A million times a day I save something using any number of programs andAs I understand your request, all you need to do is click the file icon,
then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
What I am forced to do is "Open command window here" to get the full path.
An example is let's say I modify a photo in Irfanview and I save it using
the Save As in Irfanview which brings up a "Save in" File Explorer window.
In that "Save Picture As..." window, I right click in the white space and select "Open command window here" so that I can copy the prompt which is a $P$G prompt so that the full path to the save folder is part of the prompt.
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.As I understand your request, all you need to do is click the file icon, select Properties, and copy the file location in the general tab.
This is the folder name with all subdirectories where the file is located.
When I do this, I copy the location, and paste it where I want it. I
then go back to properties copy the file name and paste it after the location.
On 09/18/2024 5:10 PM, Quincy the fifth wrote:I'm not sure I'm following you all, I'm kinda fuzzy on heavy meds for a few days, but I use CopyQ to
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs andAs I understand your request, all you need to do is click the file icon, select Properties, and copy
then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >> the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
What I am forced to do is "Open command window here" to get the full path. >>
An example is let's say I modify a photo in Irfanview and I save it using
the Save As in Irfanview which brings up a "Save in" File Explorer window. >>
In that "Save Picture As..." window, I right click in the white space and
select "Open command window here" so that I can copy the prompt which is a >> $P$G prompt so that the full path to the save folder is part of the prompt. >>
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.
the file location in the general tab.
This is the folder name with all subdirectories where the file is located.
When I do this, I copy the location, and paste it where I want it. I then go back to properties
copy the file name and paste it after the location.
Alternately use the Save As function to save the file. Reopen the Save as menu, find the file you
just save, and right click Properties, General Tab and copy the file location, etc
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs and
then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.
On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:10:34 +0200, Quincy the fifth wrote:
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs and
then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >> the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
Right-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select
"Copy address as text".
It works in File Explorer too, and probably other contexts I'm not remembering.
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.
It is already as easy as it can be. To copy the full path of the image
where it is saved, you simply right-click on that image or any other
file and select "copy as path" <https://i.imgur.com/QlTkPIw.png>
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >> the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
Right-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select
"Copy address as text".
It works in File Explorer too, and probably other contexts I'm not remembering.
Even and old person can learn something new. I have worked with WindowAll I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >>> the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path. >>Right-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select
"Copy address as text".
It works in File Explorer too, and probably other contexts I'm not
remembering.
since DOS day and never used that.
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs and
then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
What I am forced to do is "Open command window here" to get the full path.
An example is let's say I modify a photo in Irfanview and I save it using
the Save As in Irfanview which brings up a "Save in" File Explorer window.
In that "Save Picture As..." window, I right click in the white space and select "Open command window here" so that I can copy the prompt which is a $P$G prompt so that the full path to the save folder is part of the prompt.
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.
On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:33:42 -0400, knuttle wrote:
Even and old person can learn something new. I have worked with WindowAll I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >>>> the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path. >>>Right-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select
"Copy address as text".
It works in File Explorer too, and probably other contexts I'm not
remembering.
since DOS day and never used that.
Everyone is talking about the OLD location (where that trick works fine).
But that trick above can't work when you don't have the NEW folder open.
What I do works for saving the location of the NEW folder because I use the right click on white space in the Windows File Explorer "Save as" window to open a command window here, and then that gives me the $P$G prompt of that NEW location, from which I copy the NEW path into the Windows clipboard.
But there must be an easier way to save the NEW location to the clipboard. Isn't there?
But there must be an easier way to save the NEW location to the clipboard. >> Isn't there?
This sounds like a job for Linux (if you don't mind typing out the
proper commands).
Well, nobody asked but the way to get the "Open Command Prompt Here" in the Windows context menu when you right click in empty space is described here. https://www.windowscentral.com/add-open-command-window-here-back-context-menu-windows-10
On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:08:26 -0700, Stan Brown wrote:
open Notepad or Notepad++ and start a blank file. as you work copy theAll I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >>> the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path. >>Right-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select
"Copy address as text".
It works in File Explorer too, and probably other contexts I'm not
remembering.
I don't think anyone is following me, so I need to be explicit
as it's my fault if people think something this hard is too easy.
1. Go to any directory that has photos in it.
2. Doubleclick on one of the photos to open in your editor of choice.
3. In my case, that's Irfanview so my example uses that editor of choice.
4. From Irfanview, save the picture somewhere else (anywhere you want).
5. Close Irfanview.
6. What's in front of you is the old folder with the original image.
7. The new image and new folder for that image is nowhere to be found.
How are you going to right-click on the location bar when the only thing
you see in front of you will be the File Explorer of the old image folder?
The new image folder is nowhere to be seen.
You have to capture the full path somehow.
The way I do it (as explained in the OP) works but it's cumbersome.
Do it a thousand times a day and you too will seek a better way.
There must be an easier way to put the new folder into the clipboard.
But what?
On 09/18/2024 6:27 PM, Big Al wrote:
On 9/18/24 06:01 PM, knuttle wrote:
On 09/18/2024 5:10 PM, Quincy the fifth wrote:I'm not sure I'm following you all, I'm kinda fuzzy on heavy meds for a few days, but I use CopyQ
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs and >>>> then I have to do something else with it using any other program.copy the file location in the general tab.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >>>> the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path. >>>>
What I am forced to do is "Open command window here" to get the full path. >>>>
An example is let's say I modify a photo in Irfanview and I save it using >>>> the Save As in Irfanview which brings up a "Save in" File Explorer window. >>>>
In that "Save Picture As..." window, I right click in the white space and >>>> select "Open command window here" so that I can copy the prompt which is a >>>> $P$G prompt so that the full path to the save folder is part of the prompt.
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name. >>> As I understand your request, all you need to do is click the file icon, select Properties, and
This is the folder name with all subdirectories where the file is located. >>>
When I do this, I copy the location, and paste it where I want it. I then go back to properties
copy the file name and paste it after the location.
Alternately use the Save As function to save the file. Reopen the Save as menu, find the file
you just save, and right click Properties, General Tab and copy the file location, etc
to manage my clipboard. If I copy anything to it, it's saved. I have a save list of 300 items
(you can make more).
If I need a previous file location again (2 clicks back) I can open the copyQ icon in the tray and
move that string to the head of the line and it's ready for Ctrl-V paste.
I can't live without it. I copy code snippets from here and there and there and there. When
done, I go to copyQ and pull them out again. Very effective (for me).
I believe you can accomplish what you are doing by Windows Key +V ie use the windows key in place
of the cntr V keystorks.
This brings up all of the strings you have saved, and you can pin them to this window if you like
On 2024-09-18 14:10, Quincy the fifth wrote:
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs and
then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >> the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
What I am forced to do is "Open command window here" to get the full path. >>
An example is let's say I modify a photo in Irfanview and I save it using
the Save As in Irfanview which brings up a "Save in" File Explorer window. >>
In that "Save Picture As..." window, I right click in the white space and
select "Open command window here" so that I can copy the prompt which is a >> $P$G prompt so that the full path to the save folder is part of the prompt. >>
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.
When you start a post with:
"Windows should make it easier..."
...there are so MANY endings.
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs and
then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
What I am forced to do is "Open command window here" to get the full path.
An example is let's say I modify a photo in Irfanview and I save it using
the Save As in Irfanview which brings up a "Save in" File Explorer window.
In that "Save Picture As..." window, I right click in the white space and select "Open command window here" so that I can copy the prompt which is a $P$G prompt so that the full path to the save folder is part of the prompt.
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs and
then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
What I am forced to do is "Open command window here" to get the full path.
An example is let's say I modify a photo in Irfanview and I save it using
the Save As in Irfanview which brings up a "Save in" File Explorer window.
In that "Save Picture As..." window, I right click in the white space and select "Open command window here" so that I can copy the prompt which is a $P$G prompt so that the full path to the save folder is part of the prompt.
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs and
then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
What I am forced to do is "Open command window here" to get the full path.
