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Does anyone know if there is a program that will allow you to quickly show hidden files in a folder, or hide them in a folder? Like say a program that adds an option to the right click menu for folders that allows you to toggle this folder feature?

Also, what about the same thing for showing the file extension?

Like this maybe:

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Thanx - any info would be appreciated!

Miran

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Sorry image is working now (obviously) :D

Thanx for the info, but magic folders isn't really what I'm looking for.. I'm basically sick of going through tools->folder options->view->show hidden files or whatever.. It gets annoying :).. And yes I know I can just leave it on show hidden, and show extensions, but I find it ugly..

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This is a screenie of my folder/desktop background context menu. Note the option to show and hide files and folders. This is made possible with a VB script which I wrote. It should be possible to write another script for the file extension thing you mentioned.

Are you looking for this functionality on the folder backgrond context menu or the actual folder itself's context menu?

http://stefang.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/context.png

This is a screenie of my folder/desktop background context menu. Note the option to show and hide files and folders. This is made possible with a VB script which I wrote. It should be possible to write another script for the file extension thing you mentioned.

Are you looking for this functionality on the folder backgrond context menu or the actual folder itself's context menu?

how'd you do that? please share? i think i remember seeing something at virtualplastic a while back, but i can't remember...

I've been looking for a way to add "select all' to a context menu for explorer. I gave up because 'select all' doesn't have a class id (as far as i can tell), but that vbscript idea seems good. Does anyone have a vbscript or something to 'select all'?

Ctrl+A ;)

http://stefang.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/context.png

This is a screenie of my folder/desktop background context menu. Note the option to show and hide files and folders. This is made possible with a VB script which I wrote. It should be possible to write another script for the file extension thing you mentioned.

Are you looking for this functionality on the folder backgrond context menu or the actual folder itself's context menu?

Would you be so kind as to post the code for your entire right click menu? That's exactly what I've wanted for the longest time, if only I had known it was possible.

Would you be so kind as to post the code for your entire right click menu? That's exactly what I've wanted for the longest time, if only I had known it was possible.

Here here!

But seriously.. A script would be awesome. However, I'm not clear as to whether your script shows all HIDDEN files and folders, or just toggles hiding of ALL files and folders?

http://stefang.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/context.png

This is a screenie of my folder/desktop background context menu. Note the option to show and hide files and folders. This is made possible with a VB script which I wrote. It should be possible to write another script for the file extension thing you mentioned.

Are you looking for this functionality on the folder backgrond context menu or the actual folder itself's context menu?

pls share this vbs

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  • 2 weeks later...

Heh, sorry to take so long to get back to you all. Been kinda busy :blush:

Anyway here's the vbs. Use a program called Fast Explorer to add items to the desktop/folder background context menu. Grab it here

'Begin code for FolderViewXP.vbs
'Version: 2.0 - WIndows XP (March 19, 2002)

Option Explicit
Dim WSHShell, RegKey, FolderView
Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
RegKey = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\"
FolderView = WSHShell.RegRead (RegKey & "Hidden")

If FolderView = 1 Then   'Show hidden files and folders selected
      WSHShell.RegWrite RegKey & "Hidden", 2, "REG_DWORD"   'Do not show hidden files and folders
Else
      WSHShell.RegWrite RegKey & "Hidden", 1, "REG_DWORD"   'Show hidden files and folders
End If

WSHShell.SendKeys "+{F10}e"   'Refresh

RaGe-

The look of the menu was achieved in 3 ways

1) The menu was initially cleaned up by hiding some of the unwanted options, mainly the standard 'New' menu. The only options I ever used on this menu were 'New Text Document' and 'New Folder'. I used X-Setup to hide the menu but you could just do a manual registry hack.

2)The added options 'New Folder', 'New Text Document' and 'Show/Hide Files & Folders' are all vb scripts which I wrote and are added to the menu by Fast Explorer

3)The shell32.dll was hacked with reshacker and menu 215 changed to the following:

215 MENUEX
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
POPUP "", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
	MENUITEM "R&efresh", 28931, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
	MENUITEM "", 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
	MENUITEM "&Paste", 28698, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
	MENUITEM "Paste &Shortcut", 28700, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
	MENUITEM "&Undo", 28699, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
	MENUITEM "", 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
	POPUP "Appearance", 4, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
	{
  POPUP "&View", 28674, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
  {
 	 MENUITEM "Filmstri&p", 28719, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
 	 MENUITEM "T&humbnails", 28717, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
 	 MENUITEM "Tile&s", 28718, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
 	 MENUITEM "Ico&ns", 28713, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
 	 MENUITEM "&List", 28715, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
 	 MENUITEM "&Details", 28716, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
  }
  POPUP "Arrange &Icons By", 28673, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
  {
 	 MENUITEM "", 30208, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
 	 MENUITEM "Show in &Groups", 30209, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
 	 MENUITEM "&Auto Arrange", 28753, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
 	 MENUITEM "A&lign to Grid", 28756, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
  }
  MENUITEM "", 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
  MENUITEM "&Choose Details...", 28723, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
  MENUITEM "Customize This &Folder...", 28722, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
	}
}
}

Voila, one tweaked desktop contxt menu. Bwuhahahahaha.

Using Fast Explorer to run a vbs from the desktop context menu

Start Fast Explorer

Click on 'Submenu Items'

Check 'Enable Dynamic Items'

Click 'Item' and then 'Add Item'

Enter details as shown in screenshot - select wscript.exe as the application, path to the vbs as the parameters and File folder background as the file type

Job done

You can also see the other vbs which I use in the screenshot - one to create new folders, one for new text documents and one for file backup

FastExplorer.png

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