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Enable drag and drop into Visual Studio 2008 from Windows Explorer

Is there some way to enable Visual Studio 2008 to accept dropped files from Windows explorer? I can't count the number of times I've instinctively dragged a file into VS just to be reminded of this obvious feature than seems to be missing. Surely there has to be some way to do this. EDIT I did find the VS Explorer addin while searc...

Copy file list as text from windows explorer.

Is there a quick way to copy a list of filenames as text into the clipboard from Windows explorer? I can do it from the command prompt with dir > filenames.txt but am looking for something along the lines of CRTL-C -> CRTL-V. ...

Pass multiple files / folders from windows explorer to external application

Hi does anyone know how to get windows explorer to pass multiple files / folders through to an external app (c#) referenced in the registry? I am current able to act upon a single file / folder using the %1 syntax but not sure how to get explorer to pass through multiple items. Does anyone know how to do this? ...

Get the selected file in an Explorer window

I'd like to know how, if possible, to get the path of the selected file in an open Windows Explorer window. If not, would it at least be possible to get the folder path of an open Windows Explorer window? The end reason I'm doing this, is a software tool I'm writing requires a user to select a file. I figure if they're already moving ...

Windows7 registry command to open folder

hi, I have change registry settings to list a drive like folder in MyComputer by following the steps in http://www.virtualplastic.net/html/ui_shell.html#attributes In HKEY_CLASS_ROOT, I have added the following line (to open D:\Test folder), RegWriteStringValue(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, 'CLSID{My ID}\Shell\Open\Command', '', 'explorer /n, D:...

Cross Platform (XP, Vista and 7) file browser. Windows explorer.exe

Hi Guys, I am very naive when it comes to this. I am however looking for a file browser program just like Windows explorer.exe that can be used on Windows XP, Vista and 7. If there is a version of explorer.exe that works in all 3 platforms that would be best, but if there is something else I could use that would be ok too. Can anyone poi...