Posts Tagged ‘efficiency’

Here is a short-cut that helps to solve a technical problem I have had for years.

There is no easy way to quickly create multiple folders.  Using the mouse requires a click on the New sub-menu and then selecting Folder from a long list of possibilities.  If you need to create multiple folders, it’s too slow.

Since the ’80s, the quickest way to make a folder utilizes the MD command.

md folder1
md folder2
md folder3

But the MD command requires the command prompt.  Before this short-cut, getting to the command prompt in a deep folder required a lot of typing. 

1 - go to the command prompt
2 - change to the desired drive
3 - CD to the correct folder

In Vista, a new Shift-Right-Click item has been added to Explorer.  From any folder a shift-right-click will give the option to open a command prompt in the current folder.

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How often do you have a window open showing your file in Explorer and at the same time a browser window where the file needs uploaded?  The standard method of finding the file is to use a browse dialog box in the browser.  You have to hunt through the folders to find the file and then select it. 

Here is a handy Vista short-cut. In the Explorer window (not Internet Explorer), Shift-Right-Click the file and select Copy as Path.  Then go to the upload select box and paste.  It will copy the entire path and file name into the select box.  Done.

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