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Well use Everything or Agent Ransack and you will see the path.Steve Hayes said:Actually my main need was to see the file PATH.
I don't just want to know that it is somewhere in my computer, but I want to
know WHERE it is.
Well use Everything or Agent Ransack and you will see the path.Steve Hayes said:Actually my main need was to see the file PATH.
I don't just want to know that it is somewhere in my computer, but I want to
know WHERE it is.
In Word 2003, every method I have to open a file shows me its path. II want to open a file in MS Word, and it shows me the name of the file, but
not where it is.
In Word 2003, if I click on File - Properties, then the General tabSo I close word, navigate to where I think the file might be, and if it is
there, I click on it, and it opens Word and opens the file. But it would be so
much quicker and simpler if it showed the path in the first place.
Actually my main need was to see the file PATH.
I don't just want to know that it is somewhere in my computer, but I want to
know WHERE it is.
Which hard drive dangers are more common than having to reinstall
Windows? Perhaps I'm jaded because of the work I do, so I don't see
it.
I'm still confused as to where you want to see the path. In a folderActually my main need was to see the file PATH.
I don't just want to know that it is somewhere in my computer, but I want to
know WHERE it is.
There is one immutable law in the universe, IMO. Murphy's Law. ItYour choice, of course, but I don't agree, for three reasons:
1. If you are careful with your computer, a disaster that requires
reinstallation is extremely rare.
No, it does not suggest that at all. All it suggests is I don't agree2. Putting your data on a separate partition or drive suggests that
you do not have a strong regular backup procedure in place. If you
have a current backup of your data, there should be no fear about
losing your data because Windows has to be reinstalled.
Agreed. And that can happen to the back up drives as well.3. There are several dangers that affect the entire drive: head
crashes and other kinds of drive failure, severe power glitches,
nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the computer.
I've always had a better than average AV software installed. None of myIf you have good security software installed and you are careful about
what web sites you visit and what attachments you open, viruses should
not be a worry. I, for example, have never been infected.
Agreed. All any user can do is attempt to mitigate the dangers as bestBut if you
do get infected, everything and *everywhere* on your computer is at
risk, not just what's on C:.
IMO, safer than being on the boot partition.In truth your data is not safe if it's on
a separate partition.
Agreed, but on a different partition is better than nothing, IMO. RE:Having to reinstall Windows is only one of the
dangers to a hard drive, and not even the most likely one. In my view.
This kind of "safeguard" leaves you susceptible to simultaneous loss
of the original and backup to many of the most common dangers that
affect the entire physical drive, not just the particular partition.
Safety comes from a strong backup regimen, not from how you partition.
Personally, I prefer incremental backups, rather than a hard driveTo me there's only one good reason for keeping your data on a
partition separate from C:, and that's a good reason only for some
people. I think that most people's partitioning scheme should be based
on their backup scheme, and backup schemes generally fall into two
types: imaging the entire hard drive or backup of data only. If you
backup your data only, that backup is usually facilitated by having a
separate partition with data only. Then you can back up just that
partition easily, without having to collect bits and pieces from here
and there.
Exactly.Thus, I don't see much value in segregating
data just for 'ease of backup' purposes. To me, if you're going to do
it, it's probably because formatting the system drive and reinstalling
the OS doesn't need to touch the user's data when it's located
elsewhere.
+1Both Everything and Agent Ransack (and probably all the others) will
do that. If you search based on file name, not content, as Char says,
Everything is faster than Agent Ransack.
But since both are free, I recommend that you get both for future use.
Use Everything when you want to search by name, and Agent Ransack when
you want to search by content.
I haven't seen a head crash since about the early 1990's, so I'll putHere's one: head crashes and other kinds of drive failure.
Thanks everyone for the recommendations.Both Everything and Agent Ransack (and probably all the others) will
do that. If you search based on file name, not content, as Char says,
Everything is faster than Agent Ransack.
But since both are free, I recommend that you get both for future use.
Use Everything when you want to search by name, and Agent Ransack when
you want to search by content.
I use 1997 on my desktop computer running under Windows XP and 2010 on myI'm still confused as to where you want to see the path. In a folder
window, or in the Word file open dialog box? If in Word, which version
of Word are you using?
I guess I thought folks would be sharp enough to show the hidden itemsI find it interesting that a request for the shortcuts didn't actually
produce a list of the shortcuts.
Semantics.May I point out the obvious contradiction? You don't wish to tweak or
customize your new PC, but you'd like to redirect several folders? Is
that not a tweak or customization?
"Junction points" is a new phrase to me. I'll DuckDuckGo and IxquickLike Gene said, these are junction points (for backwards compatibility), not real shortcuts.
Google for more info.
I haven't seen a head crash since about the early 1990's, so I'll put
that one into the 'rare' category. I do see a few drive failures here
and there, but OS reinstalls outnumber them by a factor of (just
guessing) perhaps 30 or 40 to 1.
Junctions are one type of reparse point that has been available sinceKen Springer said:"Junction points" is a new phrase to me. I'll DuckDuckGo and Ixquick
the phrase and see what I find. I don't do Google except as a last
resort, haven't trusted them for a long time.
But should they also be redirected?
Thanks, but the technical explanation is above my pay grade. LOL (ButJunctions are one type of reparse point that has been available since
Windows 2000. Microsoft didn't provide tools or easy identification
within Windows Explorer regarding reparse points and few users bothered
or knew of the resource kits or 3rd party tools to create or delete
junctions (but obviously if they didn't know about them then they
wouldn't have investigated them).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reparse_point
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point
There's an oft-used sermon that begins with, 'When asking for help,I guess I thought folks would be sharp enough to show the hidden items
in their own computers and see what I was referring to.
Easier for you, yes, but that's not really the point, right? ;-)Seems easier
than typing a list since these shortcuts are created by Windows and not
the user. Logically, every Win7 will have the same shortcuts, or very
similar ones.
Assuming you're not kidding about that being a tweak or customization,Semantics.I don't consider changing where you store something to
be a tweak or customization. You're just moving stuff from one box to
another.
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