Jump to directory --- Find and Run Robot (FARR) style

[YvFo]

Hi, bonjour,
I would very much appreciate to have the possibility to jump to a directory using an interface like the one one finds in Find and Run Robot (OR Launchy).

Is there a plug-in for that?
Could this be added?

My problem with Ctrl+D is that my list of directories is really too long to use with keyboard shortcuts.
Furthermore, sometimes, i know I have a directory with some specific string(s) in it, but I don"t remember where(higher level directories) I put it.

Going in a similar direction, is it possible to jump instantly to a directory one finds using "search everything"?

Thanks in advance,

Yves

[EricB]

Hi Yves,

You can use the directory tree (Alt-F10) for that. Ore use the external tool XCD (http://matbal.drivehq.com) which does a fuzzy search using TC's directory tree.

To use TC to open a result from Everything (of course use the correct path to TC), use this in Everything.ini; make sure to first close Everything, before adapting the ini.

open_folder_command2=$exec("D:\TC8\TOTALCMD.EXE" /O /T /L="%1")
open_file_command2=$exec("D:\TC8\TOTALCMD.EXE" /S=L "%1")

This will open the folder in a new tab in the current TC. Note that if you select a file which happens to be an archive (zip or other) then the command will open the archive by 'jumping' into it.

Regards, EricB

[YvFo]

Hi Eric,
Thanks for the information.
Alt+F10 isn't doing it for me.
XCD does it but FARR does an automatic update as you type and just using the up-down keys you can select your output. Eeasier for me!
With "search everything" the added/changed context menu item as you propose it does it even better.
By the way, it gave me the opportunity to fix the error i had in the register key to make Total Commander my default file system explorer, wich allows to get more or less what I want too.

<Pour mémoire>
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Total_Commander]
@="Total Commander"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Total_Commander\command]
@="\"C:\\U\\totalcmd\\TOTALCMD.EXE\" /O \"%1\""
/<Pour mémoire>

Your help brought me in the comfort zone with this issue, but still I have the hope alt+F10 will be replaced by something more flexible, (leaving CTRL+D for the very favorites only).

Thank you for your time and sapientia,

Yves

[gbb]

Hi Yves,

To use TC to open a result from Everything (of course use the correct path to TC), use this in Everything.ini; make sure to first close Everything, before adapting the ini.

open_folder_command2=$exec("D:\TC8\TOTALCMD.EXE" /O /T /L="%1")
open_file_command2=$exec("D:\TC8\TOTALCMD.EXE" /S=L "%1")

Regards, EricB

I just discovered that this doesn't work if there are spaces in the path to TC. For example, mine is

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Utils\TotalCmd\TOTALCMD.EXE"

which doesn't work. I experimentally changed it to:

"C:\0\TOTALCMD.EXE"

and it works. I wonder if there's a way to get it working with the spaces?

[MVV]

Maybe this will work?

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open_folder_command2=$exec(""C:\Program Files (x86)\Utils\TotalCmd\TOTALCMD.EXE" /O /T /L="%1"")

[gbb]

Maybe this will work?

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open_folder_command2=$exec(""C:\Program Files (x86)\Utils\TotalCmd\TOTALCMD.EXE" /O /T /L="%1"")

Yesterday I tried every imaginable combination using double quotes, single quotes, 20%, ^, and other suggestions I found by searching the web for "blank spaces in command line". Nothing worked. I may end up putting TC in a different directory since opening TC from Everything is important for me, but I want to try everything possible before making that move.