XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10
From: PhillipHerlihy@SlashDevNull.invalid
In article , Jerry Friedman wrote...
>
> There are about a dozen folders scattered about I like to open when needed.
> I want to open them by name (because that is what I remember, that's why!).
> :)
>
> I could put a shortcut to each named folder on the taskbar or desktop.
> I could pin a menu to each of the named folders on the taskbar.
> But that uses up important real estate for things used only sporadically.
>
> All I remember is the name of the folder when I need that folder.
>
> I wish I could just type the name and that would open the folder.
> Win+R Folder_A Enter
>
> But I can't just put that name in the app paths registry key.
> App Paths = C:\pathto\Folder_A
>
> But I can create a SHORTCUT to the folder & put THAT in the registry.
> Target = C:\pathto\Folder_A
> App Paths = C:\differentpath\Folder_A.lnk
>
> That's pretty efficient given it's easy to create them at will.
> Win+R Folder_A Enter
>
> And more important, it's easy to REMEMBER what they are when needed.
> But is there anything even faster and more efficient and even easier?
>
> Like maybe a batch file that can handle ANY folder that can run easily?
> Win+R Batchfile_A-Z Enter
I think there's an easier way, and that's to rely on Windows Search. Just tap
the Windows key, and start typing the name of your folder. Unless you have
loads with very similar names, it should pop up in the search results. For my
folder 'manuals' I have to type the whole thing before the various folders of
that name come up among the results of all types (including web results), but
if you click on the top bar "More" and then "Folders" you exclude all that
other stuff. Search learns from your search history as well, so it becomes
progressively easier. Worth a look at the associated settings, too.
--
Phil, London
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