Well I've writte my own FileNote and perhaps someone might find it useful. I'll use it to add a description file in text format to any other file.
If you select a file or folder from your explorer there is a context menu entry which opens an editor and creates a file with the same name as of the selected file but with a different ending.
Example:
Firefox.exe
When running FileNote on this program, it creates a file called Firefox.txt.
It has some advantages againt the original program:
1. You could it use on Folders.
2. You could also use file name with a blank inside (there is a bug in the orignal program)
One disadvantage:
You have to edit your registry by hand.
; AutoHotkey Version: 1.7 ; Language: English ; Platform: Win9x/NT ; Author: Maria Seliger mailto:[email protected] ; Script Function: Creates a text file to a selected file or folder via ; context menu. ; Save Content of Clipboard in Variable ClipSaved ClipSaved := ClipboardAll ; Start off empty to allow ClipWait to detect when the text has arrived. clipboard = ; Copy Command Send ^c ; Wait for the clipboard to contain text. ClipWait ; Variable String get content of clipboard ; Rewrite Content of Clipboard clipboard := ClipSaved ; Trim name of the file and delete extension FullFileName = %clipboard% SplitPath, FullFileName, name, dir, ext, name_no_ext, drive ; Run file editor, here PSPad Run, C:\Programme\PSPad\PsPad.exe "%name%.txt"
First you should suit the file name to the editor (e. g. you might use Notepad).
Create a new ahk script and compile the project to get an .exe file. Put the .exe file somewhere.
To use this script you must edit your registry - here an example with Windows XP, where the FileNote.exe is stored here:
Z:\Programme\Dateimanagement\FileNote.exe
To use with files add this to your registry
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell]
Add the key FileNote and then the key Command and enter the path in the standard value.
Example:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\FileNote\Command]
Standard Value: "Z:\Programme\Dateimanagement\FileNote.exe" "%1"
The same you can do with folders, but you must use this registry key:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\FileNote\Command]
Greetings, Maria!