Using
File | To Clipboard | Item Path/Name(s) or
Item UNC Path/Name(s) stores the result in the clipboard in standard Windows path formats.
- C:\EXAMPLE\SomeLocalFile.txt
- \\MYPC01\C$\EXAMPLE\SomeLocalFile.txt
But pasting into a local virtual machine running Linux (e.g. a VM under VirtualBox), or even some Windows applications that use Markdown or Wiki links, requires manual editing of the path to convert Windows backslash separators to *nix forward slashes.
In addition, some links in apps that point to local files using the standard URL format also require the
file:/// protocol prefix.
- <mounted media>/EXAMPLE/SomeLocalFile.txt
- file:///C:/EXAMPLE/SomeLocalFile.txt
It would be practical if the
To Clipboard menu included options to handle these conversions automatically.