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[Tweak]

I searched awhile and looked at some apps and how they worked and fiddled with the registry and discovered part of what I wanted and eventually found someone else had worked toward the same goal, in the end I found a way to right click a shortcut and from the context menu open the files location, like Vista offers, I use it often, many may not. I have used this on Win XP Pro x64 and it should work fine with Home and Pro 32 bit also, might with 2000, may need some modification though. Hope someone finds this as useful as I do almost daily.


It is a simple registry entry, no overhead from an uneeded application, it is inside a .rar which of course can be opened with WinRAR. If however you would like to simply create it yourself just copy and save the text below as a .reg file and then merge with your registry, no reboot needed, it will appear in your right click context menu right away.



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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open File Location]
@="&Open File Location"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open File Location\command]
@="\"explorer.exe\" /select,\"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open File Location]
@="&Open File Location"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open File Location\command]
@="\"explorer.exe\" /select,\"%1\""
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It occurs to me directly after posting this may be better under tweaks, however it works within all folders and many people have shortcuts in their desktop, the reason I posted it here, move if needed.

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Edited by Tweak, 03 July 2007 - 09:32 PM.

[m.oreilly]

i use the option a bunch. very very handy. i like to know what is doing what, so this is a big plus to have

[VROSA]

I liked it Tweak, Thanks buddy

[Tweak]

Glad you guys liked it, I use it more than you might imagine and easily and almost without fail multiple times per day.