Wanted: desktop shortcut that opens a particular folder and allows selection of a particular filetype only
Pete
(or something similar) in a particular folder, with only a particular
type of file displayed (*.dxp if it matters), so that a user only has to
double-click on the desktop shortcut and then double-click on one of the
files listed to run a program via an association.
This is for Windows 7, but I suspect that doesn't matter much.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks, Peter
Pete
> Place those file types in a sub-folder on their own and create a
> shortcut to the sub-folder on your desktop.
Thanks for the suggestion, but because the files will change over time,
there's a little too much overhead in doing it that way.
Thanks, Peter
Daniel Menzel
> I want to create a desktop shortcut that will open an Explorer window
> (or something similar) in a particular folder, with only a particular
> type of file displayed (*.dxp if it matters), so that a user only has to
> double-click on the desktop shortcut and then double-click on one of the
> files listed to run a program via an association.
1. The other files in the directory mustn´t be seen by the user?
2. Are the other files within the directory in use while opening the dxp
files?
>
> This is for Windows 7, but I suspect that doesn't matter much.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
On windows XP it looks quite simple. Make a batch file looking this on
your desktop (just a textfile and rename it to *.bat). Now edit it and
insert the following lines:
echo off
cls
<drivename>:
cd\<maindirectory>\<subdirectory>
attrib *.* +h
attrib *.dxp -h
explorer <drivename>:\<maindirectory>\<subdirectory>
exit
The only problem is that every file that has not the extension "dxp"
will be hidden so some programs won´t get access to them.
<drivename> <maindirectory> <subdirectory> are variables in this script
at all, so you have to change them to fit your needs.
Greets
Daniel
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>I want to create a desktop shortcut that will open an Explorer window
>(or something similar) in a particular folder, with only a particular
>type of file displayed (*.dxp if it matters), so that a user only has to
>double-click on the desktop shortcut and then double-click on one of the
>files listed to run a program via an association.
One way would be to use a file search tool which provides an explorer like
view of the results. Agent Ransak would probably do it, you would have to
setup a shortcut with command line parameters to specify the search.
Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH to reply
to someone, and they wrote back wanting to know what screenshot program
I had used, because my screenshot was so much clearer than the
screenshot program they used. And what had I used? I hit the PrtScn
key and then pasted the clipboard into a MS Word file oriented in
landscape mode.
hummingbird wrote:
> 'Pete' wrote thus:
>
>> I want to create a desktop shortcut that will open an Explorer window
>> (or something similar) in a particular folder, with only a particular
>> type of file displayed (*.dxp if it matters), so that a user only has to
>> double-click on the desktop shortcut and then double-click on one of the
>> files listed to run a program via an association.
>
UnsteadyKen
> I hit the PrtScn
> key and then pasted the clipboard into a MS Word file oriented in
> landscape mode.
>
This also works in MS Paint, which makes it easier to save.
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Pete
> 1. The other files in the directory mustn�t be seen by the user?
Only in that they are confusing.
> 2. Are the other files within the directory in use while opening the dxp
> files?
The *.dxp files are in the user's my documents folder. Could be
anything in there, which is why I didn't want the user to have to wade
through them.
Thanks for your help.
Peter
Pete
> In this case the OP (Pete) says the sub-folder idea wouldn't meet
> his needs as the files are regularly changing, but I'm not sure
> why that should be an issue for him.
It's an issue in that when old files are deleted and new files are
added, someone has to remember to update the sub-folder. It's far
easier to somehow get a view of the original folder.
Since I made the original posting, I've found out that that Windows 7
allows file searches to be saved, and then the same search can be run
again. I'm going to look for more information on this, because it
sounds promising as a solution.
Thanks, Peter
Daniel Menzel
extension. :)
Daniel Menzel
> 'Daniel Menzel' wrote thus:
>
>> Perhaps we should have asked what program he uses that uses a "dxp"
>> extension. :)
>>
>> Daniel
>
>
> http://filext.com/file-extension/DXP
>
>
Saw that too, as I googled for "dxp" but you can change the project path
in it without problems so why doesn´t he simply save the files in
another seperate folder?
Daniel Menzel
Cawshus
in news:4b04df3d$0$1957$742e...@news.sonic.net:
> I hit the PrtScn
> key and then pasted the clipboard into a MS Word file oriented in
> landscape mode.
Next time you want a screen shot, try Alt/Print Screen to only copy the
active windows.
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Due to the volume of garbage I filter out googlegroups.
Diabolic Preacher
Try getting the application that creates the files to save to a separate
folder that won't require all wading through and hiding from. You
haven't mentioned the app yet.
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As Is
REM
> Pete <pje...@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/ultraexplorer/ultraexplorer.html
A file explorer with filter capabilities?
<q>
Filter Window - Too many files to find what you want? Use
UltraExplorers Filter window. Create new filter arguments by:
* dragging and dropping objects to the window
* using the selected objects in the active listview
</q>
Jeffrey Bloss
> A file explorer with filter capabilities?
A Treasurer with a cadre full of illegal "donations"?
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