In the Reader to Reader articles “Hidden
Option, Free Utility Can Be Real
Time-Savers If You Copy File Paths Often”
(November 2007, InstantDoc ID 95953)
and “Another Way to Quickly Copy File
Paths” (April 2008, InstantDoc ID 98268),
Alex K. Angelopoulos and Toby Ovod-
Everett provide several ways to capture
file paths. I’d like to offer another easy
way to capture file paths in Windows
Vista and Windows XP. You simply need
to follow these steps:
- Select the Run option on the Start
menu. (In Vista, you’ll find the Run option
in the Accessories folder.)
- Start Windows Explorer. Find the
file for which you want to capture the
file path, then drag it into the Run dialog
box’s Open field.
- Highlight and copy the path in the
Open field.
Voila—you now have a copy of the file’s
complete path on the clipboard!
—Michael M. Thommes,
Argonne National Laboratory
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