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Resolved Keyboard Email Macro

Discussion in 'Firefox, Thunderbird & SeaMonkey' started by Dingus, 2016/10/10.

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    Dingus

    Dingus Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Hi folks.
    I hope this one is simple.
    I'm fedup having to type my email address into some sites everytime I login.
    Can someone tell me hoe to create a keyboard shortcut that will then fillin the box with my email address?
     
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    retiredlearner

    retiredlearner SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    What security do you want in your comp??? I think this is normal procedure but Auto-fill will probably help if it's enabled.
     

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    Dingus

    Dingus Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Got the usual security. Firewall and the likes.
    I have Firefox. Is Auto-fill included in Firefox?
    Thanks
     
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    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Dingus

    Dingus Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Thanks Evan, but that's only when revisiting a site.
    I'm looking to make it easy for when I register on or visit new sites.
     
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    Bill

    Bill SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    This is one way but having your browser (and all have this feature I believe) but I just don't trust any browser to keep my passwords secure.

    If you have your browser clear your cookies every time you exit the browser, that will force you to reenter your username and password every time. If you regularly run Windows own Disk Cleanup, CCleaner or another cleanup program, that will delete your cookies and force you to reenter your data every time too.

    I never let my browser remember my login credentials. But I don't like to keep 1000s of cookies and other clutter on my systems either. And like you, I get tired of entering log in data all the time.

    So I use CCleaner - select the “slim” installer version without toolbar (scroll down). With CCleaner, you have the option to pick which cookies you don't want cleaned. So for example, I have WindowsBBS selected so whenever I run CCleaner, it cleans out all my unwanted cookies and temp files, but keeps those for WindowsBBS so I don't have to enter my WindowsBBS user name and password again. This is one CCleaner's best features, IMO.
     
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    TonyT

    TonyT SuperGeek Staff

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    You can create a shortcut to a text file and the txt is copied to the clipboard and then you use contro+v to paste the txt into a form. Using Notepad:

    1. create a new txt file and type in your email address.
    2. save the file to Desktop and name it email.txt.
    3. create another txt file and add these lines:
    C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k clip < %UserProfile%\Desktop\email.txt
    c:\exit

    4. save this new file as "email.bat "
    5. create a shortcut to the bat file.
    6. rt click the shortcut > select Properties > Shortcut tab and in the Shortcut key field type this:
    Ctrl+Alt+E (or your desired key combo)

    Now every time you type that shortcut your email address will get copied to the clipboard and can be pasted into Web forms.

    Note: Best to store the files elsewhere than the Desktop and if do so, change the path to the email.txt in the bat file.
     
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    Dingus

    Dingus Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Gave it a go Tony, but it's not copying to the clipboard.

    I made a folder called EmailAdd and placed both in it.

    The bat file has
    C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k clip < %UserProfile%\D:\EmailAdd\email.txt
    c:\exit
    and the txt file only contains my email address.
     
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    TonyT

    TonyT SuperGeek Staff

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    Change this:
    C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k clip < %UserProfile%\D:\EmailAdd\email.txt
    to this:
    C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k clip < D:\EmailAdd\email.txt

    If you are still using Windows XP then the above won't work, You'll need a third party utility if have XP:
    NirCmd - Windows command line tool
    Download and install it, then change the line above to: (keep the quotes)
    nircmd.exe clipboard readfile “D:\EmailAdd\email.txt”
     
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    Dingus

    Dingus Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    YYYEEESSSSS
    Thanks Tony.
    I did as you suggested but still no luck. Then I removed 'C:exit' and it worked great.
    Cheers
     
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    TonyT

    TonyT SuperGeek Staff

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    Try it again using just:
    exit
    instead of C:\exit
     
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    Dingus

    Dingus Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Yep, that works fine.
    Cheers
     

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