cd shell:sendto
- Thread starter w_krieger
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I am running WinXP SP2 and v11.
You can do what you wish in your alias file.
I have this line in my tcstart.bat
alias/r aliasdef.txt
And in aliasdef.txt I have this line
docs:=%userprofile\My Documents\
This lets me copy files to My Documents by
copy * docs:
and I can
cd docs:
or
cdd docs:
You can define whatever you like to be
sendto:progfiles:
You get the point.
Good Luck
--rob
On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 01:36 -0600, w_krieger wrote:
You can do what you wish in your alias file.
I have this line in my tcstart.bat
alias/r aliasdef.txt
And in aliasdef.txt I have this line
docs:=%userprofile\My Documents\
This lets me copy files to My Documents by
copy * docs:
and I can
cd docs:
or
cdd docs:
You can define whatever you like to be
sendto:progfiles:
You get the point.
Good Luck
--rob
On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 01:36 -0600, w_krieger wrote:
You could do something similar to that using directory aliases.
for example:
alias sendto:="%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH\SendTo"
You can also use the @SHFOLDER function and assign that to a directory
alias.
alias sendto:=%@SHFOLDER[9]
-Scott
w_krieger <>
11/07/2009 02:36 AM
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[Suggestions-t-1560] cd shell:sendto
Something i would like to see is to be able to change to directories like
'sendto' or 'program files' by way of cd shell:sendto or something.
Typing shell:sendto will open the correct folder in explorer.
for example:
alias sendto:="%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH\SendTo"
You can also use the @SHFOLDER function and assign that to a directory
alias.
alias sendto:=%@SHFOLDER[9]
-Scott
w_krieger <>
11/07/2009 02:36 AM
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[Suggestions-t-1560] cd shell:sendto
Something i would like to see is to be able to change to directories like
'sendto' or 'program files' by way of cd shell:sendto or something.
Typing shell:sendto will open the correct folder in explorer.
Unfortunately using something like %userprofile%\ etc does not work, because these are in different directories according to the windows version.
You could do it by the means i do it:
cdd %_regquery["HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Sendto"]%
I mean is it possible to shorten this to something like
cdd %_shfolder[Sendto]%
where _shfolder would search HKCU and HKLM (in that order) for the relevant folder?
You could do it by the means i do it:
cdd %_regquery["HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Sendto"]%
I mean is it possible to shorten this to something like
cdd %_shfolder[Sendto]%
where _shfolder would search HKCU and HKLM (in that order) for the relevant folder?
Here's a VERY minimally tested prototype function:
Save this as (e.g.) c:\work\shellfolder.btm
Define a function as
and use it as
It will return -1 if there is no such folder defined or if one was not specified. If there is a definition for the requested folder, the name is returned, but it might not exist. You can a check for existence if you want.
Code:
@echo off
rem File C:\work\shellfolder.btm
rem Dave Cantor, 13 Nov 2009
set targdir=%1
set x=-1
if not defined targdir goto done
do regkey in /L HKCU HKLM
set x=%@regquery["%regkey%\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\%targdir"]
if "%x" ne "-1" leave
enddo
:done
echo %x
quitDefine a function as
Code:
function shellfolder=`%@execstr[c:\work\shellfolder.btm %$]`
Code:
echo %@shellfolder[sendto]
Well, sure, but I interpreted the original poster's request as using sendto as an example. I suspect he wants to be able to find Desktop, Fonts, and the other special folders as well. My response was for the general case, but not quite complete, of course.
In my .btm that I posted, replace the single occurrence of "%1" with "%$" without quotation marks.
In my .btm that I posted, replace the single occurrence of "%1" with "%$" without quotation marks.
While having text makes the script easier to read and using the @shfolder
function at the command line requires knowing magic numbers, I would
suspect that most people that use that function use it with directory
aliases or buried within a batch file. That means you look up the number
you want in the help file, program it, and then forget about it.
The folders are named different things in different languages. So using a
number makes it work across all languages.
if %APPDATA or sendto is a folder I go to often, then it's easier to
define a directory alias and use that instead of remembering/typing all
the subtlies.
-Scott
dcantor <> wrote on 11/13/2009 07:24:34 PM:
sendto
function at the command line requires knowing magic numbers, I would
suspect that most people that use that function use it with directory
aliases or buried within a batch file. That means you look up the number
you want in the help file, program it, and then forget about it.
The folders are named different things in different languages. So using a
number makes it work across all languages.
if %APPDATA or sendto is a folder I go to often, then it's easier to
define a directory alias and use that instead of remembering/typing all
the subtlies.
-Scott
dcantor <> wrote on 11/13/2009 07:24:34 PM:
sendto
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It's actually
cdd %@regquery["HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\SendTo"]
----- Original Message -----
From: w_krieger
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 02:31 AM
Subject: RE: [Suggestions-t-1560] Re: cd shell:sendto
Unfortunately using something like %userprofile%\ etc does not work, because these are in different directories according to the windows version.
You could do it by the means i do it:
cdd %_regquery["HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Exp lorer\Shell Folders\Sendto"]%
I mean is it possible to shorten this to something like
cdd %_shfolder[Sendto]%
where _shfolder would search HKCU and HKLM (in that order) for the relevant folder?
cdd %@regquery["HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\SendTo"]
----- Original Message -----
From: w_krieger
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 02:31 AM
Subject: RE: [Suggestions-t-1560] Re: cd shell:sendto
Unfortunately using something like %userprofile%\ etc does not work, because these are in different directories according to the windows version.
You could do it by the means i do it:
cdd %_regquery["HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Exp lorer\Shell Folders\Sendto"]%
I mean is it possible to shorten this to something like
cdd %_shfolder[Sendto]%
where _shfolder would search HKCU and HKLM (in that order) for the relevant folder?