Using Favorite Places

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Using Favorite Places

 

Quick Navigation to Folders

in an Explore View by selecting a bookmark listed clicking the down arrow

Create New Explore View Directly to Folder

by selecting the a bookmark to create the window from

Easily Create from a Folder

simply right-click on a folder name in the list of folders (the right-hand pane) and select More Folder Tools | Add to Favorites from the popup menu. (Or click the down arrow next to the favorites button and select the Add command.)

Default Bookmarks

are created by FileBoss when the program is first run. The defaults consist of the drives connected to the computer and common folders such as My Documents and My Pictures (the exact folders will depend on the version of Windows and the setup of your computer).

Dynamic Bookmarks

Point to the current drives on your computer and are updated whenever the list of bookmarks is displayed. These dynamic bookmarks to drives can be displayed at the top or bottom of the bookmark list or disabled. In addition you can specify that they display the drive's full name, e.g. System C:\ or traditional letter notation, e.g. C:\..

Default and User Defined Names

Default names are given to new bookmarks based on the name of the folder they refer too. These can be manually changed when editing bookmarks


Working with Bookmarks

To Create a Bookmark

Right-click a folder in the folder list (the left window pane) and select More Folder Tools | Add to Favorites from the popup menu
or highlight the folder, click the down arrow next to the bookmark button and select the Add command.

To Go To a Bookmark

Click the down arrow and select the bookmark from the list
or select a bookmark from the File | Favorites > main menu item. (Only available when an Explore View is active.)

To Start a new Explore View using a Bookmark

Click the down arrow and select a bookmark from the list
or select a bookmark from the File | Favorites > main menu item.

To Delete a Bookmark

Click the down arrow next to the bookmark button and select the Edit Favorites command.
or select File | Favorites | Edit Favorites command from the main menu.

Then

In the Edit Bookmarks dialog highlight the bookmark and click the Delete button.

To Rename a Bookmark

Click the down arrow next to the bookmark button and select the Edit Favorites command.
or select File | Favorites | Edit Favorites command from the main menu.

Then

In the Edit Bookmarks dialog highlight the bookmark and click the Edit button. In the Edit dialog everything before an open chevron (>) is the title and everything after it is the bookmark. (If there is no chevron the whole string is both the title and the bookmark.

Reset Bookmarks to the Default List

Click the down arrow next to the bookmark button and select the Edit Favorites command.
or select File | Favorites | Edit Favorites command from the main menu.

Then

In the Edit Bookmarks dialog click the Delete All button and then the OK button to close the dialog.

The next time you access the bookmarks (by selecting one to go to or to create an Explore View from, FileBoss will repopulate the bookmark list with default values


 

Ref: HTDE_USING_BOOKMARKS

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