Comments on: FlashFolder http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/ Freeware reviews and downloads, featuring the coolest, best free software Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:29:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Pipps http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-265213 Pipps Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:13:50 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-265213 One of the most useful Windows applications ever. This is a prime example of functionality which should have always been included as standard. An incredible useful aid for quick and repeated folder navigation. Thank you to the developers for making it, and to FreewareGenius for introducing it! One of the most useful Windows applications ever. This is a prime example of functionality which should have always been included as standard. An incredible useful aid for quick and repeated folder navigation. Thank you to the developers for making it, and to FreewareGenius for introducing it!

]]> By: Hugh Langford http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-260453 Hugh Langford Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:26:56 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-260453 FlashFolder sounds great in theory but after asking me to reboot my computer (strike one) it then removed, without warning, all the ExploreHere, Open, Open Window right click options from every Save As dialog box. This is a big nightmare for power users. However, a very lightweight app also recommended here, FileBoxExtender does not require a reboot nor does it remove right click options from the Save As dialogs. I can't live without FileBoxExtender! But I spent 3 days messing with the registry until I relized the problem was FlashFolder. By the way, I no longer trust this site because this helpful warning to users was removed. Why in the world the site mod would not want users to know this information is beyond me. Then again, it could be due to my church website. Lot's of homosexuals, Muslims and atheists who will not think twice about stomping on Jesus because he says they are evil as he mentions in John chapter 3 :-) FlashFolder sounds great in theory but after asking me to reboot my computer (strike one) it then removed, without warning, all the ExploreHere, Open, Open Window right click options from every Save As dialog box. This is a big nightmare for power users. However, a very lightweight app also recommended here, FileBoxExtender does not require a reboot nor does it remove right click options from the Save As dialogs. I can’t live without FileBoxExtender! But I spent 3 days messing with the registry until I relized the problem was FlashFolder.

By the way, I no longer trust this site because this helpful warning to users was removed. Why in the world the site mod would not want users to know this information is beyond me. Then again, it could be due to my church website. Lot’s of homosexuals, Muslims and atheists who will not think twice about stomping on Jesus because he says they are evil as he mentions in John chapter 3 :-)

]]> By: Hugh Langford http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-260447 Hugh Langford Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:50:54 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-260447 Flashfolder, without warning, disables many right click options such as ExploreFromHere, Open and Open New Window which typically appear in SAVE AS dialog boxes. Normally, from Firefox one may click File/Save As and right click on a folder in that dialog and see Explore Here or Open. FlashFolder takes all that away. Inexcusably Flashfolder requires a reboot and at times would cause explorer to hang and peg the cpu to 100%. FileBoxExtender does everything FlashFolder does but doesn't need a reboot, doesn't hang explorer and doesn't disable right click options. FileBoxExtender is simply fantastic though! Flashfolder, without warning, disables many right click options such as ExploreFromHere, Open and Open New Window which typically appear in SAVE AS dialog boxes.

Normally, from Firefox one may click File/Save As and right click on a folder in that dialog and see Explore Here or Open. FlashFolder takes all that away.

Inexcusably Flashfolder requires a reboot and at times would cause explorer to hang and peg the cpu to 100%.
FileBoxExtender does everything FlashFolder does but doesn’t need a reboot, doesn’t hang explorer and doesn’t disable right click options. FileBoxExtender is simply fantastic though!

]]> By: HitMe WithIt http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-256743 HitMe WithIt Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:18:11 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-256743 Oh well ... I arrived here looking for something to replace the great FileboxExtender I have been so used to in XP for ages...that doesn't work properly in windows 7. It would seem the developer of this flashfolders has decided not to continue on with this project as the pages are removed from his site and, as he says in this thread, it wasn't compatible with Vista so not much chance of a windows 7 fix for it :( Oh well … I arrived here looking for something to replace the great FileboxExtender I have been so used to in XP for ages…that doesn’t work properly in windows 7.
It would seem the developer of this flashfolders has decided not to continue on with this project as the pages are removed from his site and, as he says in this thread, it wasn’t compatible with Vista so not much chance of a windows 7 fix for it :(

]]> By: Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About « Qwerty98311’s Weblog http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-252052 Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About « Qwerty98311’s Weblog Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:34:48 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-252052 [...] Flashfolder: this freeware apps makes it easy to access your favorite folders in Windows’ open/save dialog [...] [...] Flashfolder: this freeware apps makes it easy to access your favorite folders in Windows’ open/save dialog [...]

