Ninotech Path Copy

- Version 4.0

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Ninotech Path Copy Description:
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Ninotech Path Copy is a shell extension that enables you to copy the path of
a file or directory to the Clipboard from inside the Windows Explorer. All you
have to do is to open the Windows Explorer, right-click the item(s) of interest
and choose "Copy Path" in the context menu.


Ninotech Path Copy Installation:
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Uninstall any old copy of Ninotech Path Copy before installing this copy of
Ninotech Path Copy.

Right-click on PATHC400.INF file and choose "Install" in the context menu.
If a dialog appears asking the location of the files, navigate to the files
and click OK (in most cases, the correct path will already be shown).


Ninotech Path Copy Requirements:
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Ninotech Path Copy requires system libraries distributed with Microsoft
Internet Explorer 3.0 or later.

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Revision List:


* Version 4.0

  Additions:

  - Support for the Visual Styles introduced in Windows XP. This means that
    the graphical user interface of Path Copy matches the look of Windows XP.
  - "Copy Short Folder" and "Copy Long Folder" menu items added to enable copy
    of the folder name of a file or a directory.
  - "Menu" page added to the Setup dialog box. This allows the user to
    configure the Path Copy context menu. It is possible to configure which
    copy menu items that appear on the context menu. It is also possible to
    make the menu items appear on the root of the context menu of the Windows
    Explorer instead of on the Path Copy submenu.
    - Right-click the menu items in the list on the "Menu" page to configure
      their location and visibility.
  - By default the "Copy Short..." menu items don't appear on the Path Copy
    context menu. Use the "Menu" page in the Setup dialog box to show them.
  - A fifth user defined copying method added.
  - The user defined copying methods support enclosing the copied path in
    quotation marks. Enable this feature from the Setup dialog box.
  - It is possible invoke the quotation marks feature for all menu item by
    pressing and holding down the SHIFT key while choosing the menu item in
    the Windows Explorer context menu.
  - Online help updated.


  Removals:

  - None


  Fixes:

  - Corrected problem with copying the UNC path of an item on the local
    computer located in a folder that is shared. If the item's folder is also
    located in a shared folder, it was arbitrary which of the two folder share
    names that was used to construct the UNC path.
  - "Copy Short UNC Path", "Copy Long UNC Path", and "Copy Internet Path" are
    now grayed out in the context menu if an UNC path cannot be constructed.
  - Corrected problem with copying the UNC path of items in a Windows 
    Terminal Server session.


* Version 3.0

  Additions:

  - "Copy Short Name" and "Copy Long Name" menu items added to enable copy of
    the file and directory names without the full path.
  - Wildcards (? and *) are now supported when replacing text in user defined
    copy methods.
  - Online help updated.


  Removals:

  - None


  Fixes:

  - When a user defined copy method replaces text all occurrences of the text
    to replace are now replaced. Previously only the first occurrence was
    replaced.


* Version 2.1

  Additions:

  - Support for user defined copying methods. Choose "Setup..." in the 
    "Copy Path" menu to setup the copying methods. This means that the user
    can define settings for the way that paths are copied. These settings
    include replacement of text, conversion of backslashes to slashes, etc.
  - About dialog box added (choose "About Path Copy" in the System menu of
    the Setup Path Copy dialog box).
  - Online help added.


  Removals:

  - None


  Fixes:

  - Correct displaying of help texts in the Windows Explorer status bar.


* Version 2.0

  Additions:

  - "Copy Short UNC Path" menu item added to allow UNC paths to be converted 
    to short paths.
  - "Copy Internet Path" menu item added to allow paths to be formatted 
    according to the internet standard. This means that e.g. spaces are
    converted to %20's. This allows the copied path to be used as a file link
    in e.g. e-mails (of course the e-mail client has to supports file links -
    Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express support file links).
  - When an item located in a shared directory on the local hard drive is
    path copied (through UNC or Internet copy), the name of the share is now
    merged into the path copied to the Clipboard (this feature works on
    Windows NT and Windows 2000, but NOT on Windows 95/98).


  Removals:

  - None


  Fixes:

  - "Copy Path" menu sometimes appeared multiple times in the Windows Explorer
    File menu. This has been fixed.
  - The Windows Explorer crashes when the "Copy Path" menu item is chosen
    from the context menu of the folder tree (in the left pane). This has
    been fixed.


* Changes in version 1.0

  - First public release

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E-mail: ninotech@image.dk

Copyright  1998-2001 Ninotech
All Rights Reserved

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This program is freeware and may be redistributed without limit provided it
is retained in its original form, with all files included.
