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    Sidewalker

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by iamfrontosa, Aug 3, 2006.

  1. iamfrontosa

    iamfrontosa Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm trying to program button one to open the "my documents" folder. I'm not having any success, anyone know what exactly the link would be to open that folder?

    Thankyou much
    jonFREY

    ;)
     
    iamfrontosa, Aug 3, 2006
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    ApheX Notebook Enthusiast

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    C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\my documents ?
    replace username with your username offcourse
     
    ApheX, Aug 3, 2006
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  3. iamfrontosa

    iamfrontosa Notebook Enthusiast

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    do you know if the "my documents" would have an extension at all? do folders have extentions? Everytime I select a folder it just wants to open it, waiting for me to select a file.

    I tried putting .lnk and .folder at the end of the target.
     
    iamfrontosa, Aug 4, 2006
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  4. ApheX

    ApheX Notebook Enthusiast

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    no, folders have no extensions.
    Can't install the program because I'm still waiting for my HEL80.
    But try making as shortcut to this folder and let him select it.
    Or if you can put in a command, use this:
    explorer C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\my documents\
     
    ApheX, Aug 4, 2006
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  5. l33t_c0w

    l33t_c0w Notebook Deity

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    seems that sidewalker is a painfully limited program. i couldn't find a way to even pass command line parameters... however, if you create a text file, put ApheX's line into it, and change the file extension to .bat (so if it was "mydocs_launcher.txt" change it to "mydocs_launcher.bat"), you can point Sidewalker to that file, and it will do what you want.

    otherwise, i'm sure there's some free program on the internet that does this kind of thing without strings attached.
     
    l33t_c0w, Aug 4, 2006
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  6. iamfrontosa

    iamfrontosa Notebook Enthusiast

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    Holy crap that worked, thanks. I was workin on that stupid button for days now. Way to be smart.
     
    iamfrontosa, Aug 4, 2006
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