POower Toys

Power Toys were Windows 98 add-ons that could be installed on Windows
XP. Sometimes, Windows XP required a registry tweak. Two of the
add-ons were very useful.

One Power Toy allowed me to modify the Send To list in the pull-down
context menus for a selected file, folder, shortcut, or other object.
In Windows 7, this list has Compressed (zipped) folder, Desktop (create
shortcut), Documents, Fax recipient, Mail recipient, Skype, DVD RW Drive
(F, and C (//Ross-xxx) (Z [my wife's PC]. With this Power Toy, I
could delete those entries I never use and add entries. The Power Toy
itself added entries for Any Folder [copy, not move], Clipboard as
Contents, and Clipboard as Name [actually, the path to the selected
object]. I added an entry for Photo Editor (e.g., sending a JPEG file).

The other very useful Power Toy added a Target item to the pull-down
context menu for shortcuts. This item had a six-entry submenu with Open
Container, Create Shortcut, Cut, Copy, Delete, and Properties. The
first two of these do exist in Windows 7, with Open Container now Open
File Location. I made frequent use of the other four.

Does anyone know how I might get such capabilities in Windows 7 (x634)?

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On 08-November-2013 9:45 AM, David E. Ross wrote:
Power Toys were Windows 98 add-ons that could be installed on Windows
XP. Sometimes, Windows XP required a registry tweak. Two of the
add-ons were very useful.

One Power Toy allowed me to modify the Send To list in the pull-down


http://downloadsquad.switched.com/20...ing-utilities/


Might be worth a squiz.


Gra

David E. Ross wrote:
Power Toys were Windows 98 add-ons that could be installed on Windows
XP. Sometimes, Windows XP required a registry tweak. Two of the
add-ons were very useful.

One Power Toy allowed me to modify the Send To list in the pull-down
context menus for a selected file, folder, shortcut, or other object.
In Windows 7, this list has Compressed (zipped) folder, Desktop (create
shortcut), Documents, Fax recipient, Mail recipient, Skype, DVD RW Drive
(F, and C (//Ross-xxx) (Z [my wife's PC]. With this Power Toy, I
could delete those entries I never use and add entries. The Power Toy
itself added entries for Any Folder [copy, not move], Clipboard as
Contents, and Clipboard as Name [actually, the path to the selected
object]. I added an entry for Photo Editor (e.g., sending a JPEG file).

The other very useful Power Toy added a Target item to the pull-down
context menu for shortcuts. This item had a six-entry submenu with Open
Container, Create Shortcut, Cut, Copy, Delete, and Properties. The
first two of these do exist in Windows 7, with Open Container now Open
File Location. I made frequent use of the other four.

Does anyone know how I might get such capabilities in Windows 7 (x634)?


The history of those, stops with WinXP roughly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerToys

The examples you quote above, probably load multiple
things into the registry. The question would be,
whether the registry changes made, would be compatible
with a later OS or not.

Paul

On 11/8/2013 8:45 AM, David E. Ross wrote:
Power Toys were Windows 98 add-ons that could be installed on Windows
XP. Sometimes, Windows XP required a registry tweak. Two of the
add-ons were very useful.

One Power Toy allowed me to modify the Send To list in the pull-down
context menus for a selected file, folder, shortcut, or other object.
In Windows 7, this list has Compressed (zipped) folder, Desktop (create
shortcut), Documents, Fax recipient, Mail recipient, Skype, DVD RW Drive
(F, and C (//Ross-xxx) (Z [my wife's PC]. With this Power Toy, I
could delete those entries I never use and add entries. The Power Toy
itself added entries for Any Folder [copy, not move], Clipboard as
Contents, and Clipboard as Name [actually, the path to the selected
object]. I added an entry for Photo Editor (e.g., sending a JPEG file).

The other very useful Power Toy added a Target item to the pull-down
context menu for shortcuts. This item had a six-entry submenu with Open
Container, Create Shortcut, Cut, Copy, Delete, and Properties. The
first two of these do exist in Windows 7, with Open Container now Open
File Location. I made frequent use of the other four.

Does anyone know how I might get such capabilities in Windows 7 (x634)?

Godmode has been around for awhile. It's actually built into Windows 7
& it contains a lot of the items there were in Power Toys.

Simply:
1. Create a new folder where ever you like.
2. Name the folder (without the quotes):
"GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}"

Open the folder & all of the items are displayed.
If you don't like it and/or its contents, just delete the folder.

BobbyM wrote:
Godmode has been around for awhile. It's actually built into Windows 7
& it contains a lot of the items there were in Power Toys.

Simply:
1. Create a new folder where ever you like.
2. Name the folder (without the quotes):
"GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}"

Open the folder & all of the items are displayed.
If you don't like it and/or its contents, just delete the folder.

Thanks for that. I didn't know about it. Handy....

Now watch me break my system...

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On 11/8/2013 2:31 AM PT, John Williamson typed:

Now watch me break my system...

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On 11/7/2013 3:45 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
Power Toys were Windows 98 add-ons that could be installed on Windows
XP. Sometimes, Windows XP required a registry tweak. Two of the
add-ons were very useful.

One Power Toy allowed me to modify the Send To list in the pull-down
context menus for a selected file, folder, shortcut, or other object.
In Windows 7, this list has Compressed (zipped) folder, Desktop (create
shortcut), Documents, Fax recipient, Mail recipient, Skype, DVD RW Drive
(F, and C (//Ross-xxx) (Z [my wife's PC]. With this Power Toy, I
could delete those entries I never use and add entries. The Power Toy
itself added entries for Any Folder [copy, not move], Clipboard as
Contents, and Clipboard as Name [actually, the path to the selected
object]. I added an entry for Photo Editor (e.g., sending a JPEG file).

The other very useful Power Toy added a Target item to the pull-down
context menu for shortcuts. This item had a six-entry submenu with Open
Container, Create Shortcut, Cut, Copy, Delete, and Properties. The
first two of these do exist in Windows 7, with Open Container now Open
File Location. I made frequent use of the other four.

Does anyone know how I might get such capabilities in Windows 7 (x634)?


Another one that I almost forgot: There was a Power Toy that added
"Explore from Here" to the pull-down context menu for folders, other
cobntainer objects, and their shortcuts. If I selected a folder,
right-clicked, and selected Explore from Here, Windows Explorer would
launch with the selected folder as the root of navigation. This avoided
a lot of clutter from extraneous objects in the navigation pane.

--
David E. Ross
http://www.rossde.com/

Where does your elected official stand? Which
politicians refuse to tell us where they stand?
See the non-partisan Project Vote Smart at
http://votesmart.org/.

On Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:31:23 +0000, John Williamson wrote:

BobbyM wrote:
Godmode has been around for awhile. It's actually built into Windows 7
& it contains a lot of the items there were in Power Toys.

Simply:
1. Create a new folder where ever you like.
2. Name the folder (without the quotes):
"GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}"

Open the folder & all of the items are displayed.
If you don't like it and/or its contents, just delete the folder.

Thanks for that. I didn't know about it. Handy....

Now watch me break my system...

The GodMode label is arbitrary, chosen by some blogger a while back to
make his article more dramatic. You could name it ControlPanel or
NewYork. Or X.

All it is seems to be a folder with shortcuts to a lot of (maybe all of)
the control panel apps.

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On Fri, 08 Nov 2013 08:24:21 -0800, David E. Ross wrote:

On 11/7/2013 3:45 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
Power Toys were Windows 98 add-ons that could be installed on Windows
XP. Sometimes, Windows XP required a registry tweak. Two of the
add-ons were very useful.

One Power Toy allowed me to modify the Send To list in the pull-down
context menus for a selected file, folder, shortcut, or other object.
In Windows 7, this list has Compressed (zipped) folder, Desktop (create
shortcut), Documents, Fax recipient, Mail recipient, Skype, DVD RW Drive
(F, and C (//Ross-xxx) (Z [my wife's PC]. With this Power Toy, I
could delete those entries I never use and add entries. The Power Toy
itself added entries for Any Folder [copy, not move], Clipboard as
Contents, and Clipboard as Name [actually, the path to the selected
object]. I added an entry for Photo Editor (e.g., sending a JPEG file).

The other very useful Power Toy added a Target item to the pull-down
context menu for shortcuts. This item had a six-entry submenu with Open
Container, Create Shortcut, Cut, Copy, Delete, and Properties. The
first two of these do exist in Windows 7, with Open Container now Open
File Location. I made frequent use of the other four.

Does anyone know how I might get such capabilities in Windows 7 (x634)?


Another one that I almost forgot: There was a Power Toy that added
"Explore from Here" to the pull-down context menu for folders, other
cobntainer objects, and their shortcuts. If I selected a folder,
right-clicked, and selected Explore from Here, Windows Explorer would
launch with the selected folder as the root of navigation. This avoided
a lot of clutter from extraneous objects in the navigation pane.

Try Right-clicking and selecting "Open in new window". It's built in.

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In message , Gene E. Bloch
writes:
On Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:31:23 +0000, John Williamson wrote:

BobbyM wrote:
[]
Simply:
1. Create a new folder where ever you like.
2. Name the folder (without the quotes):
"GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}"

Open the folder & all of the items are displayed.
If you don't like it and/or its contents, just delete the folder.

Thanks for that. I didn't know about it. Handy....

Now watch me break my system...

The GodMode label is arbitrary, chosen by some blogger a while back to
make his article more dramatic. You could name it ControlPanel or
NewYork. Or X.

All it is seems to be a folder with shortcuts to a lot of (maybe all of)
the control panel apps.

Oh. I'd hoped it was something new.

This thing - creating folders with odd magic strings in the name, which
just give an (albeit useful) way to get at an existing feature - has
been around for a while - certainly since XP, and I think possibly '9x.
There are several of them - I remember seeing a webpage that listed them
(if anyone's got it, please share). In some of the earlier versions, you
didn't name it whatyouwant.{magicstring}, you just named it
{magicstring}, and once you'd created it, it renamed itself (to, for
example, Control Panel, if that was the relevant one).
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On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 11:14:37 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

This thing - creating folders with odd magic strings in the name, which
just give an (albeit useful) way to get at an existing feature - has
been around for a while - certainly since XP, and I think possibly '9x.
There are several of them - I remember seeing a webpage that listed them
(if anyone's got it, please share). In some of the earlier versions, you
didn't name it whatyouwant.{magicstring}, you just named it
{magicstring}, and once you'd created it, it renamed itself (to, for
example, Control Panel, if that was the relevant one).

Thanks, that is more than I knew.

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