How to get Url from OneDrive/ SharePoint file sync location? (improved)

In a previous post, I have described how to get the url from a sync onedrive file location, but the solution wasn't perfect and needed user intervention to correct the path in case a subfolder was sync'ed (instead of the root level of the document library).

Opening external links from Teams in dedicated browser (bypass safelinks)

It seems to be a new feature now in the Microsoft Teams Client, that external (I guess non M365) links are wrapped/redirected in a  safety check whose url is  https://statics.teams.cdn.office.net/evergreen-assets/safelinks/1/atp-safelinks.html

It troubles me and I share here a workaround I have implemented in Teams Shortcuts PowerTool.

Jira Quick Search

While working on a Jira issue sometimes you want to run a quick search for an issue within the same project. Unfortunately, the native Jira quick search function does not limit the search within the current project.

I share here a way to run a quick search from an issue within the same project. It is implemented in AutoHotkey and available in my PowerTool QuickSearch functionality.

Confluence Partial word Quick Search

I share in this post an annoyance in Confluence Search and how to workaround it using the NWS PowerTool QuickSearch feature implemented in AutoHotkey.

Confluence IntelliPaste Search Links

I have updated my NWS PowerTool so that now it also IntelliPaste Confluence Advanced Search Links in a nice format.

Confluence Quick Search

When working or reading in a Confluence Space, most if the time you want to search in this Space only and only in the pages. You might want also to run a search using labels as an additional filter.

The normal way of doing this is not so obvious or user-friendly.

I present here a better solution based on AutoHotkey that is implemented in the NWS PowerTool.

Opening AutoHotkey Help from any editor

I have this week found out a better way to open the AutoHotkey help based on current selection/ context. (thanks to RaptorX and Joe the-Automator.) This is based on AHK Help Launcher.

Confluence: Share good links

There is one pitfall to know when sharing Confluence page links to have links robust to page renaming. Secondly how cool would it be to be able to paste a Confluence page url and have it automatically converted into a nice-looking rich-text link including the page title and related space information? I present here a solution based on AutoHotkey implemented in the NWS PowerTool IntelliPaste feature.

Quick YouTube Channel Search (AutoHotkey Tutorial)

Today I wanted to quickly search for videos inside a specific YouTube Channel.

The prominent search bar would search in whole YouTube. The search for the channel only is a bit hidden.

I share here how I have implemented a Quick Search functionality in the NWS PowerTool based on AutoHotkey.

This is more a on the fly implementation recording post.

How to create a Public location in your OneDrive

I share in this post how you can open a folder in your OneDrive for access to all your colleagues and easily share files without caring about creating shared links.

Quick Google Site Search in the Browser

I have extended the NWS PowerTool Quick Search feature: you can now in a browser quickly fire a Google search that restricts the results to the current site.

Blogger: Combined Search with multiple labels and keywords

In Blogger it is not possible to do some advanced search from the built-in search boxes or label/tag cloud.

I present here a workaround for this - implemented in AutoHotkey and Javascript (for my personal Chrome extension) that allows to make combined searches with multiple labels and keywords in a Blogger/blogspot Blog.

Custom Search Engines triggered by CapsLock modified hotkeys

With AutoHotkey it is pretty easy to add hotkeys to run a special search engine on the current text selection.

Moreover you can remap the else useless CapsLock key for this purpose.

I present here how it can be implemented and is implemented in the NWS PowerTool.

How to open Teams link directly in the client desktop app?

In this post I explain a trick how to open Microsoft Teams links directly in the Desktop Fat client without going through the browser.

Get Microsoft Teams Team name and link from file url

Using the NWS PowerTool (implemented with AutoHotkey), when you intellipaste a link to a file located in a Microsoft Teams SharePoint, before the link a nice link to the Team can be displayed.

Example:  Knowledge Brokers Team: General > Knowledge Broker Toolkit > Overall Introduction_Knowledge Brokers.pptx (part highlighted is a link to the Team behind the file)

I explain here how this feature works.

How to get the file link from a SharePoint/OneDrive Sync location

This is a technical post highlighting some implementation part in the NWS PowerTool.

This explains how to get the URL to a file in a SharePoint Online or OneDrive from its local synced location.

Sharing nice links from SharePoint/ OneDrive Sync location

Using the NWS PowerTool, you can conveniently share nice links to files located in your OneDrive or a SharePoint Online directly from the File Explorer Sync location.

The local file location is automatically translated to the URL cloud location.

With nice links I mean that you can choose if you want to display the link in a clickable-breadcrumb format and also that if the file is located in a Teams SharePoint you will get a link to the related Team.

Example:  Knowledge Brokers Team: General > Knowledge Broker Toolkit > Overall Introduction_Knowledge Brokers.pptx 
This page is currently a draft/ WIP. Reach out to me if you want it to be finished soon.

Blogger: Embed GitHub file

I have looked for an answer to this question: How to embed a GitHub file in a Blogger blog post?

Quick Share a link to Microsoft Teams

I have discovered recently by chance this nice feature: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/concepts/build-and-test/share-to-teams that allows to quickly share a link from the browser into a Microsoft Teams Channel.

I share here my learnings and how to integrate this feature e.g. to a hotkey.

Window always on top

Problem description

Sometimes it is pretty useful to set a Window to be always on top e.g. when viewing a video on the side or presenting something with your video camera stream on the top.

 With AutoHotkey it doesn't take more than one line of code: