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When browsing non-special/standard folders in explorer (windows 7), I have various custom right-click context menu options such as:
"Open command window here" (shift+ rightclick)
TortoiseHG
WinMerge
...etc...
The problem is that these options do not come up in the context menu when navigating library folders (such as Documents/My Documents), and instead a 'blank'/clean version of the context menu without any 3rd party/custom extensions is shown.
This is quite annoying, considering I work a lot with command prompt and like to use source control on most of my documents. Only when you navigate via a libraries link does the context menu lose extra options (i.e. you still get the options if you navigate to the special folder location without going through any library shortcut)
My current workaround is that I have manually navigated to the documents folder, and added that to favourites in explorer, using the favourites link instead of the library link.
Is there any solution to this mysterious library folder limited context menu behaviour? I've tried searching, but could not find a way to lift this limitation.
Try this simple context menu1.0 from http://www.brothersoft.com/simple-context-menu-438026.html
Actually, I just found the answer to this.
If you select a specific folder within the library, and right-click that one while holding shift, it should work as expected. Works for me anyway.
The given reason was that Library maps to two different folders.
This likely belongs on SuperUser.com, but it should be automagically moved.
From what it sounds like, I bet the issue is that a library folder isn't really a folder, it's just a logical mechanism, so the context menu isn't going to be the same as that of a folder (because the same options may not work directly).
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OSX: Ever wish you could right click on a folder in finder and 'Open in VSCODE'?... Well now you can!
And it's entirely free and easy to do! Here's how!
Open up Automator. ( It comes standard in osx ).
It'll promp you to select a type. Click on Quick action. Now select Folders in finder.
In the search bar, search for Apple Script, and drag and drop it into the screen on the right.
Next, type in the applescript to match the photo.
Save it and call it whatever you like. I named it 'Open in VS Code'. I believe what you name it is how it will appear. you can also choose your own icon.
Entirely optional but you can also create your own hotkey binding if you like by going to System Settings/Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services > Files and Folders > and ensuring that 'Open in VS Code' is checked. then to assign a key binding, click on the none to the right and type in your key binding.
Now right click on any project folder, click on quick actions. and enjoy your new Shortcut!
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I double click an xml file.
Windows 10 asks me "How do you want to open this file?"
I make a selection and click ok
I'm back at 2 (rince and repeat, forever...)
If I click the "always use" checkbox, I even see the icons refresh in the windows explorer, before the "How do you want to open this file?" dialog pops back in screen.
I already tried deleting all the xml keys in the registry that I could find (no worries, I exported them first).
I tried different programs in the dialog.
Nothing works.
I created a dummy file extension, and that worked fine... the dialog appeared once, and after that it opened in the app I picked.
But it looks like somehow the file open dialog is stuck on .xml files.
Does anyone have any clue at all?
found this:
Run / gpedit.msc (edit group policy)
locate and expand Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components now click on File Explorer
on the right panel, double click on "Do not show the 'new application installed' notification" and set it to "Enabled"
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In Linux/KDE, I can see a directory as a tree. How can I do it in Windows 7?
Consider I do NOT mean "Windows Explorer". This just shows the directories, I also want the files.
In the Windows command prompt you can use "tree /F" to view a tree of the current folder and all descending files & folders.
In File Explorer under Windows 8.1:
Select folder
Press Shift, right-click mouse, and select "Open command window here"
Type tree /f > tree.txt and press Enter
Use MS Word to open "tree.txt"
The dialog box "File Conversion - tree.txt" will open
For "Text encoding" tick the "MS-DOS" option
You now have an editable tree structure file.
This works for versions of Windows from Windows XP to Windows 8.1.
tree /f /a
About
The Windows command tree /f /a produces a tree of the current folder and all files & folders contained within it in ASCII format.
The output can be redirected to a text file using the > parameter.
Method
For Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, follow these steps:
Navigate into the folder in file explorer.
Press Shift, right-click mouse, and select "Open command window here".
Type tree /f /a > tree.txt and press Enter.
Open the new tree.txt file in your favourite text editor/viewer.
Note: Windows 7, Vista, XP and earlier users can type cmd in the run command box in the start menu for a command window.
I recommend WinDirStat.
I frequently use WinDirStat to create screen shots for user documentation of open folders and their contents.
It even uses the correct icons for Windows registered file types.
All I would say is missing is an option to display the files without their icons. I can live without it personally, since I am usually pasting the image into a paint program or Visio to edit it, but it would still be a useful feature.
If it is just viewing in tree view,One workaround is to use the Explorer in Notepad++ or any other tools.
TreeSize professional has what you want. but it focus on the sizes of folders and files.
You can use Internet Explorer to browse folders and files together in tree. It is a file explorer in Favorites Window. You just need replace "favorites folder" to folder which you want see as a root folder
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I need to change the extension a GIF file (changing it in ".gaf") to use it in Visual studio 2005.
Unfortunately the extension does not appear on the file name so when I change the name of the file I get "picture.gaf.gif" even if I see only "picture.gaf" in its name.
I guess you need to show the file name extensions. One of the more annoying default-settings in windows!
Copied from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Show-or-hide-file-name-extensions
Show or hide file name extensions
A file name extension is a set of characters added to the end of a file name that determine which program should open it. Follow these steps to choose whether Windows displays these file extensions.
Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.
Click the View tab, and then, under Advanced settings, do one of the following:
To hide file extensions, select the Hide extensions for known file types check box, and then click OK.
To display file extensions, clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box, and then click OK.
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How do you feel about VS making you hunt for a tab that you used just minutes ago when you have a bazillion open tabs? What about constantly dragging tabs around to keep the ones you use close together?
Oh, so you think AARGH, too? Then read on.
I work on a piece of software with dozens of projects and hundreds of files. It's really easy to get the tab bar to fill up - like when debugging, which can open a lot of files, most of which are just boilerplate, or not really interesting for the task at hand.
This makes the few files that are relevant to 'fall off' the tab bar, or a pain to find by skimming the visible tabs.
There are some solutions, some more widely known than others. Here's my top 3:
III. This works if you can exactly remember the file name (or at least the first letters): use the 'find box':
type: Ctrl-D >of yourFileName
As you type the file name, you get autocomplete on the file names in the solution. More details here.
II. The most obvious one: using the 'active files' drop-down on the right of the tab bar which is alphabetically ordered.
Lesser known fact: use Ctrl-Alt-DownArrow to open that drop-down, then start typing the file name. You get the added benefit of visualizing the available choices. [info shamelessly stolen from here]
I. <drum roll/> This one is my personal favourite, and it's based on an undocumented feature of VS 2005/2008. When activated, it does one simple thing: clicking a tab moves it to the left-most side of the window. This basic action usually lets me find the tab I'm looking for in the first 3 to 5 tabs.
It goes like this:
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In order to enable this functionality, you have to get your hands dirty with the Windows registry.
Compulsory edit-registry-at-your-own-risk warning: Editing the registry may make your network card drop packets on the floor. You have been warned.
Add this key to the registry for VS 2005:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0]
"UseMRUDocOrdering"=dword:00000001
or this for VS 2008:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0]
"UseMRUDocOrdering"=dword:00000001
You don't even have to restart VS to see it work! [plagiarized from here]
Now go on, give it a try!
Update:
This trick no longer works in VS2010 Pro :(
This wraps up my part. Now it's your turn to share how you deal with tab hunting!
You can use Productivity Power Tools extension for VS.
Once installed go to Tools -> Options -> Productivity Power Tools -> Document Tab Well -> General -> then check "Show tabs vertically".
This will give you a list of open files on your left.
Hold Ctrl, press Tab, and keep Ctrl held. Now you can use the arrow keys to choose any open file (right column) or tool window (left column.)
ReSharper and its Recent Files feature works a lot better for me.
I mostly use Ctrl-TAB to cycle through the tabs I have most recently been working on. I can seem to manage a stack of 4 or 5 files without thinking in this way. If the file is out of the stack then I usually settle for reopening it again using Ctrl-O.
Or if the file I want is related to a piece of code I am looking at, so highlighting a variable, method, etc that is defined in that file and hitting F12 works.
I've created Tabs Studio add-in for Visual Studio exactly for this purpose - to comfortably work with a lot of opened files. Tabs Studio add-in offers multiple rows of tabs and tab grouping.
See Tabs Studio home page for more information.
My company uses Visual Assist X. This provide numerous great features in Visual Studio, first and foremost a better "intellisense" capability. However, it also has an "Open File in Solution" dialog which allows me to type substrings of the file I'm looking for and filters the list accordingly. I highly recommend this software to any developer working with Visual Studio.
I ran into the same problems described here, so I created a visual studio addin to manage open documents in "sessions", it's free and open source, you can find more information on the codeplex project here
Control-Tab and the ">of" trick are both useful. Neither of them quite work for me, though, especially when I've got a lot of open files or I want quicker access.
I like the free DPack collection of tools. There's a lot of neat stuff in there, some of which is built in to more recent versions of VS. I haven't seent anything like the file browser, though. It sits as a tool window (or dialog, if you prefer), and gives you an incrementally-filtered list of files in your solution. You can limit the list to open files if you use it as a modal dialog, apparently, though I haven't tried that.
(source: usysware.com)