An example is let's say I modify a photo in Irfanview and I save it using
the Save As in Irfanview which brings up a "Save in" File Explorer window.
In that "Save Picture As..." window, I right click in the white space and select "Open command window here" so that I can copy the prompt which is a $P$G prompt so that the full path to the save folder is part of the prompt.
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.
If the only way to get a future location of a file into the clipboard is
to
copy %P%G of the resulting command prompt, then I found the easiest way.
But I was hoping there would be an easier way than the way I figured out.
1. Go to any directory that has photos in it.
2. Doubleclick on one of the photos to open in your editor of choice.
3. In my case, that's Irfanview so my example uses that editor of choice.
4. From Irfanview, save the picture somewhere else (anywhere you want).
5. Close Irfanview.
6. What's in front of you is the old folder with the original image.
7. The new image and new folder for that image is nowhere to be found.
Quincy,
If the only way to get a future location of a file into the clipboard is
to
copy %P%G of the resulting command prompt, then I found the easiest way.
But I was hoping there would be an easier way than the way I figured out.
I don't know if W10 still has "recent documents", but if so there is a good >chance you will find your (just saved) file mentioned there.
On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:33:42 -0400, knuttle wrote:
Even and old person can learn something new. I have worked with Window since DOS day and never used that.All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window whatRight-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select
the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path. >>
"Copy address as text".
It works in File Explorer too, and probably other contexts I'm not
remembering.
Everyone is talking about the OLD location (where that trick works fine).
But that trick above can't work when you don't have the NEW folder open.
Right-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select
"Copy address as text".
But there must be an easier way to save the NEW location to the clipboard. Isn't there?
1. Go to any directory that has photos in it.
2. Doubleclick on one of the photos to open in your editor of choice.
3. In my case, that's Irfanview so my example uses that editor of choice.
4. From Irfanview, save the picture somewhere else (anywhere you want).
In the "save as" window of Irfanview, right click on a picture already stored in the destination folder, then you can copy the path ("als Pfad kopieren" in German) to this picture. If it has to be your newly saved picture, you have to open the "save as" dialog again, so your new picture is shown already.
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs and
then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
What I am forced to do is "Open command window here" to get the full path.
An example is let's say I modify a photo in Irfanview and I save it using
the Save As in Irfanview which brings up a "Save in" File Explorer window.
In that "Save Picture As..." window, I right click in the white space and >select "Open command window here" so that I can copy the prompt which is a >$P$G prompt so that the full path to the save folder is part of the prompt.
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.
Quincy the fifth <quincythefifth@telekom.net> wrote:
On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:33:42 -0400, knuttle wrote:
Even and old person can learn something new. I have worked with WindowAll I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window whatRight-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select
the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path. >>>>
"Copy address as text".
It works in File Explorer too, and probably other contexts I'm not
remembering.
since DOS day and never used that.
Everyone is talking about the OLD location (where that trick works fine).
But that trick above can't work when you don't have the NEW folder open.
Nope, Stan is talking about the NEW folder, the one to be used by
"Save As". In *that* "Save as" window, you do
Right-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select
"Copy address as text".
*BEFORE* you click on the 'Save' button (because as soon as you click on Save, the window - and hence the path to be saved - is gone).
Instead of right-click and "Copy address as text", you can also use a normal click in the empty space to the right of the chevrons-path, which
will turn the chevrons-path into a normal path and highlight it, so it's ready to be copied.
Example: "> This PC > Windows (C:) > TEMP" -> click behind the "TEMP
part -> "C:\TEMP" (highlighted, ready to be copied, with for example
ctrl-C)
[...]
But there must be an easier way to save the NEW location to the clipboard. >> Isn't there?
Yes, see above.
On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:37:25 +0200, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:
1. Go to any directory that has photos in it.
2. Doubleclick on one of the photos to open in your editor of choice.
3. In my case, that's Irfanview so my example uses that editor of choice. >> 4. From Irfanview, save the picture somewhere else (anywhere you want).
In the "save as" window of Irfanview, right click on a picture already stored
in the destination folder, then you can copy the path ("als Pfad kopieren" in
German) to this picture. If it has to be your newly saved picture, you have to open the "save as" dialog again, so your new picture is shown already.
