Recently a reader asked us how to add "Open File Location" option in Windows XP? Actually Windows Vista and 7 provide this option in file context menu. Whenever you right-click on a shortcut, you get "Open File Location" option which leads you to the folder containing the original file.
You can get this useful option in Windows XP using a very simple registry hack. Simply download following ZIP file, extract it and run the "Add Open File Location Option in Windows XP.Reg" file to add this option. There is also an Undo file in case you want to remove the option:
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chodor
this is quite useful, thanks!
Ashish
Vishal sir you are really great.Words are not enough to do justice to your work..Hats off to you.................A very useful trick...thanxx alot
M4573R
MAGNUMHEART
nice.
do u know how to add shortcuts using win key.
like minimizing windows and restore.
someone
this doesn't work for me. it just opens the folder of the shortcut.
for example, if i choose this feature on a shortcut on the desktop , it will open the folder of the desktop. why does it happen?
ashish
Reply to Someone
Dude the behaviour that you have mentioned is exactly what this reistery tweak is designed for.The purpose is to navigate to location of the file which has been choosen,so you need not have to bother for its path it ll automatically show you the location ..........Hope this will clear your doubt.
someone
Reply to ashish :
what do you mean?
why would anyone wish to open the folder of a shortcut, if he is already inside the folder? it doesn't make any sense.
what i had in mind is that if a shortcut points (for example) to "%SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe" , then choosing this feature will open me the folder of "%SystemRoot%\system32\" . that's because for the current state, what i have to do in order to reach it is to go to the properties, copy the path, and only then paste it into the address bar of the explorer.
the behavior that i have now for this feature is like duplicating the tab of the current address (i have QTTabBar which allows me to do so) .
Simo
@Someone
Not all Shortcuts are shortcuts of a folder, sometimes they are of programs or just about anything.
Ashish
@Someone
I agree with you but you have actually not got what i meant.Firstly suppose you have got a icon of any application on desktop and you want to apply a crack to its root dir,now this tweak will do this for you quite easily.The actual usability of this tweak depends in certain cases when it becomes a tedious task to repeatedly manually navigate to root dir of a file or icon.
Arturo Munive
Grandioso espectacular y ... simple