That's pretty much what I ended up doing, except I moved the folders
themselves to reside on the Desktop, not as shortcuts That way, I can drag
new images directly to those folders and organize them into sub-folders
later.
And I did a similar thing in naming the folders, except I used equal marks
(=== Pics). They appear near the top but below My Documents, My Computer,
and My Network Places, and strangely enough, below the shortcut to
MediaMonkey. At first, I thought that might be because MediaMonkey is the
only PROGRAM shortcut on my Desktop, but not so. I've also got Replicator
(Karensware) on the Desktop, so there must be some other explanation.
At any rate, thanks for your suggestions.
SB
-----Original Message-----
From: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of SamBarr
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:56 AM
To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Simply Computers] Re: Add a folder to the XP "Look In" list?
Hi
I was going to suggest a "shortcut" in either your Desktop or your
Documents. (one of the choices on the left when browsing).
The shortcut will take you to your picture folder where ever it is
located and then you can pick the current sub folder.
Go into Documents and right click an empty area.
Select "New" and then "Shortcut".
You will be prompted for the folder location first and then the name that
you want to see in Documents.
I use something like !!Pics to put it at the top.
When you browse, click Documents on the left and then !!Pics and you are
there.
Sam Barr
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "emailshere" <emailshere@...>
wrote:
>
> Bryce, thanks for your take on this, but here's what I needed to do in
> a little more detail.
>
> When I'm at a website that doesn't support FTP and forces me to browse
> for images, I get annoyed by the fact that for each new browsing
> session (within a couple minutes of each other), I have to dig down
> into my file hierarchy to find the next group of images I need (that
> takes four or five clicks). I am able to select multiple files (with
> Chrome, not with MSIE, oddly enough), but each time I click to Browse
> for the next set of images, the "Look in" window defaults to some
> prior event....or something, not really sure how Windows/Chrome makes
> this decision. You'd think on the second and subsequent browsings it
> would reopen in the folder I had just selected from, but it doesn't --
> it goes all the way back to, for example, Local Disk (C:)\Documents and
Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Google\Chrome\Application\14.0.835.186......over and over. Patience
> is not my strong suit.
>
> My solution is simple-minded but effective. I moved my three image
> folders to the desktop. Now when I Browse for them, it's just a
> matter of clicking Desktop from the left-hand column in the "Look in"
> dialog, and the folders are at the top of the list (named like this:
> === Pics1, etc., so they appear near the top of the list). Three easy
> clicks is much better than five clicks where scrolling and reading are
> involved.
>
> SB
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of B Welkin
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 3:45 PM
> To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Simply Computers] Re: Add a folder to the XP "Look In"
> list?
>
>
> Hi, Emails Here (or is that Email Share?)
>
> I am going out on a limb here - even though Roger
> seems to be working hard to help you - and guess
> that you cannot upload a >folder<. My guess is
> that you need to open the folder and after
> selecting a file or two you will see the "OK" button become active.
>
> If I recall correctly, you were trying to upload
> a folder-full to avoid having to create an
> on-line folder and upload pictures into it. If I
> have the right scenario then I think it's a
> folder copy issue with the on-line service. You
> would be correct to think that FTP protocol, used
> through something like SeaShell (D**n, can't
> remember it's actual name!) software. {OK I
> looked it up: SSH Secure Shell Client} But that requires a receptive host.
>
> ...Bryce
>
> At 01:39 PM 9/24/2011, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >Well, this was a no-go for me. Here's what I did:
> >
> >I wasn't able to browse for my image folder in the Map Network Drive
> >dialog, so I ran the Network Setup Wizard (will connect as
> >OWNER-######; Workgroup
> >name: HOME; file and printer sharing ON; "just finish the wizard; don't
> need
> >to run the wizard on other computers"). Restarted. Copied my image
> >folder to the SharedDocs folder under OWNER-###### (if I got this
> >working, I'd
> have
> >to MOVE, not copy, my image folder to the new location, so it would
> >be updated whenever its contents changed). However, now when I browse
> >to "select a shared network folder," though my image folder is there
> >and I can select it, the OK button is inactive (the button itself
> >appears active, but the "OK" is grayed out). Neither can I select the
> >SharedDocs on the Owner folder to be the shared network folder.
> >
> >So I'm stuck. Did I do something wrong? Maybe it's impossible to
> >trick
> >Windows into thinking there's a network when there really isn't one.
> >
> >I used the easy-idiot way to make browsing for my image folder
> >faster:
> >moved it to the desktop and gave it a name (=== pics) that puts it near
> >the top of the list (so two clicks away instead of four -- sheesh, we
> >have become so impatient!). It's still below My Documents, My Computer,
> >My Network Places, and for some reason, the shortcut to Media Monkey.
> >Odd, because everything else below my image folder is in alphabetical
> >order.
> >
> >SB
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From:
> ><mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>simplycomputers2@yahoogrou
> >ps.com
> >[mailto:simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of RogerX19
> >Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 6:17 PM
> >To:
>
><mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [Simply Computers] Re: Add a folder to the XP "Look In" list?
> >
> >If you've just been working on the image before you decided to upload
> >it, it might be in My Recent Documents, which is one of the selections
> >you see on the left.
> >
> >Otherwise, you could "Map a Network Drive" to the folder, which will
> >give it a drive letter (such as Z:), and it will appear directly under
> >My Computer.
> >
> >Open Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) and click Tools, then
> >Map
> >Network Drive. Pick a drive letter you want to use for it, then click
> >the Browse button to locate the folder.
> >
> >The next time you open My Computer you should see it.
> >
> >rogerX
> >
> >--- In
> ><mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>simplycomputers2@yahoogrou
> >ps.com
> ,
> >"emailshere" <emailshere@>
> >wrote:
> > >
> > > This is one of those annoyances I've put up with for years and
> > > finally got irritated enough to ask the group if there's a way
> > > around it.
> > >
> > > Multiple times a day, I upload images to an online site (my image
> > > folder is under Local Disk C; FTP not an option for this site). The
> > > site pops up the Open window, and I browse using the "Look in:"
> > > drop-down menu. This process takes several clicks because the files
> > > are three or four folders down in the hierarchy. On the left of the
> > > Open window are quick links to My Recent Documents, Desktop, My
> > > Documents, My Computer, My Network Places. Is there a way to add a
> > > folder
> >to that pane?
> > >
> > > I moved my image folder to C and gave it a name that puts it at
> > > the
> > > top of the list, but finding each new group of images still involves
> > > at least four doubleclicks (that's only one fewer than if I'd left
> > > the folder where it "belongs"). I would like to be able to click
> > > just once to access that folder.
> > >
> > > I suppose there are non-Microsoft file managers that enable this,
> > > but is there a way to do it within Windows XP?
> > >
> > > Thanks, SB
> > >
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