That's it! You are a genius! It works even BETTER than you said it did!
Yours is an interesting method, which is even more efficient than the open-command-window-here in empty space (temporarily interrupting the
Windows File Explore save-as window GUI).
Instead of saving the file from Irfanview into a new (empty) folder and clicking on the white space of that Windows File Explore save-as window to right click "open cmd window here" and copying the "$P" in the prompt...
Instead... I can just right click in the empty space & select "Properties" from the context menu to copy the "Location:" to the Windows 10 clipboard!
It doesn't even need an image previously stored in the destination folder!
And it's extensible, as I just used this 'properties > location' clipboard method to find the second image in this Irfanview MERGE operation. https://i.postimg.cc/Dyx4gP9m/copypathtoclipboard.jpg
As an aside, it's unfortunate that the Irfanview "Recent Folders" fails to get the NEW folders (because it doesn't know about the new folder yet).
On 19 Sep 2024 15:26:00 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
Quincy the fifth <quincythefifth@telekom.net> wrote:
On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:33:42 -0400, knuttle wrote:
Even and old person can learn something new. I have worked with Window >>> since DOS day and never used that.All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what
the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
Right-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select >>>> "Copy address as text".
It works in File Explorer too, and probably other contexts I'm not
remembering.
Everyone is talking about the OLD location (where that trick works fine). >> But that trick above can't work when you don't have the NEW folder open.
Nope, Stan is talking about the NEW folder, the one to be used by
"Save As". In *that* "Save as" window, you do
Right-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select >>>> "Copy address as text".
*BEFORE* you click on the 'Save' button (because as soon as you click on Save, the window - and hence the path to be saved - is gone).
Instead of right-click and "Copy address as text", you can also use a normal click in the empty space to the right of the chevrons-path, which will turn the chevrons-path into a normal path and highlight it, so it's ready to be copied.
Example: "> This PC > Windows (C:) > TEMP" -> click behind the "TEMP
part -> "C:\TEMP" (highlighted, ready to be copied, with for example ctrl-C)
[...]
But there must be an easier way to save the NEW location to the clipboard. >> Isn't there?
Yes, see above.
The chevron gives me the full path but no way to save it to the clipboard.
So I must not be understanding either where or when I'm supposed to click.
I can and have clicked anywhere I want in the menu bar before I hit the
final Irfanview/Windows Save button, but the menu isn't there that I need.
Which of the arrows is it to click on in the screenshot below? https://i.postimg.cc/Qxhn4xGY/saveasgetwholefilespec.jpg
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
On 09/18/2024 8:08 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:10:34 +0200, Quincy the fifth wrote:Even and old person can learn something new. I have worked with Window
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs andRight-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select
then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >>> the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path. >>
"Copy address as text".
It works in File Explorer too, and probably other contexts I'm not
remembering.
since DOS day and never used that.
Quincy the fifth <quincythefifth@telekom.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:37:25 +0200, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:
That's it! You are a genius! It works even BETTER than you said it did!1. Go to any directory that has photos in it.In the "save as" window of Irfanview, right click on a picture already stored
2. Doubleclick on one of the photos to open in your editor of choice.
3. In my case, that's Irfanview so my example uses that editor of choice. >>>> 4. From Irfanview, save the picture somewhere else (anywhere you want). >>>
in the destination folder, then you can copy the path ("als Pfad kopieren" in
German) to this picture. If it has to be your newly saved picture, you have >>> to open the "save as" dialog again, so your new picture is shown already. >>
Yours is an interesting method, which is even more efficient than the
open-command-window-here in empty space (temporarily interrupting the
Windows File Explore save-as window GUI).
Instead of saving the file from Irfanview into a new (empty) folder and
clicking on the white space of that Windows File Explore save-as window to >> right click "open cmd window here" and copying the "$P" in the prompt...
