FileBox eXtender - Add favorites and recently accessed buttons to explorer
This is a powerful application which add buttons to your standard window dialog boxes so that you can access your favorites and recently accessed folders quickly.
If you always navigate through different folders to manage your files, you may need this powerful application. After you install the application, you can see 4 new buttons appear on your Open File and Save File dialog boxes, and also your explorer windows.
As you can see, there are totally 4 new buttons added. The first button is the button which opens the “Recent Folders” menu. This feature is very useful when you are moving files from a folder to another folder. The second icon is your “Favorites” menu. You can add files, folders, document names, and even file filters on it. In this example, i had added “My Documents” to the list.
The third button is the “roll-up” button. When you click on the button, the current window is “rolled up” and leaving only its title bar, and it set its properties to “Always on top”. The last button is the “push-pin” button which let you to “pin” any window to the top-most level. This feature is useful when you want to open a document and need to refer it often.
OK, let us see how to add your favorite folders to the “Favorite” menu.
When you open your FileBox eXtender configuration window, choose the Favorite tab. Click the New Item button if you want to add new files/folders to your “Favorite” menu.
Then, you can choose Browse for a Folder to add a folder or Browse for a File to add a file. After this, the item will appear in your “Favorite” menu. click Hide to exit the configuration page. Don’t click Close, this will close the application instead of hide it.
You can repeat the same processes to add more item to the “Favorite” menu.
This is a free application release under GNU General Public License. It support both 32-bit and 64-bit windows (XP and Vista). You can download the C++ source code it you want to mane any modifications.
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