How to Get Windows Vista and 7′s “Copy as Path” Option in Windows XP Context Menu?

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Windows Vista and 7 provides a very useful option "Copy as Path" which appears whenever you right-click on a file/folder. You might need to press "Shift" key while right-clicking on the file/folder. This option automatically copies the full path of selected file/folder which can be used anywhere else.

If you are using Windows XP and want to get a similar option, this tutorial will definitely help you.

We are going to share 2 small and useful free utilities which can bring the same option to Windows XP context menu (All these utilities also work in Windows Vista and 7):

PathCopyEx
Nenotech Path Copy

PathCopyEx

"PathCopyEx" is a very small utility created by "Mike Lin". It adds an extra option "Copy Path to Clipboard" to file/folder context menu.

You can download it using following link:

Download Link

PS: Right-click on the above link and select "Save link as" or similar option to download it.

Neotech Path Copy

"Neotech Path Copy" is another excellent utility which adds a new option "Copy Path" to file/folder context menu which allows you to copy full/short name, path, etc of the selected file/folder.

You can also customize which entries should be shown in "Copy Path" context menu using its "Setup" option.

You can download it using any of following link:

Download Link

Homepage

Let us know your opinion about these small utilities.

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Chetan

Thanks.....
Jon Connelly

Do you happen to have a copy of the 3rd extension you mention? The blog post and download links no longer work, Ive already sent a message to the author, as it appears the post is beyond their archive limit right now - only goes back to 2008.

Looks the most promising from what I can see from this article here, I was looking for an alternate download and found this review, the "copy as" options look really nice.

Feel free to email it to me, I can also provide you with ftp access, or dropbox, or whatever is convenient for you ;)

Thanks for yet another great post!
VG

^^ The author site is down at the moment. You should wait for some time. I couldnt find any alternate link.
VG

^^ Thats nice. I'm glad you find the link. :)
Tommy Vinson

I can't get Neotech Path Copy to work in Windows 7. Also I can't seem to download Ralph Arvesen's version.

Any help with either would be appreciated.

Thanks
David Pollack

Windows 7 64-bit does not seem to work with these apps. They are designed for 32-bit.
Srikanth

How to unistall this?
VG

^^ You can uninstall them using Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs.
KARTHIK

HOW TO ADD MANUALY THE SHORTCUT IN "SYSTEM TRAY" IN WINDOWS 7, AND THE EXACT PATH FOR THE SYSTEM TRAY.
Allal

just create a registry key in hkcr\*\shell\copyaspath\command
and add the value
echo "1"|clip

clip is the console app found in %systemroot%\windows32