Short Names for Favorite Folders?

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xyp-3-14
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Short Names for Favorite Folders?

Post by xyp-3-14 »

I added some folders to the favorite folders with CTL+B . There doesn't seem to be an option to give the favorite folder a short name. Clicking on the favorite folders button shows the full path of the folders, some of them are quite long. I would like to be able to give short names to the favorite folders. For example, FFProfile to C:\Users\<me>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\. Is it possibe? Thanks in advance.

Borut
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Re: Short Names for Favorite Folders?

Post by Borut »

Yes, I think that this is possible. Aliases are your friends.

Cut and paste this into your address bar (and then press enter) to learn more:

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::help("idh_addressbar.htm#idh_alias")
Win 10 Pro 64bit

xyp-3-14
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Re: Short Names for Favorite Folders?

Post by xyp-3-14 »

Borut wrote:Yes, I think that this is possible. Aliases are your friends.

Cut and paste this into your address bar (and then press enter) to learn more:

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::help("idh_addressbar.htm#idh_alias")
Sorry, I forgot to mention I am using the free version. Thanks

Edit: Ok, I did a search in the help file for alias and found out I can set @aliasname=value in the addressbar in the free version also. So thanks for the lead (help, alias keywords). It solved my problem :)

Regmos
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Re: Short Names for Favorite Folders?

Post by Regmos »

Tools => List Management => Favorite Folders....

Prefix the file path with the desired title in quotes and a space.

"Dokumenter" C:\Users\Regmos\Documents\

Have a look at the little <i> in the bottom left corner.
Kind regards
Regmos

xyp-3-14
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Re: Short Names for Favorite Folders?

Post by xyp-3-14 »

Regmos wrote:Tools => List Management => Favorite Folders....

Prefix the file path with the desired title in quotes and a space.

"Dokumenter" C:\Users\Regmos\Documents\

Have a look at the little <i> in the bottom left corner.
Thanks a lot Regmos! I find this method much better than alias. Aliases are more general purpose, and the folder shorthands show awkward looking @ sign before their names in favorite list. This is just what is desired.

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