If you have ever sent a document to the Recycle Bin, you have probably wondered why there are two different ways to delete a file. If you right-click a file or folder and select Delete, it goes to the Recycle Bin (see left picture). However, if you want to permanently delete a file, you hold down Shift and select Delete and you skip the Recycle Bin middle man (see right picture).
Well, the Shift button isn’t only helpful for deletions; it’s helpful for a few other things as well. For example, if you right-click a folder, you normally get the view shown in (picture left). But if you right-click it with the Shift button held down, you get something a little different (see picture right).
Two new options come into view:
1. Open Command Window Here-If you choose to open a command window, it opens
the window rooted in the selected folder.
2. Copy as Path-Allows you to copy the path of the folder back to the system or network server’s original point.
If you have ever wanted to send someone a link from a network share and had to traverse the path all the way back to its source to give them the full path name, then this tip is for you. By remembering the hidden context menu found by holding Shift when you right-click, you can quickly get the address of any folder or file.
The hidden context menu comes up the same way when right-clicking a file. The new options that appear in this case, however, are
1. Open As Read Only-Ensures that changes you make to the document are not saved back to the original
2. Pin to Start Menu-Enables you to add any file to the Start menu
3. Add to Quick Launch-Enables you to put the file or application directly on
your Quick Launch bar
4. Copy As Path-Does the same as above, copying to the clipboard the path of the file all the way back to the system or network share.
Note: The Pin to Start Menu feature was also available in XP for your shortcuts and applications.
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