Comments on: Is there an easy way to copy a file or folder path in Vista?

By: gadget review

gadget review — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:03:13 +0000

Their are lots of reasons you could have wanted to copy that path. Looking to send the path on to share a folder or file, need to pop the full path into another application or simply for documentation purposes. No matter what you tried to use it for you know its a pain in the ass to:
1. Launch explore
2. Then to the file
3. Paste it in Notepad

By: The Sack

The Sack — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:56:40 +0000

that is a good one!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:48:00 +0000

Thanks. I had been pressing the alt key to get the old address bar to come up showing the entire path. This is easier because I don’t have to select the path and then copy.

By: Karl L. Gechlik

Karl L. Gechlik — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:07:00 +0000

SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands

By: Solomon

Solomon — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:47:00 +0000

I do not have Vista, so may I ask: what difference is there if you alternate-clicked the file without holding [shift]?

By: hmm

hmm — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:36:00 +0000

I couldn't resist :D

Examples from TotalCommander (implemented years ago):

cm_CopyNamesToClip; Copy filenames to clipboard
cm_CopyFullNamesToClip; Copy names with full path
cm_CopyNetNamesToClip; Copy names with UNC path
cm_CopySrcPathToClip; Copy source path to clipboard
cm_CopyTrgPathToClip; Copy target path to clipboard
cm_CopyFileDetailsToClip; Copy all shown columns
cm_CopyFpFileDetailsToClip; Copy all columns, with full path
cm_CopyNetFileDetailsToClip; Copy all columns, with UNC path

With the possibility to assign custom shortcuts for any of those commands...