Advanced UI for custom commands about pathcopycopy HOT 12 CLOSED

I'm using zulip/zulip a lot which supports markdown and their desktop app can open file:/// paths.
I would love to have something like a context menu entry Copy Path Zulip Markdown or just Copy Path Markdown
it would then take the last folder name or the file name and create his

[Office](file:///C:\Program Files\Office)
[winword.exe](file:///C:\Program Files\Office\winword.exe)
This would result in a clickable link for the recipient. Very useful in a local network where everyone sends links around to a network share.

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@vbNETonIce You can do that with a custom command. Base it on "Copy Long Path", and in the Find/Replace options, select "Use regular expressions" and enter:

Find what: ^(.*)\\([^\\]+)$
Replace with: [$2](file:///$1\$2)

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Thanks for the reply. I'll try that! Is there a way of applying this custom setting to 50+ PC via group policy or copying a settings file. in short: After I add this custom setting where does PathCopyCopy save it?

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It's saved in the registry, in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\clechasseur\PathCopyCopy\PipelinePlugins, but it's identified via a GUID. One thing you can try is to open the Settings app and choose "Export settings", which will export all your settings in a .reg file. Trim it down using a text editor to keep only your plugin and I guess you could apply that across a network by importing the registry file - I'm no expert with group policies but I'm sure there's a way.

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one word: sweet! I do a lot of registry modifications via group policy so this should work. Will let you know about the outcome.

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ok, worked fine. Things to remember for whoever wants to try it.

• create all three registry entries
• set the (default) key as default (or standard as in the screenshot). If you forget PCC will report an error as the GPO create two default entries

I still have a question though: The new custom command can be found in the path copy copy settings but it's not checked as Main. Where is that setting saved?

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oh, ok. found it:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\clechasseur\PathCopyCopy\MainMenuDisplayOrder

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This works great. Thanks for your help. But I assume the GUID will be different for other people.

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The GUIDs of built-in commands (as they appear in MainMenuDisplayOrder) will be the same for everyone. However, the GUID of the custom command will be different, yes.

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In hindsight, this issue's original intent seems to complex for little gain. I'll close this for now.

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Thought about this some more today and it would indeed be helpful, even if only for fringe cases. Reopening.

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This has been implemented and merged into master. It will be available in the next version (17.0).

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