I am looking for quickie app into which I can paste a Windows 7 file path and which converts it to a URL.
Very simple: prefixes the path with file:/// and then changes all the \'s to /'s.
(Easy to edit the paths but life's too short).
Are there any suggestions?
It sounds like you currently put a path to a file into the OS clipboard (perhaps using shift-right-click from within Windows Explorer) and then paste/modify that info into the address field of a browser - correct?
Does the path that you start with contain a mapped drive letter or is it a UNC connection? Do you need the app that you are looking for to handle both local/mapped drive paths and UNC paths?
Are there quotation marks around the original path?
Most browsers already convert \ to / and they will handle a mapped local, mapped and UNC paths as is.
I use Thunderbird email client and can Save an email as .eml.
Then in PowerDesk file manager I select the file and Edit, Copy Path as Text.
I then paste this text path into the Notes pane of 'Handy Address Book' against the relevant contact.
HAB doesn't know about Windows paths but if in HAB I prefix the path with 'file:///' and change the back-slashes to make it a URL it goes blue and I can click on it to open the .eml file in my default Opera browser.
From there I can paste the relevant text back into HAB under the relevant URL.
This is very readable and useful.
However I was brought up with Unix and my file paths are often very long; no Libraries, no My Documents, etc. and so editing the paths is tedious.
There must a way to automate this. I do like HAB for managing contacts; maybe something completely different is called for...
A few lines of scripting via AutoIt should do what you want:
You can edit the "c:" part as needed.Code:$var = StringReplace(ClipGet(), "\", "/") $var = StringReplace($var, "c:", "file://") ClipPut($var)
You can run that script via an OS shortcut key...
(assign it something like Ctrl-Alt-c for convert)
...or you can add code that lets it run all of the time - converting the info in the OS clipboard when you press some key or key combo.
Personally, I would leave the script as a text file and run it like that. If you would rather compile it, see the info just above and below the last video in this post.
Apologies for late acknowledgement.
I am working through AutoIt and it does look as if it will do the job.
Hello,
this task can be solved a lot easier with "Copy UNC Path". That's indeed a great tool.
Kind regards,
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