Ya know the class Windows XP open file dialog? This thing...
That left hand nav bar looks so interesting, but it's not. Well, it might be interesting for people who frequently open files from the Desktop without double-clicking them from there. I rarely, if ever, do that. However, I would love to be able to create my own entries in that left hand nav area. There's a short list of about 5 locations that I FREQUENTLY open files from that need to be located deep in some folder structure of my own creation.
I wrote about TeraCopy and Direct Folders from Code Sector a few days ago, and today I was able to explore Direct Folders a bit more and I stumbled upon quite a gem. Direct Folders lets you customize the open file dialog in exactly this manner.
This...
Produces this...
I couldn't be more thrilled about this freature. Why Microsoft doesn't delivery native features like this with Windows, I don't know.