All Posts Tagged With: "context menu"
Add Copy To and Move To to the right-click menu in Vista
The Copy To Folder and Move To Folder options found in the Edit menu in Windows Explorer help you move or copy a file or folder easily to a different location. This functionality can also be added to the right-click menu in Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista, similar to Send To X PowerToy [...]
14May2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Speed up the Send To menu in Windows
Whenever I right-click a file or folder and click Send To, it takes 5 seconds for the Send To menu to popup. This list used to come up in a second or so. What is happening under the hood?
11May2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Add “Copy as Path” option to the context menu in Windows XP
Windows Vista already includes the useful Copy as Path option in the context menu, which helps you quickly copy the complete path of the selected file or folder to the Clipboard. Earlier, we added the Add to Quick Launch and Open file location options to the context menu in Windows XP, as in Windows Vista. [...]
10May2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Add “Open file location” to the context menu for shortcuts in Windows XP
Windows Vista comes with the Open file location context menu item for shortcuts, which help you quickly open the target folder of a shortcut. In Windows XP, it takes four mouse clicks to accomplish the task. To open the target folder of a shortcut in Windows XP, you need to right-click on the shortcut file, [...]
9May2008 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
How to Take Ownership of a file or folder using command-line in Windows Vista?
In earlier versions of Windows there were no command-line tools to take ownership of files or folders. You needed to use the Security tab in the file or folder properties to change the ownership of an item. Windows Vista includes a command-line tool named Takeown.exe that can be used from an admin Command Prompt to [...]
3May2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
“Copy Target URL” context menu option for Internet Shortcut (.url) files
The Copy as Path shell command that’s built into Windows Vista inspired me to write a script that copies the target hyperlink of an .URL file when passed as a parameter.
After following the steps in this article, you’ll see a Copy Target URL context menu option when you right-click on an Internet Shortcut (.URL) file. [...]
Popup menus appear on the wrong side in Windows Vista - Tablet PC Settings
Are popup menus in your Vista PC appearing at the wrong side all of a sudden? For example, when you right-click a file, the context menu may appear on the left hand side, rather than on the right-hand side (default). The same may happen when you open Windows Explorer and click on the File menu [...]
24Apr2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Add the “Open with Notepad” context menu option for all file types
There are situations where you need to open plain-text files (where the file type is not registered in your system, or the file has NO extension at all) using Notepad or any other text editor. Usually, you use the Open With dialog and select Notepad from the list. If Notepad is not available in the [...]
24Apr2008 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Install option missing from the context menu of .inf files
When you right-click a .inf, the Install command may be missing from the context menu. This happens due to a missing registry key related to .inf file type.
Note: Despite this problem, you can still run .inf files using the following command-line: (REF: InstallHinfSection Function)
rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 filename.inf
View Open Handles to a file or folder from the context menu
Have you come across file in use or similar errors when deleting a file or folder, or when clearing the contents of the %TEMP% folder at some time? Ever wondered which program has a particular file or folder open?
29Mar2008 | admin | 1 comment | Continued