Redusage

Redusage

Redusage is a Windows application to launch, switch, google, and to type usernames and passwords. Redusage does not cache, index, search, or do anything else that is either slow or unpredictable. You define each entry with an alias and a target.

How to use

entries.txt

Open entries.txt with Ctrl+Space e Enter. You need to locate your entries.txt if this is the first time that you use Redusage. Your settings are stored in User directory\AppData\Roaming\Redusage\redusage.ini.

An entry is a line with tab-separated fields. While the order of the fields is strict, specifying a value for a field is optional. For instance, you might specify a username without a password. You don’t need to restart Redusage after having made changes to entries.txt.

Default entries

This is an entry with alias c that opens C:\ in Windows Explorer.

c       C:\
A similar entry that opens the home directory. %username is a special variable that is replaced with your username. 
h       C:\Users\%username%\
The next example opens entries.txt in Notepad. %entries% is another special variable that is replaced with the full path of your entries.txt. Swap out Notepad with your favorite text editor. 
e       notepad.exe %entries%
This launches Notepad. Specifying a window title or window class is necessary if you want Redusage to switch to an existing instance instead of launching a new one. 
n       notepad.exe             ahk_class Notepad
This last example shows all that is needed to launch Gmail, switch to Gmail if already launched, and to log in. A window title or window class must be specified for Redusage to know what window a username and password should be typed into. 
m       https://mail.google.com/                Gmail   username        password

Fields

Index Field Description
1 Alias Alias to target
2 Target Application, file, directory, or website
3 Working directory Where to launch an application from
4 Window title Prefix with “ahk_class ” to match the window class instead
5 Username
6 Password
7 Type slow Set to 1 to type username and password slowly