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More info?)
Sorry again guys, I should elaborate more.
Whilst in the "Save As" dialog box, and you paste in the copied www site
name, the slash delimiters are still there. However if you click the "Create
New Folder" icon at the top, and then paste in the copied www site name into
the folder name, the slashes are automatically removed, and a little yellow
dialog pops up to remind you not to use slashes in the folder name!
From this point on the slashes will always be removed for any future
pastings anywhere!
ie. The slashes stay for a filename, but the slashes are removed for a
folder name.
regards,
Shane Dwyer
"dwyersm" wrote:
> Thanks guys.
> I should be a little clearer. Firstly my last line should read "I already
> know and have known for about 19 years that you CAN'T use a slash as part of
> a filename, so I also dont need all the fuss that goes with it."- meaning
> pop up reminders.
>
> Secondly, I am not saving favoutites, I am saving a copy of the www page
> itself, using the menu "File, Save As", and then copy and paste the www page
> address
> (including slashes, prior to XP) as the filename.
>
> For example- If I want to save this page as a page (not a favourite), I go
> to "File, Save As" then usually insert the copy and pasted address as the
> filename. In this case it is
> "www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx"
>
> Then, while in the "Save As" dialog I replace the slashes with hyphens.
> The saved filename is now
> "www.microsoft.com-windowsxp-xpertzone-newsgroups-reader.mspx"
>
> In versions prior to XP, the slashes get copy and pasted, but in XP they dont.
> Its good to have them there before I replace them with hyphens, cos I know
> where they are!, But not in XP though. The OS automatically removes them
> within and during the "copy and paste" operation.
> This then makes it a long winded operation to then actually insert the
> hyphens where i thought the slashes SHOULD be. I have to keep the actual url
> in the foreground somewhere on the desktop amongst all the clutter,whilst
> constantly moving windows around everywhere, so that I know where the slash
> delimiters are. Sometimes it can't be done, and I have to WRITE down the
> complete url, as a memory saver.
>
> regards,
> Shane Dwyer
> Oz
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
> > Why would you want to change a working URL to something different?
> >
> > Just use Favorites | Add to Favorites.
> >
> > To add a page to your list of favorite pages
> > 1. Go to the page that you want to add to your Favorites list.
> > 2. On the Favorites menu, click Add to Favorites.
> > 3. Type a new name for the page if you want to.
> >
> > Notes
> > To open one of your favorite pages, on the Favorites menu, click the page
> > you want to open.
> > As your list of favorite pages grows, you can organize them by moving them
> > into subfolders.
> >
> > --
> > Hope this helps. Let us know.
> >
> > Wes
> > MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> >
> > In news:C4A544BC-16A4-4DA9-B893-4EF85C380947@microsoft.com,
> > dwyersm <dwyersm@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > > In eralier versions of windows, I often have saved www site pages as their
> > > proper name with the forward slashes replaced with hyphens. This allows
> > > me to know the full address when saving, indexing and for future
> > > reference. I often append my own codes to the end or beginning of the
> > > saved name to aid in searching.
> > > New to XP however is the helpful but annoying automatic removal of
> > > pathname slash characters wnen in the "save " dialog etc.
> > > A long www site name has to be in an available foreground window position
> > > so that I can see where the slashes are, so that I can insert hyphens.
> > > Very annoying , troublesome, and time consuming.
> > > Is there any tweak to have the slashes not auto removed, I want them there
> > > so that I can replace them. I already know and have known for about 19
> > > years that you can use a slash as part of a filename, so I also dont need
> > > all the fuss that goes with it.
> > > regards,
> > > dwyersm
> >
> >