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How to add a "copy path" option to the Windows context menu
Copy Path is a utility that adds a... well, a "copy path" option to the Windows right-click context menu. It's similar to ClipPath, a program we covered a few years ago. but Copy Path has one option that ClipPath doesn't, which is the ability to copy not just the path for an individual file, but also the path for a folder and/or the parent folder of the file or folder you just clicked on.
If you're still not convinced that ClipPath is actually useful, think about how many times you've tried to upload an email attachment and had to click the browse button and sort through folders to find the file you want to upload. With Copy Path (or ClipPath), if you already have the file open in another window you can just right-click, copy the file path and paste it into the attachment window for your email client.
[via Freeware Genius]
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Subscribe to commentsPKSep 29th 2009 5:32PM
There's SendTo Toys, which includes "Send to Clipboard as Name". It is a more elegant solution since it uses the Send To menu and doesn't add another item in the already-long context menu:
http://www.gabrieleponti.com/software/
drownSep 29th 2009 5:49PM
@PK
Tnx, just what I needed :)
mark justice hintonSep 29th 2009 8:30PM
Copy as path is built into Vista and Win7 -- hold down the Shift key as you right-click over any file. The full path ending in the filename is copied to the Clipboard. Not quite as versatile as this program, but native.
hazardSep 29th 2009 8:30PM
I've used shell extensions like this before and it's too annoying to have the additional options, best to have a singleton.
PathCopyEx for WinXP - http://www.mlin.net/other.shtml
Shift+Right Click for Vista Win7
SquareWheelSep 30th 2009 7:46AM
Why not just copy the path from the explorer window itself?
(v)Oct 2nd 2009 9:31AM
Path2Clipboard do the same but more complex
TomSep 30th 2009 9:08AM
It's part of a larger program, but Altap Salamander (http://www.altap.cz/) has an even better feature, letting you copy not only the path, but you can choose to copy the UNC path. So if my file is on a network path I've mapped as drive L:, but my co-workers haven't learned how to map network drives, I can choose to either copy the path as L:\path\to\file.txt or as \\fileserver\path\to\file.txt. It's a big help at the office, since I can always copy a path that anyone can use.
The program's nice otherwise too, a good Norton Commander 2 pane file manager.
iOct 4th 2009 8:33PM
nice idea but the start menu shortcuts for many programs stopped working after install.