Create Folder or FC commands in Context Menu

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lordawe
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Create Folder or FC commands in Context Menu

#1 Post by lordawe » 16.01.2014, 23:20

One of the only good things about Windows Explorer (compared to FC) is the ability to right click on the tree and create a new folder. Please add this ability.
Better yet, add the ability to customize the context menu by adding FC commands as it would also be nice to right click and "copy xxx as text".

lordawe
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Re: Create Folder or FC commands in Context Menu

#2 Post by lordawe » 07.05.2014, 23:03

I found a way to add this to the Windows main context menu that will still show up in FC. The only caveat to this is that it doesn't automatically select the new folder name so that you can rename the folder. You must rename using F2 or the rename context menu command. Still an improvement.

Below are the registry settings, you create a new key at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\" (NewFolderForFC below), then set the default value to what you want to see on the context menu. Then create a "Command" key below that and set the default value to "cmd.exe /s /c pushd "%V" & mkdir newFolder" (no quotes). Here's the regedit export:

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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\NewFolderForFC]
"Icon"=""
"Position"="Middle"
@="New Folder"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\NewFolderForFC\Command]
@="cmd.exe /s /c pushd \"%V\" & mkdir newFolder"
If anyone can figure out how to get FC to automatically select the new folder for rename this would be perfect.

Karol
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Re: Create Folder or FC commands in Context Menu

#3 Post by Karol » 08.05.2014, 07:35

What about simply using F7 for creating new folder?

lordawe
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Re: Create Folder or FC commands in Context Menu

#4 Post by lordawe » 11.06.2014, 19:09

Karol wrote:What about simply using F7 for creating new folder?
That kind of defeats the purpose of using a mouse right click to create a new folder. I can also create a folder using "Folder->New" menu item or the CMD prompt however the purpose of this request was to emulate one of the few things I find productive in plane Jane explorer.

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