: Metapad
~^N=Run|notepad.exe                     ;win+ctrl+n: Notepad

~Z=Run|D:\data-vmshared\Notepad Plus Plus, default saves to desktop
~^N=Run|%SystemDrive%\apps\npp.5.7.bin\unicode\notepad++.exe %s|||                      ;win+p: Load selected file into Notepad Plus Plus
~^Z
~Z=Run|D:\data-vmshared\apps\npp.5.7.bin\unicode\notepad++.exe %s|||  ;win+p: Load selected file into Notepad Plus Plus

; Attempt to replace puretext but does %SystemDrive%\apps\metapad351\metapad.exe|||%USERPROFILE%\Desktop  ;win+z: Metapad, start in desltop
~^Z=Run|notepad.exe|||%USERPROFILE%\Desktop                               ;win+ctrl+z: Notepad

; Does not work as I expect and logs me out
;~V=Keys|%p%p   ;win+v current clipboard as plaintext
;~^v=Keys|%P ;win+ctrl+v current clipboard as plaintext, removing returns and newlines

; Edit host file with admin rights
; This requires the elevate scripts
;~^H=Run|C:\apps\elevate.from.command.line\elevate.cmd C:\apps\metapad351\metapad.exe C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts ;win+ctrl+h: edit hosts file using elevate utility
;
; Though the above works, I find it's the elevate prompt annoying so instead, I just changed hosts file permission.
~^H=Run|C:\apps\metapad351\metapad.exe C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts ;win+ctrl+h: edit hosts file

=Rem|-- Folders --

~S=Run|d:%SystemDrive%\svnsvn     
~W=Run|D:%SystemDrive%\Tin\w

=Rem|-- Windows Manipulation --

~Y=Center||2
~^left=MoveRel||-10 ;win+ctrl+left: move current window left 10pixels
~^up=MoveRel|||-1010   ;win+ctrl+up: move current window up 10pixels
~^right=MoveRel||10 ;win+ctrl+right: move current window right 10pixels
~^down=MoveRel|||10 ;win+ctrl+down: move current window down 10pixels

~end=Hide||1 ;win+end: hide current window to system tray
~^end=Unhide ;win+ctrl+end: show last hidden window from system try

~H=Transparency||30% ;win+h: Make current window =AlwaysOnTop         ;transparent
and on top
~F9=AlwaysOnTopAlwaysOnTop           ;win+f9: Pin current window to always show


; Future Keys to overried
; Back 8
; PRINt 42
; A, Z