


Imagine if you want to create a new folder containing files from two different locations. Here's an idea for (potentially) a new PowerToy: Once the folder is named, the selected files are moved into that editįROM #6405 by "Hopper" - Easier way to create new folders from files located two or more locations.

A new folder is created within the current folder one is in/viewing in Windows Explorer. Right click and select from a context menu, or click a button on the toolbar to launch the operation. Effectively this is a reverse sequence of events from what is required in Windows Explorer currently. Proposed technical implementation details (optional)Įssentially this is a Windows Explorer implementation of the similarly named function in (Apple's) macOS Finder. The name under your new file or folder shortcut will start with Shortcut to.Provide a means to select files then put them into a new folder created at the time the operation is executed.If the shortcut is for a folder, then the icon will look like a folder. The icon will be the program used to open the file if your shortcut is for a specific file.It is there, probably over on the right if you don’t have too many desktop shortcuts already. Look around for your new desktop shortcut. Once you close or minimize all the open windows, your desktop appears.This action creates a desktop shortcut to the file or folder on your desktop. Left click the Desktop (create shortcut) item on the list.

