(See the code for this MsgBox toward the end of this blog.)

The image displays the shortcuts added to my Windows Startup folder for auto-loading on boot up, as well as, the target file path and name. (See Chapter 13.1.5 “Optimizing the AutoHotkey Message Box” of my book Jack’s Motley Assortment of AutoHotkey Tips for tips on how to add and tailor MsgBox buttons and actions.) You’ll find the MsgBox limited to displaying text and a few buttons-although the available buttons do offer some tailoring options. The message box ( MsgBox command) provides the easiest method for displaying data, but it also offers the least flexibility. A GUI window using a ListView control displaying the Startup folder’s shortcut data-the most flexible and powerful approach but more complicated to implement.A single System Tray icon right-click menu listing the Startup shortcuts-more flexible but limited in action creating techniques.A single MsgBox listing the Startup shortcuts-the simplest, yet least flexible approach.I have yet to settle on how I want to display the information and use the data. This time I demonstrate one technique for consolidating the Startup folder data for display. We need a handy system for consolidating the information sitting in the Startup folder without making it too intrusive. We can turn off the icons, but that’s like turning out the lights in an unlighted, windowless room full of furniture. Last time in “ Auto-Loading AutoHotkey Scripts When Booting Windows,” I highlighted the problem introduced by launching scripts from the Windows Startup folder on boot up-too many AutoHotkey icons in the System Tray might overwhelm the status bar. In Order to Manage Scripts Launched from the Windows Startup Folder, We Must First Know the Folder’s Contents

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