Instead... I can just right click in the empty space & select "Properties" >> from the context menu to copy the "Location:" to the Windows 10 clipboard! >>
It doesn't even need an image previously stored in the destination folder! >>
And it's extensible, as I just used this 'properties > location' clipboard >> method to find the second image in this Irfanview MERGE operation.
https://i.postimg.cc/Dyx4gP9m/copypathtoclipboard.jpg
As an aside, it's unfortunate that the Irfanview "Recent Folders" fails to >> get the NEW folders (because it doesn't know about the new folder yet).
Sigh! Your example was a bad one, because apparently IrfanView uses
its *own* "Save Picture As ..." (note ... Picture ...), *not* the
general *Windows* "Save As" (note, no "Picture") window.
So now take *another* program which *does* use the general Windows
"Save As" window and follow the - much easier - instructions which
others (Stan, I, etc..) gave. For example in Chrome use
<three_vertical_dots> -> Cast, save, and share -> Save -> Save page as
...
What's also wrong in your example is that you apparently want the path
of the *parent* folder (G:\data in your screenshot), not of the folder
in which the picture is saved (gmail_takeout in your screenshot). Or is
your way a clumsy way of getting the full path (G:\data\gmail_takeout)
by getting the parent (G:\data) and child (gmail_takeout) part
seperately?
Quincy the fifth <quincythefifth@telekom.net> wrote:
On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:33:42 -0400, knuttle wrote:Nope, Stan is talking about the NEW folder, the one to be used by
Even and old person can learn something new. I have worked with Window >>>>> since DOS day and never used that.All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what
the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
Right-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select >>>>>> "Copy address as text".
It works in File Explorer too, and probably other contexts I'm not >>>>>> remembering.
Everyone is talking about the OLD location (where that trick works fine). >>>> But that trick above can't work when you don't have the NEW folder open. >>>
"Save As". In *that* "Save as" window, you do
Right-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select >>>>>> "Copy address as text".
*BEFORE* you click on the 'Save' button (because as soon as you click on >>> Save, the window - and hence the path to be saved - is gone).
Instead of right-click and "Copy address as text", you can also use a
normal click in the empty space to the right of the chevrons-path, which >>> will turn the chevrons-path into a normal path and highlight it, so it's >>> ready to be copied.
Example: "> This PC > Windows (C:) > TEMP" -> click behind the "TEMP
part -> "C:\TEMP" (highlighted, ready to be copied, with for example
ctrl-C)
[...]
But there must be an easier way to save the NEW location to the clipboard. >>>> Isn't there?
Yes, see above.
The chevron gives me the full path but no way to save it to the clipboard. >> So I must not be understanding either where or when I'm supposed to click. >>
I can and have clicked anywhere I want in the menu bar before I hit the
final Irfanview/Windows Save button, but the menu isn't there that I need. >>
Which of the arrows is it to click on in the screenshot below?
https://i.postimg.cc/Qxhn4xGY/saveasgetwholefilespec.jpg
See my other response. You're mixing up the non-standard *IrfanView*
"Save Picture As..." window with the standard/generic *Windows* "Save
As" window. So you implied that your example was a generic one, but it
isn't!
In your OP you said:
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >> the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
But you're NOT using the "Windows File Explorer "Save As" window",
you're using the *totally different* *IrfanView* "Save Picture As..."
window.
If you had tried another example, i.e. more than one, you would have probably found that out yourself, but you didn't.
On 09/18/2024 8:08 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:10:34 +0200, Quincy the fifth wrote:Even and old person can learn something new. I have worked with Window >>since DOS day and never used that.
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs and >>>> then I have to do something else with it using any other program.Right-click in the location bar at the top of that dialog, and select
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >>>> the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path. >>>
"Copy address as text".
It works in File Explorer too, and probably other contexts I'm not
remembering.
Hey, me too. It never occurred to me to right click on the location
box.
What's the difference between Copy Address and Copy Address as Text?
And when I chose Edit Address, the right click options completely
changed!!!