]]> By: Forty-Three of the best free Windows enhancements that you should know about | freewaregenius.com http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-244376 Forty-Three of the best free Windows enhancements that you should know about | freewaregenius.com Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:16:34 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-244376 [...] Flashfolder: this freeware apps makes it easy to access your favorite folders in Windows’ open/save dialog [...] [...] Flashfolder: this freeware apps makes it easy to access your favorite folders in Windows’ open/save dialog [...]

]]> By: Filebox Entender: Enhances Windows with favorite folders, recent folders, and windows management functions | freewaregenius.com http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-242327 Filebox Entender: Enhances Windows with favorite folders, recent folders, and windows management functions | freewaregenius.com Wed, 20 May 2009 02:45:07 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-242327 [...] freeware programs: DM2, Flashfolder, CFDButton, RadWinMan; also look at this [...] [...] freeware programs: DM2, Flashfolder, CFDButton, RadWinMan; also look at this [...]

]]> By: FlashFolder - steroids for Open/Save dialogs | www.Rarst.net http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-132660 FlashFolder - steroids for Open/Save dialogs | www.Rarst.net Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:12:17 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-132660 [...] to all Open/Save dialogs across all apps that use them. I had discovered it more than year ago via freewaregenius and it became one of the most used tools for me [...] [...] to all Open/Save dialogs across all apps that use them. I had discovered it more than year ago via freewaregenius and it became one of the most used tools for me [...]

]]> By: Enhance Windows with Filebox Entender’s favorite folders, recent folders, and windows management functions Review & Download Link | freewaregenius.com http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-75273 Enhance Windows with Filebox Entender’s favorite folders, recent folders, and windows management functions Review & Download Link | freewaregenius.com Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:23:49 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-75273 [...] freeware programs: DM2, Flashfolder, CFDButton, RadWinMan; also look at this posting. Wish [...] [...] freeware programs: DM2, Flashfolder, CFDButton, RadWinMan; also look at this posting. Wish [...]

]]> By: Alek Davis http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-66608 Alek Davis Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:55:24 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-66608 Just tried this tool (on XP) and love it! Thank you. Just tried this tool (on XP) and love it! Thank you.

]]> By: Gazda http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-33407 Gazda Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:09:29 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-33407 Looks good. I'll test it. Thanks! Looks good. I’ll test it. Thanks!

]]> By: Reinstall Windows and outfit your system with all freeware programs Review & Download Link | freewaregenius.com http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-23649 Reinstall Windows and outfit your system with all freeware programs Review & Download Link | freewaregenius.com Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:06:21 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-23649 [...] Flashfolder: an explorer extension that adds user-defined favorites folders (and recent folders) to Windows’ [...] [...] Flashfolder: an explorer extension that adds user-defined favorites folders (and recent folders) to Windows’ [...]

]]> By: Morgan http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-12654 Morgan Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:34:09 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-12654 I have seen a number of tools that do the same thing but are pay. I have just started to use this and it seems great! Thanks for providing this zett42! I hope you continue to develop it! I have seen a number of tools that do the same thing but are pay. I have just started to use this and it seems great! Thanks for providing this zett42! I hope you continue to develop it!

]]> By: zett42 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-11329 zett42 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:03:52 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-11329 Thanks for the feedback. I can understand complains about running the tool as a service since this seems like hooking too deep into the system. There is excactly one reason for this behaviour: To make the program work well under restricted user accounts. Working mainly with a restricted account is recommended by security experts so that malicious software like viruses and spyware can do less harm. But sometimes you need to start administrative programs via "Run As" from the restricted account. Without the system service, FlashFolder could not be used in such programs, because it would not have the required privileges. If I find some time, I will make the system service an optional feature that can be choosen in the installer. Thanks for the feedback.

