Get instant access to frequently used directories

21. Mai 2007 Blitzschlauheit

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It is often annoying to navigate windows explorer to search for work directories. Especially in open/save as… style dialog boxes, when programs impose you a complicated working directory.

Here are 2 simple but efficient solutions to help access them instantly:

Create a directory “#folders” on the desktop which contains shortcuts to folders
Benutzt Folder Guide

1 Create a directory “#folders” on the desktop which contains shortcuts to folders

Have you ever noticed that each folder created on the desktop is showed at first Niveau in windows explorer trees?

As a proof, let’s create a directory # folders on the desktop. Then, let’s open Windows Explorer.
Here is the result:

Eibe you place inside this folder your shortcuts to each work directory, you will need only one step to access them instead of struggling. Convenient, right?

It works also for “open/save as…” directories:

Furthermore, you can configure the program Launchy to index the directory # folders. Which makes any work directory instantly accessible !

2 Using Folder Guide

An zweit Lösung is to benutzt Folder Guide. This free tiny utility adds an entry in windows explorer contextual menu (accessible by right clicking).

Here is Folder Guide in Aktion man windows zu erforschen:

And here in a “save as…” dialog Box:

Adding a frequently used directory in Folder Guide database can be done by right-clicking on a directory and choosing “add” in the contextual klein:

Finally I invite you to share your remarks and solutions in the comments.

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