Vista interface shortcoming compared to XP and 2003

[Nick Payne]

In WinXP and Win2003 (and in previous versions of Windows workstation and
server OS) I can drag and drop a path from Windows Explorer to a cmd window
and the path is automatically added to the command line, including
surrounding quotes if the path contains spaces. In network administration I
use this feature dozens of times a day. This capability has disappeared in
Windows Vista (I loaded Vista Business on a test workstation to have a
look), and the closest equivalent I have found - clicking in the Windows
Explorer address path, Ctrl+C to copy the path, right-click in the cmd
window to paste, add quotes if needed - is several times slower.

Nick

 

[Jon]

In WinXP and Win2003 (and in previous versions of Windows workstation and
server OS) I can drag and drop a path from Windows Explorer to a cmd
window and the path is automatically added to the command line, including
surrounding quotes if the path contains spaces. In network administration
I use this feature dozens of times a day. This capability has disappeared
in Windows Vista (I loaded Vista Business on a test workstation to have a
look), and the closest equivalent I have found - clicking in the Windows
Explorer address path, Ctrl+C to copy the path, right-click in the cmd
window to paste, add quotes if needed - is several times slower.

Nick

You can also shift right-click on a item > Copy as path

and then right-click to paste in the cmd window.

Not as quick as dragging and dropping, I agree, but perhaps slightly quicker

 

[Adam Leinss]

In WinXP and Win2003 (and in previous versions of Windows
workstation and server OS) I can drag and drop a path from Windows
Explorer to a cmd window and the path is automatically added to
the command line, including surrounding quotes if the path
contains spaces. In network administration I use this feature
dozens of times a day. This capability has disappeared in Windows
Vista

I noticed that as well...definitely a regression.

Adam

 

[Andrew McLaren]

I agree this is a real pain. I queried it during the beta, and it turned out
to be a deliberate change. The drag-n-drop involved code which was
potentially vulnerable to security exploits. Apparently it would have been
very difficult, and maybe destabilising, to modify the Console subsystem
code to meet Microsoft's security guidelines. So they decided to drop the
feature altogether. It was felt not many people used the drag-n-drop, and
there was a semi-reasonable workaround (ie, clicking in the Windows Explorer
address path, Ctrl+C to copy the path, right-click in the cmd window to
paste, add quotes if needed).

Hopefully when PowerShell has a fully Windows-based command processor (maybe
PowerShell 2.0?) this feature will return.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Qu0ll]

In WinXP and Win2003 (and in previous versions of Windows workstation and
server OS) I can drag and drop a path from Windows Explorer to a cmd
window > and the path is automatically added to the command line,
including surrounding quotes if the path contains spaces. In network
administration I > use this feature dozens of times a day. This capability
has disappeared in Windows Vista (I loaded Vista Business on a test
workstation to have a look), and the closest equivalent I have found -
clicking in the Windows Explorer address path, Ctrl+C to copy the path,
right-click in the cmd window to paste, add quotes if needed - is several
times slower.

Welcome to Vista. Soon, if you connect to the internet via a router, you
will notice that the ability to view the signal/connection strength by
moving the mouse over the connection icon on the system tray has been
removed too.

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And loving it,

-Q
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[Guest]

Im sure than vista has a lot of little functionality lost, is an unfinished
SO...

 

[Lang Murphy]

You can also shift right-click on a item > Copy as path

and then right-click to paste in the cmd window.

Not as quick as dragging and dropping, I agree, but perhaps slightly
quicker

Yeah? How does that work? I see no "Copy as path" option in my right click
menu...

Lang

 

[Roberto de Cornielle]

Yeah? How does that work? I see no "Copy as path" option in my right click
menu...

Lang

SHIFT R/Click gives the option

rgds
Roberto

 

[Qu0ll]

Was this sarcasim? Sorry, I can't tell via text. I connect via a
router and get a signal strength reading just from moving my mouse over
the icon in the system tray. You did say 'Soon, if you...'.

Signal strength of the LAN connection to your router or signal strength
between your DSLAM/ISP and the ADSL modem/router? On my system all I get is
the proud declaration of "Currently connected to qu0ll.com Access: Local
and Internet". If I dig deeper with a few right-clicks and double-clicks I
can find out that the LAN signal strength is 100Mbs. Hmm, same as yesterday
and not particularly useful. On XP if I hovered over the internet
connection icon it would display something like "5.4Mbs" which is what I
really wanted to know: the signal strength between the ISP and the router.

Have you heard of some grand plan for this option to be removed? If so,
where from?

Gone already.

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And loving it,

-Q
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[Lang Murphy]

SHIFT R/Click gives the option

rgds
Roberto

Roberto,

Thanks for clarifying that... very cool. Didn't know that trick.

Lang