I can understand complains about running the tool as a service since this seems like hooking too deep into the system.
There is excactly one reason for this behaviour:
To make the program work well under restricted user accounts.

Working mainly with a restricted account is recommended by security experts so that malicious software like viruses and spyware can do less harm.
But sometimes you need to start administrative programs via “Run As” from the restricted account. Without the system service, FlashFolder could not be used in such programs, because it would not have the required privileges.

If I find some time, I will make the system service an optional feature that can be choosen in the installer.

]]> By: Rarst http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-11311 Rarst Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:16:32 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-11311 Menu with all "active" directories sounded not too useful... until I found out that this program auto-detects and moves to top current active directories of Total Commander. This feature is seriously great! It instantly eliminated my hate for open\save dialogs. 2Sam Jones 1. This program comes in msi package. So it uses built-in windows features to (un)install itself. So separate uninstaller is not needed (and may even be harmful). 2. Running as service has totally no means to make program more (or less) dangerous. Program is open source and considered totally safe and garbage-free by large download site softpedia: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/FlashFolder.shtml No downsides for me so far. Menu with all “active” directories sounded not too useful… until I found out that this program auto-detects and moves to top current active directories of Total Commander. This feature is seriously great! It instantly eliminated my hate for open\save dialogs.

2Sam Jones

1. This program comes in msi package. So it uses built-in windows features to (un)install itself. So separate uninstaller is not needed (and may even be harmful).

2. Running as service has totally no means to make program more (or less) dangerous. Program is open source and considered totally safe and garbage-free by large download site softpedia:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/FlashFolder.shtml

No downsides for me so far.

]]> By: Sam Jones http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-11298 Sam Jones Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:58:15 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-11298 You forgot to mention to big downsides of this program: (1) it has no un-installer (aside from of Control Panel >Add/remove programs, which is not nice); and (2) it RUNS AS A WINDOWS SERVICE, which is stupid for such a little utility, and suspicious to me. I couldn't wait to un-install it. You forgot to mention to big downsides of this program: (1) it has no un-installer (aside from of Control Panel >Add/remove programs, which is not nice); and (2) it RUNS AS A WINDOWS SERVICE, which is stupid for such a little utility, and suspicious to me.

I couldn’t wait to un-install it.

]]> By: Samer http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-11279 Samer Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:31:19 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-11279 Yes.. Sorry. I meant to check compatibility but somehow didn't. I've got it fixed now. Yes.. Sorry. I meant to check compatibility but somehow didn’t. I’ve got it fixed now.

]]> By: zett42 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-11206 zett42 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:40:00 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-11206 Win9x is also not (and will never be) supported, so the compatibility list should be: Windows 2k/XP Win9x is also not (and will never be) supported, so the compatibility list should be: Windows 2k/XP

]]> By: zett42 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/comment-page-1/#comment-11178 zett42 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:18:36 +0000 http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/07/07/flashfolder/#comment-11178 Thanks for mentioning FlashFolder on your site. I just want to correct something: The program does NOT work under Windows Vista right now. Vista has some new kind of open/save dialog, which is not "understand" by FlashFolder. I will need some time to fix this for Vista. Regarding "all folders with currently open files": I have already added "suppress system folders" to the bug tracker. I'm also a bit unsure about this feature. I'm wondering if it really is an essential feature that everyone needs by default. Otherwise it would best be made optional and be off by default. Thanks for mentioning FlashFolder on your site.

I just want to correct something: The program does NOT work under Windows Vista right now. Vista has some new kind of open/save dialog, which is not “understand” by FlashFolder.
I will need some time to fix this for Vista.

Regarding “all folders with currently open files”:
I have already added “suppress system folders” to the bug tracker.
I’m also a bit unsure about this feature. I’m wondering if it really is an essential feature that everyone needs by default. Otherwise it would best be made optional and be off by default.

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