This context menu contains, beside general operations, some special operations which are only used by items of type Folder. This section wants to explain every single context menu item.
Add to favorites
This menu item enables users to add currently selected folder node to the Favorites folder. However, this menu item is disabled as long as currently selected node is one of the main nodes Desktop, My Pictures, Shared Pictures or My Computer. Further, this menu item is also disabled if currently selected node is a hard drive, CD/DVD drive, removable disk, floppy disk, and so on.
Expand
This menu item can be used to expand currently selected navigator node. However, this menu item is only enabled if selected navigator item is collapsed at the moment.
Collapse
This menu item can be used to collapse currently selected navigator node. However, this menu item is only enabled if selected navigator item is expanded at the moment.
Locate
This menu item allows a direct jump to the selected item’s physical location. In such a case, the jump’s destination is inside folder My Computer. However, this menu item is disabled if currently selected node is already a sub–item of node My Computer or if this node is of type file.
Delete
This menu item permits to remove currently selected file from the local hard drive. In this case the affected file is not physically deleted but just moved into the Windows’ Recycle Bin. This allows an easy restoring of “accidentally” deleted files as long as the Recycle Bin hasn’t been emptied in the meantime. Additionally, note this menu item is by intention only available for files and not for folders or other Windows objects. For this purpose the Windows Explorer seems to be the better choice.
Open path
Using this menu item enables users to open currently selected path within the Windows Explorer. However, this menu item is disabled if currently selected node is either folder Favorites or the My Computer node because both items do not have a physical equivalent on the underlying hard drive.
Copy path
With this menu item users are able to copy currently selected path into the Windows clipboard. A path name copied this way can be pasted into other programs using shortcut CTRL+V. However, this menu item is disabled if currently selected node is either folder Favorites or the My Computer node because both items do not have a physical equivalent on the underlying hard drive.
Properties
This menu item enables users to open the corresponding properties dialog. But be aware, this dialog box is represents the properties dialog of the underlying operating system and has nothing to do with program Image Viewer. That dialog can for example also be accessed directly from inside the Windows Explorer. However, this menu item is disabled in case of selected node is either folder Favorites or the My Computer node because both items do not have a physical equivalent on the underlying hard drive.
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