search > right click > open file location (or folder)

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I want to search for a file and when I find it, I want to be able to right
click and select open file location
so a explorer window will open and I can see where the file is located...

this used to exist in xp search..

any ideas?

thnx
 
hit windows key (2nd left bottom row) type your file name right click the
name - 2nd bottom is find location
 
Use Windows Key + F. Enter your file name parameter in the search box. In
the list of returned matching files, right click the file you want and click
"Open file location".

Tyro
 
I know the method of how to search, the entry in the right click no longer
exists

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Tyro said:
Use Windows Key + F. Enter your file name parameter in the search box. In
the list of returned matching files, right click the file you want and
click "Open file location".

Tyro
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It exists in the right click menu in my copy of Vista Ultimate SP1. It's
also there if I click Start, enter a file name in the search box, and right
click on the file presented.

Tyro


CBoom said:
I know the method of how to search, the entry in the right click no longer
exists
Click to expand...
 
Thank you Tyro, yes I know, but for some reason in my Vista SP1 it doesn't
exist...

that's why I posted here.. perhaps someone would know the solution
 
I want to search for a file and when I find it, I want to be able to right
click and select open file location
so a explorer window will open and I can see where the file is located...

this used to exist in xp search..

any ideas?

thnx
Click to expand...

It exists in my Vista (Home Premium). Did you lose it? Or did you never
have it?

See if this site (found via Google) can help you:

http://www.techoddity.com/tweaks

It's under Registry Tweaks, Open File Location Context Menu Item Removal
(Windows Vista).

I looked at all four registry files on that site; they make sense to me.
That's a joke: these stupid GUIDs don't make sense! What I really mean is
that they look like what I was expecting.

I disabled (by changing its value) one of the keys in the registry that
refers to {37ea3a21-7493-4208-a011-7f9ea79ce9f5}, which I got from the
files on that site, and it disabled the context menu item. I reenabled it
and the context item returned.

BTW, if the above doesn't get you to where you want to go, let me know.
There are a total of nine relevant keys in my registry, and I don't know
which one(s) might be missing or corrupt on your machine.

I also discovered why I couldn't initially find it on my own in the
registry: it's called "Open Containing Folder Menu" and (silly me) I
searched for "Open File Location".

My two books on Vista were no help at all in this problem. This didn't
surprise me: it's consistent with how helpful they have always been.

HTH
 
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