Copy as Path utility (create link to file)

[montanan]

Hello folks.

I frequently need to create links to files located in various Windows directories. Here is the script I use, in Windows 10 (I believe it will work in Windows 7 as well, but not sure how far back beyond that). I associate a Hot Key with my script so that I can use it at any time.

To use this script...

1) select a file in Windows Explorer
2) run the script (which will create the link and place it on the clipboard)
3) paste the link wherever you want to use it

I hope it's helpful to others.

-Richard

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//Copy as Path utility

Wait>1
Press>Shift
RClick
Release>Shift
Wait>1
Send>a
Wait>1
WaitClipBoard
GetClipBoard>clipdata
StringReplace>clipdata,",,clipdatatransone
StringReplace>clipdatatransone,SPACE,%20,clipdatatranstwo
PutClipBoard>file:///%clipdatatranstwo%
Exit

[CyberCitizen]

Didn't work for me, however I use http://stefan.bertels.org/en/clipboardpath

The reason I use this is you can hold down shift when selecting the drop down option to return the full network name / path (not just the mapped drive).