Add 'find target' to context menus

[Fred]

Is there any way of adding a find target command to shortcut files' context
menus with the same functionality as the find target button on the shortcut
tab on a .lnk file's properties dialogue?

[Kelly]

Hi Fred,

Add Open Target Folder to the Context Menu (Line 198)
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[Fred]

Thanks, but that doesn't work, at least not on my system (XP Pro SP1).
The installer copied the dll into a folder in Program Files but nothing
appears in the context menu.

[David Candy]

The program on kelly's site works here. There is also the target shell extension from http://www.microsoft.com/Windows95/downloads/contents/WUToys/W95PwrToysSet/Default.asp

This adds a cascading menu to shortcuts that puts the context menu for the target on the shortcuts menu, and an Open Container command (which opens the folder and selects the target).

It would be trivial to write a script. And I just written one.

set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim Ag
Set Ag=Wscript.Arguments
For I = 0 to Ag.Count - 1
a=a & Ag.item(I)
Next
set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(A)
TheTargetPath= oShellLink.TargetPath
WshShell.Run "explorer.exe /select," & TheTargetPath

Then assign this script as a verb in Folder options or add by hand to the registry changing path to suit.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\Shell\Target]
@="Find Target"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\Shell\Target\command]
@="wscript \"C:\\Desktop\\New Text Document.vbs\" \"%1\""

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[Kelly]

Hi Fred,

Open the zip file and place the .dll and the .exe in the same folder, then
execute.

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[Fred]

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> Hi Fred,
>
> Open the zip file and place the .dll and the .exe in the same folder, then
> execute.
>
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> Kelly
>

I did :) . The dll and uninstaller were copied to C:\Program
Files\OpenTarget\, and it added bits in the registry at
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OpenTarget and
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Winwonk\OpenTarget, so it thinks its installed, but there's no
context menu entry.
Thanks for the help

[Kelly]

Hmm!

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