Oh_Kay Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Hi guys,Im looking for a way to add the 'find target' command to my 'right click / contextual menu' in windows XP SP2, Im all googled out and can't find jack on the subject of this particular mod...Anyone out there come across that one ? or can you suggest a way I may find it using RegShot or what ever that app is called ?Any help is appreciated.Kay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Very hard Kay and I never saw it posted before. Its a dll call btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Well, the first result on Google seems to work fine. You have to register to get it though, but that's done quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Tsunami Guess you right if you looking to install another dll.NOT for me.Surely theres a way to make that dll call to the existing dll.Then its a tweak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh_Kay Posted December 31, 2004 Author Share Posted December 31, 2004 maxXPsoft : Nice to see your still a regular here, I don't get around these parts as much as I used to Thanks for your input on this one, I didn't realise it was a dll call, I dunno nothing about dll's so I would never have thought to look down that road...Tsunami: WOW ! I Googled till I could Google no more on that one, I can't imagine what you typed in to get that result, but a huge THANKS !!From reading that link, the author of that code had the same problem I now have and had to resort to writing something to do the job, and while Im not nuts about adding something else to the system when I don't know what it does, I really want the functionality of this one... so until something better comes along, Im gonna run with it...Seasons Greetings to one and all.Kay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilvoice Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 deleted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yzöwl Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Google search criteria was "find target" context Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthy_mcnasty Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 a buddy of mine recently asked me to write him a program to do this and the first step of doing so is researching exactly how it's done and i've come across an even more simple way than an entire program.......so i realize this post here is old news but maybe this will help someone out in the future.......you can use a registry hack like this to add "Find Target" to the context menu for every single file type and directory....cant seem to get this to work for just shortcut (.lnk) files (there really is no point in "find target" if you're looking at the file right?) but hopefully this will point someone in the right direction.Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Find.Target]@="&Find Target"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Find.Target\command]@="\"explorer.exe\" /select,\"%1\""[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Find.Target]@="&Find Target"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Find.Target\command]@="\"explorer.exe\" /select,\"%1\"" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 filthy_mcnastyPerhaps it don't work since .lnk is a normally hidden extension. I know theres a reg tweak to turn them into not hidden but it makes things look nasty lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidenk Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Target Folder OpenerLink Open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiredLion Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Hello.Oh_key, I'm afraid you won't find such a registry hack for .lnk files. As far as I know you need to load the shelllink and resolve it. After this you'll be able to find the target object. At least Context Magic doing so. I agree with maxXPsoft, you'll need a .dll.Have a nice day,Leonid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh_Kay Posted September 17, 2005 Author Share Posted September 17, 2005 Wow, I started this thread 9 months ago, and here I am again, after a reinstall, looking for the method to add this back in to my windows all over again, it's the feature I just can't live without !!Thanks to everyone for the replies, I have been using the first soloution from Code Project for months now and it works fine, so thats what I will be using again.It would be nice if there was an easeir way to implement it rather than adding a DLL file, but thats up to Microsoft to add this feature in to their next OS (hint hint)Kay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHz Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Find.Target]@="&Find Target"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Find.Target\command]@="\"explorer.exe\" /select,\"%1\""[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Find.Target]@="&Find Target"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Find.Target\command]@="\"explorer.exe\" /select,\"%1\""The long wait is over. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilvoice Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 (edited) hmmm, doesnt work for me...in using it from cmd window, this is just used to select the file in a explorer window Edited September 19, 2005 by evilvoice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yzöwl Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 You could always use 'target' from Windows 95 Power Toys, (it still works on XP).It should be available from JSI,Inc - tip 8336 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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