Some productivity tips

Josip Tosic · Post by **Josip Tosic** » 07 Feb 2006, 12:06

... and if clipboard contains FTP URL Servant Salamander will connect to the FTP server.

AbteriX · Post by **AbteriX** » 31 Mar 2006, 10:56

Unpack archive to subdirectory named by archive.

cincura.net wrote:
if you use Alt-F6 for unpacking archive,
it would by usefull to pre-fill the path into the field according to filename without extension.

Jan Rysavy wrote:
Look at Options > Configuration > Archivers
and check "[x] Unpack to subdirectory named by archive"

found at http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?p=3191#3191
find me: unpack to folder unpack to subfolder unpack to sub folder unpack to new folder unzip in new folder entpacke in neuen ordner

AbteriX · Post by **AbteriX** » 03 Apr 2006, 18:14

One can open the standard ITEMs from "Start | Settings | Control Panel's" from the command line too.

The syntax is like
RUNDLL32 SHELL32.DLL,Control_RunDLL filename.CPL,@n,t

Use this syntax as command line in the SSs user menu.

see http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?p=3303#3303 for more.

Edit:
"ITEMs from " added

KNUT · Post by **KNUT** » 04 Apr 2006, 08:47

AbteriX wrote:One can open the standard "Start | Settings | Control Panel's" from the command line too.
The syntax is like RUNDLL32 SHELL32.DLL,Control_RunDLL filename.CPL,@n,t
Use this syntax as command line in the SSs user menu. see http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?p=3303#3303 for more.

IMHO this is not productivity!
A comfortable way is the menu "Commands - Open Folder", or to add the "Open Folder "Icon to the Toolbar

AbteriX · Post by **AbteriX** » 04 Apr 2006, 09:30

IMHO that's not the same

YOU open folders.
e.g.
- Commands
--- Open Folders
------the Control Panel
--------- scroll & search
-------------and THEN an item.

I open items from the 'Control Panel' direct, i.e. System-Dialog, Mouse-Settings, Software-Dialog.
AND even the desired tab of this dialog.

Peoples working method differ, but SALAMANDER please them all.

Edit:
i am edited my previous post to make this more clear, sorry for the misconception

KNUT · Post by **KNUT** » 04 Apr 2006, 10:01

AbteriX wrote:IMHO that's not the same

Yep, for sure

AbteriX wrote:Peoples working method differ, but SALAMANDER please them all.

Bingo

AbteriX · Post by **AbteriX** » 04 Apr 2006, 10:58

"Special Folders"
like 'Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}'
can not be open in "Hot Paths" but in "User Menu"

see http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?p=3319#3319 for more.

Post by **Jan Rysavy** » 12 Aug 2006, 12:25

A few "advanced" Plugins > Renamer tips:
http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?t=1352
http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?t=1336
http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?t=1328
http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?t=2695

daern · Post by **daern** » 14 Apr 2007, 20:18

Not really productivity but...

The three things I always do after performing a clean install of SS are:

1. Turn off auto-save
2. Change the colour scheme to Norton Commander
3. Save settings

I used NC for so many years that I'm just used to SS looking the same

Oh, and another tip. If, like me, you are managing an Active Directory domain, you will sometimes want to escalate your privileges to "domain admin" so you can do admin stuff... (you're not running your regular desktop user as a "domain admin" account, are you...?)

I use the runas command: "runas /user:<domain>\<adminaccount> cmd.exe" - this opens up an admin console. From here you can start SS (or you could even start it directly).

Once running, this copy of SS will be running under a different profile. Fire up the configuration and change the panel backgrounds to BRIGHT RED! Once you've done this, save your settings and you'll be able to tell at a glance which of your SS windows has "the power"

Not so much a productivity tip as a "don't destroy your domain" tip...

Daern

carloc · Post by **carloc** » 26 Apr 2007, 23:02

Stefan wrote:Very nice list, indeed!
Such user expirience can help a lot.
Thank you for starting this thread.

#4 THX for ALT+Fx+Dot , iam searching for this short cut.
#8 Don't you know Shift+F4 ? (only i wish to have an other standard file name then new.txt)

best regards

To save one more key, just use CTRL+.

Moder_20 · Post by **Moder_20** » 05 Nov 2014, 13:43

Yea thats nice !

g371 · Post by **g371** » 04 Oct 2019, 15:22

When you copy photos or videos from some device, they sometimes have names like Y129902.mp4, select them and with Salamander's Batch Rename (Ctrl+Shit+R) tool rename them using New name:

Code: Select all

$(Date:yyyy.MM.dd) $(Time:HH-mm-ss).$(ExtPart)

"Y129902.mp4" becomes "2019.10.04 16-15-02.mp4" and you don't need to wonder when some video was taken.

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