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Does anybody know of a simple, hotkey activated script that can copy the file names of selected files from a Windows Explorer window?

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FileSelectFile

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FileselectFolder

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Read the clipboard documentation there you will see indeed that it is a simple ctrl-c action.

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Hi Obi-Wahn and HugoV,

Thanks for your replies.



Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the same as just using Ctrl + C? The result is that the files are copied.

I would like to copy the file names of the selected files to paste in a document listing a folder's files.

Hi SpiderGames,

Thanks for your reply.

I have been looking at FileSelectFile but I have not worked out how to use it yet. I shall experiment further unless somebody has any other suggestions.

You are wrong, that´s why HugoV wrote:
try this on selected files from a Windows Explorer window, to see yourself:

pretty problematic
for some reason unless you manually ctrl+c first it shows the previously selected file

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...another alternative.

Thanks for putting me straight Z_Gecko,

I have tried your suggestion and I see the file names listed in the Message Box -

Thanks jaco0646,
Your suggestion works very well when I drag the files on to the AHK script - it displays the information in a message box.

Copying the resulting message to the clipboard works when I add an extra line to the end of the script: