XYplorer Beta Club

Hi Don,
Hi all,

I did a quick search and could not find something like that, so if it already exists, (1), please, forgive me and (2), please, let me know where it is and how to do it. So, my thought is:

Every now and then I have an URL that I want to save as a .url link file in the file system.
Theoretically and practically, there are ways to do that with the browser but it is quite cumbersome for me and seems to be different from browser to browser as well.

Therefore, if XY supported a feature to "paste special" an URL from the clipboard as a .url file, that would be awesome.

Thx for any thoughts, regards, S.

Whats the problem to drag and drop the URL from any browser into an XYplorer pane.
Its automatically stored as .url file.

Ah, ok, if I highlight the whole URL text in the address bar, then I can drag the text of the URL to the XY file list. And that actually does create a .url file. (Tested and works in Firefox and Brave browser.)

Thank you, Horst!

autocart wrote: ↑19 May 2021 19:38 Ah, ok, if I highlight the whole URL text in the address bar, then I can drag the text of the URL to the XY file list. And that actually does create a .url file. (Tested and works in Firefox and Brave browser.)

Thank you, Horst!

You don't even need to higlight the URL.
In Firefox I just take the lock symbol on the left of the URL and drag it.

Ah, yes, works as well.
Thank you very much!

@Don: While we are on this subject, one thing that has always vexed me, is that URL files that get created are uppercase extension, is there a reason for that? would you consider making them lowercase, or would that upset others.

Untested, but based on similar experiments I did a long time ago:

Change the case of HKCR\.URL to HKCR\.url in the registry.
If that doesn'fix it: change HKLM\Software\Classes\.URL as well as HKCU\Software\Classes\.URL

A restart of XYplorer might be necessary.

jupe wrote: ↑19 May 2021 21:22 one thing that has always vexed me

@jupe:
No feedback? Did you try it? Did it work as intended?

My question was to Don, so I was waiting for him to reply before I did. Haven't tried it yet, thanks anyway.

I tried it. Did not work for me.

jupe wrote: ↑23 May 2021 20:10 My question was to Don, so I was waiting for him to reply before I did. Haven't tried it yet, thanks anyway.

Thanks for clarifying. Will keep that in mind the next time I think about helping someone on this forum.

autocart wrote: ↑23 May 2021 20:30 I tried it. Did not work for me.

Just tested it : Didn't work for me either ...

notabot wrote: ↑23 May 2021 20:54 Thanks for clarifying. Will keep that in mind the next time I think about helping someone on this forum.

I get the impression you are a bit sensitive, just to clarify I meant I just didn't want Don to miss my question directed at him, while we had a back and forth discussion and then my query goes unanswered because it gets lost in a sea of posts. (as will now probably happen) I would have replied to you in my followup post if you were patient.

jupe wrote: ↑23 May 2021 21:16 I get the impression you are a bit sensitive

Not exactly.

After hanging around on these forums for a while, I noticed that some moderators here quite often answer questions a bit grumpy, or even somewhat condescending. And don't always reply/ post feedback.

To prevent being treated that same way, I set my boundaries a lot stricter than I would do on other forums.

jupe wrote: ↑19 May 2021 21:22 @Don: While we are on this subject, one thing that has always vexed me, is that URL files that get created are uppercase extension, is there a reason for that? would you consider making them lowercase, or would that upset others.

The uppercase extension is served like that from the source (the browser, eg Firefox, but not Edge). I agree this is not acceptable. I will change it to lowercase.

Thanks!