Some productivity tips
- Josip Tosic
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- Location: Split, Croatia
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
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
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
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
Last edited by AbteriX on 04 Apr 2006, 09:32, edited 1 time in total.
AbteriX
IMHO this is not productivity!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.
A comfortable way is the menu "Commands - Open Folder", or to add the "Open Folder "Icon to the Toolbar

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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

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
AbteriX
"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.
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.
AbteriX
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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
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
Last edited by Jan Rysavy on 14 Jul 2008, 16:19, edited 1 time in total.
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
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
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+.

Re: Some productivity tips
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:
"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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