PowerDesk 6

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I have installed PowerDesk v6.0.1.3 after reading the thread at post 8,749
Looks good.
If anyone else has PowerDesk installed and can see a way to place a “New Folder” button on the toolbars, I’d appreciate hearing from you.

My preference was to have such a button on Windows XP Explorer, but this appears not to be possible.
In Windows XP Explorer I can drag the Copy and Paste buttons to the toolbar, but two clicks makes a copy of the folders and contents, doesn’t just copy a blanl folder.
There appears to be no way in PowerDesk to customize the toolbar with copy/paste.

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You mean like this?

Alan

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Yes, you swine(grin!). Exactly like that.
[plead]How’d you do it?[/plead]

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Paintbrush! No, actually it’s at BAxBEx software products – free downloads under bxNewFolder:

“Use a hotkey to create a folder within Windows Explorer!
bxNewFolder adds a “New Folder” button to the toolbar of Windows Explorer. It also provides a hotkey (F12) to create a new folder within the Explorer quickly.
Get it! Enjoy it! It’s free for use at home!”

Alan

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[grrrr!]Paintbrush![/grrrr!]
bxNewFolder – Thanks. Cool tool!

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Have you any idea how long I’ve been waiting for this? Thank you!

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You should have asked! That’s why I’m here… I think?

Alan

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>That’s why I’m here… I think?
No.
That’s why I’m here.
I ask the questions around here ……

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It has always puzzled me that a New Folder icon was not a customizable View option in Explorer. Thanks!

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Neat – thanks!

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that would be really handy here at work.

Ken

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Thank you so much for finding this. It’s irritated me for years that I’ve had to go to the File menu to create a new folder.

Thanks
Silverback

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Alan, I have been complaining about this for decades (it seems like). I have loved Baxbex (or however one cases those letters) for years because of their IrfanView context menu add-on. But this is arguably much better — or at least something I will use DAILY. Thanks for the info.

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Under Options select Customize Toolbar. PowerDesk is highly configurable in all sorts of unexpected places, so you may like to spend some time exploring things like options and tools. There is no need to leave the program to get it.

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> PowerDesk is highly configurable in all sorts of unexpected places, so you may like to spend some time exploring things like options and tools.

I agree. The attached shows the create folder icon for PD4. Last time I installed PD6 it overrode PD4’s settings (presumably using the same registry keys), so I won’t try to install it again, but I’m sure it must be there.

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I noticed you are running an older version of PD6. My copy is 6.0.3.4 which is (AFAIK) the latest version. Downloadable from the website accessible via the Help menu.

Anybody else running PD6 under Vista? I am really disappointed with its performance. It often “goes away” and becomes unresponsive for 20-30 seconds, especially when it is first opened or when moving to a new folder. Also, the small icons in the left column of the Details view are invisible after moving to a new folder. Only by pressing F5 to refresh the display are they visible. Anybody else see the same behaviour? It’s *almost* enough to make me ditch PD6 after many years and revert to the inferior Windows Explorer.

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>I noticed you are running an older version of PD6.
After this post 691,852 I removed PowerDesk.

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I don’t have time to fiddle with it at present, but here is a bit from my experiences.

When you first install it you are given an opportunity to select certain file associations, and the choices you make there may affect all that follows. PowerDesk uses a version of Stuffit for certain operations, and if you have the latest standalone version of Stuffit you might run into conflicts. The useful Preview function will not allow you to preview Office 2007-formatted files (e.g. *.docx, but it is fine for *.doc). Options/Preferences/Detail/View is another useful feature, but in order to use it after making the selections, I think you may have to click on View/Details for each pane that you are viewing. Synchronize folders is an excellent tool that can compete with most if not all standalone programs for that purpose. I found that I was unable update mine to the latest version under Vista, but there are a many possible reasons for that, and I may get it yet. The program has too many useful features to abandon, and even some Microsoft programs have trouble running under Vista.

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Because this is an older program, you might try the Compatibility Wizard under Vista. I presume it is 16-bit, and I actually received complaints from my computer today that I had too many 16-bit programs running. It was not designed for Vista, but if we exchange notes on what does or does not help, we might keep it in business.

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I am not familiar with the Compatibility Wizard. Can you point me in the right direction?

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See Start the Program Compatibility Wizard and Make older programs run in this version of Windows.

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Thanks, Hans.
None of the settings in the Compatibility tab of the program’s shortcut made any (improved) difference in the program’s running. Setting it to 256 colours was a definite step backwards!

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(Edited by peterg on 11-Feb-08 00:22. Optics)

‘Do not use the Program Compatibility Wizard on older antivirus programs,
disk utilities, or other system programs because it might cause data loss or create a security risk.’

OUCH!

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In PowerDesk (if you are still interested), click Options – Customize Toolbar. Works like Customize in the Explorer

Chris

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>In PowerDesk (if you are still interested),
Thanks for the follow up, but Powerdesk is gone (grin!)

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