Quincy the fifth <quincythefifth@telekom.net> wrote:
On 19 Sep 2024 17:28:11 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
Quincy the fifth <quincythefifth@telekom.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:37:25 +0200, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:Sigh! Your example was a bad one, because apparently IrfanView uses
That's it! You are a genius! It works even BETTER than you said it did! >>>>1. Go to any directory that has photos in it.In the "save as" window of Irfanview, right click on a picture already stored
2. Doubleclick on one of the photos to open in your editor of choice. >>>>>> 3. In my case, that's Irfanview so my example uses that editor of choice.
4. From Irfanview, save the picture somewhere else (anywhere you want). >>>>>
in the destination folder, then you can copy the path ("als Pfad kopieren" in
German) to this picture. If it has to be your newly saved picture, you have
to open the "save as" dialog again, so your new picture is shown already. >>>>
Yours is an interesting method, which is even more efficient than the
open-command-window-here in empty space (temporarily interrupting the
Windows File Explore save-as window GUI).
Instead of saving the file from Irfanview into a new (empty) folder and >>>> clicking on the white space of that Windows File Explore save-as window to >>>> right click "open cmd window here" and copying the "$P" in the prompt... >>>>
Instead... I can just right click in the empty space & select "Properties" >>>> from the context menu to copy the "Location:" to the Windows 10 clipboard! >>>>
It doesn't even need an image previously stored in the destination folder! >>>>
And it's extensible, as I just used this 'properties > location' clipboard >>>> method to find the second image in this Irfanview MERGE operation.
https://i.postimg.cc/Dyx4gP9m/copypathtoclipboard.jpg
As an aside, it's unfortunate that the Irfanview "Recent Folders" fails to >>>> get the NEW folders (because it doesn't know about the new folder yet). >>>
its *own* "Save Picture As ..." (note ... Picture ...), *not* the
general *Windows* "Save As" (note, no "Picture") window.
Non response duly noted!
You're missing the point, probably intentionally.
You have a *IrfanView* related question/problem, not a generic
*Windows* "Save as" window one.
Different programs, different windows, different solutions.
So now take *another* program which *does* use the general Windows
"Save As" window and follow the - much easier - instructions which
others (Stan, I, etc..) gave. For example in Chrome use
<three_vertical_dots> -> Cast, save, and share -> Save -> Save page as
...
What's also wrong in your example is that you apparently want the path >>> of the *parent* folder (G:\data in your screenshot), not of the folder
in which the picture is saved (gmail_takeout in your screenshot). Or is
your way a clumsy way of getting the full path (G:\data\gmail_takeout)
by getting the parent (G:\data) and child (gmail_takeout) part
seperately?
I was in a hurry when I made that screenshot as I was so exited it worked. >>
You are correct in pointing out that I will always want the full complete
path to the final Save-As folder, so my prior screenshot was off by a
folder when I tried Herbert's suggested method, which is corrected below.
Read my lips: You're NOT using standard/generic *Windows* "Save as",
you're using *IrfanView-specific* "Save Picture As...". Two totally
different beasts.
[More *IrfanView-only* related stuff deleted.]
On 19 Sep 2024 17:28:11 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
Quincy the fifth <quincythefifth@telekom.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:37:25 +0200, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:
That's it! You are a genius! It works even BETTER than you said it did!1. Go to any directory that has photos in it.In the "save as" window of Irfanview, right click on a picture already stored
2. Doubleclick on one of the photos to open in your editor of choice. >>>> 3. In my case, that's Irfanview so my example uses that editor of choice.
4. From Irfanview, save the picture somewhere else (anywhere you want). >>>
in the destination folder, then you can copy the path ("als Pfad kopieren" in
German) to this picture. If it has to be your newly saved picture, you have
to open the "save as" dialog again, so your new picture is shown already. >>
Yours is an interesting method, which is even more efficient than the
open-command-window-here in empty space (temporarily interrupting the
Windows File Explore save-as window GUI).
