On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:17:49 -0000, "thelunit"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Hi
>
>Far too often, I get presented with the terrible "Browse for folder" dialog. 
>Terrible because I have arthritis of hand and I haven't found any way of 
>dealing with these but to do a stack of clicking on them to select the correct 
>folder.
>
>I know there are some Powerpro tricks for dealing with Open/Save file dialogs. 
>But is there anything available to assist with "Browse for folder" dialogs. I 
>have not been able to find anything, and can't think of a way to address the 
>issue.
>
>Thanks
>

Hi,

It's not PowerPro, but the (now) freeware FileBox eXtender from
Hyperionics (www.hyperionics.com) may be what you are after. I've used
it for years, a program that I can't do without now on my PC, and it's
one of the very few programs on my PC that isn't freeware (it is now,
but it was shareware when I bought a licence for it so I still
consider it shareware ;-)

It basically allows you to set up a number of commonly used folders,
and it attachs a button to windows explorer 'file' dialogs, allowing
you to click on the button, select one of these folders you want to go
to, and then it will automatically take you there, without you having
to click your way through an explorer file browse dialog. It basically
saves you a huge amount of time if you spend a bit of time in
explorer's file browsing dialogs. It also puts a 'recently used
folders' button on the dialogs as well, so it catches folders that you
haven't yet set up as favourites too. The version from the download
page is the stable, 'runs on versions of Windows up to and including
XP' version. If you are running Vista, there is a version available
for Vista - it's a Beta technically, but I'm running it on my PC and
apart from the odd file dialog it can't handle (admin running windows
mainly, the normal Vista user account being a non-admin account), it
works fine and is stable. The download link for the Vista version is
in the FileBox forums (link is on the Hyperionics website).
--

Regards,

Grumpy

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