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Generate "file://" URIs in Windows Explorer

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Mar 15, 202617274 views
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I am searching for a way to obtain a proper file:/ URI from inside Windows Explorer. Basically I would like to have a context menu entry which says "copy file URI to clipboard". Does something like that exist? This is not a duplicate of "Copy filename to clipboard" since I want a file URI and not t…

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Just came up with this VBS. Save it as a .VBS file. Drag and drop a file on to the VBScript and it copies the file's URI to clipboard. You can implement it in the right-click menu if required. It copies the file name to memory, reverses the slashes,…

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