Instead of saving the file from Irfanview into a new (empty) folder and
clicking on the white space of that Windows File Explore save-as window to >> right click "open cmd window here" and copying the "$P" in the prompt... >>
Instead... I can just right click in the empty space & select "Properties" >> from the context menu to copy the "Location:" to the Windows 10 clipboard! >>
It doesn't even need an image previously stored in the destination folder! >>
And it's extensible, as I just used this 'properties > location' clipboard >> method to find the second image in this Irfanview MERGE operation.
https://i.postimg.cc/Dyx4gP9m/copypathtoclipboard.jpg
As an aside, it's unfortunate that the Irfanview "Recent Folders" fails to >> get the NEW folders (because it doesn't know about the new folder yet).
Sigh! Your example was a bad one, because apparently IrfanView uses
its *own* "Save Picture As ..." (note ... Picture ...), *not* the
general *Windows* "Save As" (note, no "Picture") window.
So now take *another* program which *does* use the general Windows
"Save As" window and follow the - much easier - instructions which
others (Stan, I, etc..) gave. For example in Chrome use <three_vertical_dots> -> Cast, save, and share -> Save -> Save page as
...
What's also wrong in your example is that you apparently want the path
of the *parent* folder (G:\data in your screenshot), not of the folder
in which the picture is saved (gmail_takeout in your screenshot). Or is your way a clumsy way of getting the full path (G:\data\gmail_takeout)
by getting the parent (G:\data) and child (gmail_takeout) part
seperately?
I was in a hurry when I made that screenshot as I was so exited it worked.
You are correct in pointing out that I will always want the full complete path to the final Save-As folder, so my prior screenshot was off by a
folder when I tried Herbert's suggested method, which is corrected below.
Can someone give the EXACT program they are using please?
I tried the method that Stan suggested (and Frank suggested too), with
Dialog just a moment ago, and Herbert's and my methods worked, but not theirs.
No matter where I clicked, right or left, what Stan suggested should show
up didn't show up. In fact, nothing showed up but the graphical tree. https://i.postimg.cc/c4ymWRmD/dialog.jpg
I need something that is the full path that I can copy to the clipboard.
Not a graphical tree (which is only visual).
I think Herbert's method is universal while Stan's can't be reproduced by
me yet, but I'm probably not using whatever program's Save As you're using.
Here is Dialog, which is the first program I just tested after Irfanview. https://i.postimg.cc/c4ymWRmD/dialog.jpg
Herbert's method worked.
Stan's method didn't exist.
I suspect Herbert's method is universal - Stan's method can't be universal. Otherwise Stan's wouldn't be so difficult to reproduce with any program.
Even so, I'd like to reproduce what Stan suggested. Can you show a
screenshot of Stan's method - or at lest tell me the steps to do?
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:10:34 +0200, Quincy
the fifth <quincythefifth@telekom.net> wrote:
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs and >>then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >>the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
What I am forced to do is "Open command window here" to get the full path.
An example is let's say I modify a photo in Irfanview and I save it using >>the Save As in Irfanview which brings up a "Save in" File Explorer window.
In that "Save Picture As..." window, I right click in the white space and >>select "Open command window here" so that I can copy the prompt which is a >>$P$G prompt so that the full path to the save folder is part of the prompt. >>
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.
I haven't read the whole thread yet, but at least one file manager has
Copy Full Path. However it's not the win10-included or PowerDesk, and I forget who had that. ;-(
If it's in the right-click context list for a file manager, maybe that
would cause it to be in the context list for the same file when you find
it somewhere else??
If you do go looking for other file managers, note that some or all of
the free ones are 32-bit, but if you want it see all your files, you
need a 64-bit file manager. The only file I know of that is 64 bits
is HOSTS, or hosts. but one is enough to drive you crazy if you don't
know why it's missing. C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
To find the location of that file I used Everything, and "Copy Full Name
to Clipboard" is one of its context options, but of course if you
havent' been running Everything, it takes a while to gather the info it needs.
Quincy the fifth <quincythefifth@telekom.net> wrote:
[...]
Here is Dialog, which is the first program I just tested after Irfanview.
https://i.postimg.cc/c4ymWRmD/dialog.jpg
Herbert's method worked.
Stan's method didn't exist.
I suspect Herbert's method is universal - Stan's method can't be universal. >> Otherwise Stan's wouldn't be so difficult to reproduce with any program.
As I mentioned in another response, both IrfanView and Dialog are by
no means "any program". IrfanView uses it's *own* 'Save ...' window and probably so does Dialog.
Even so, I'd like to reproduce what Stan suggested. Can you show a
screenshot of Stan's method - or at lest tell me the steps to do?
I already mentioned Chrome (in the post you're responding to!) (and
later mentioned Edge and Thunderbird).
In Chrome: <three_vertical_dots> (in upper right> -> Cast, save,
and share -> Save -> Save page as ...
That will give you the type of generic/standard Windows "Save as"
window Stan and I are talking about. In *that* window right-click in the
path field (Stan's method) or click in the space *after* the path (my method).
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:10:34 +0200, Quincy
the fifth <quincythefifth@telekom.net> wrote:
A million times a day I save something using any number of programs and
then I have to do something else with it using any other program.
All I want is to copy FROM the Windows File Explorer "Save As" window what >> the full path to the saved folder is, where all I get is a pulldown path.
What I am forced to do is "Open command window here" to get the full path. >>
An example is let's say I modify a photo in Irfanview and I save it using
the Save As in Irfanview which brings up a "Save in" File Explorer window. >>
In that "Save Picture As..." window, I right click in the white space and
select "Open command window here" so that I can copy the prompt which is a >> $P$G prompt so that the full path to the save folder is part of the prompt. >>
But Windows should make it easier than that to just get a full path name.
I haven't read the whole thread yet, but at least one file manager has
Copy Full Path. However it's not the win10-included or PowerDesk, and I forget who had that. ;-(
If it's in the right-click context list for a file manager, maybe that
would cause it to be in the context list for the same file when you find
it somewhere else??
If you do go looking for other file managers, note that some or all of
the free ones are 32-bit, but if you want it see all your files, you
need a 64-bit file manager. The only file I know of that is 64 bits
is HOSTS, or hosts. but one is enough to drive you crazy if you don't
know why it's missing. C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
To find the location of that file I used Everything, and "Copy Full Name
to Clipboard" is one of its context options, but of course if you
havent' been running Everything, it takes a while to gather the info it needs.
I can think of the odd thing, that Windows now does better.
The right-click to copy a string in terminal, then right-click
to paste that same string, comes to mind. In Linux, you have to
select "Copy" from a menu, then select "Paste" from a menu,
because ctrl-C is overloaded, and that key-pair both copies
and kills processes.
And when you want to rename a file in Linux ? Well, get outta here.
You have to select "rename" from some fucking menu, like a chimpanzee.
It used to work properly. I never did hear an explanation or a
justification for adding an extra (obnoxious) step. It didn't always
work like that. If I want to copy a file name, I select the file,
select "Rename" (even though I won't be renaming anything), copy
a port of the string in the tiny dialog box, "copy" the string,
then paste it somewhere. For some value of "simple".
I have to admit, I don't usually see UI features "go backwards"
in Windows, but they have done that in Linux (take a shorter sequence,
make it longer, then fail to explain to people how the new
sequence is "better").
And in Linux, why can't they leave the bloody file manager in
"Details" display mode ? Why do I have to (over and over and over again...) turn on Details mode ??? Then, of the four file managers, the icons
for selecting the mode, are different on each one, so you're staring
at the menu bar and going "which one of you mother fuckers is the
Details button this week". (Nemo, Thunar, Nautilus, PCManFM, Caja.
hope I didn't forget any of them...) <=== and you know, when I
want to do file sharing and get a file off WIndows, I have to *type*
these fucking things into a Terminal, since the GUI doesn't work.
This means, for the distro I'm working in, I have to successfully
remember my context, and whether it is Caja I should be typing
or Thunar. How many names do you have to memorize on Windows,
by comparison ? And the names just roll off your tongue too.
And when the mood strikes them, they will "alias" stuff,
like instead of accepting "Xed", they want you to type some
variant of "TextEditor". Or "Disks" or "Files" as shorthands
for something else.
IDK, I think overall, windows does a damn fine job. I can easily
generate a $1 Linux Rant without too much effort.
Paul
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