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Re:Why does the New menu even exist for creating new empty f... by naikrovek on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @08:52PM (#27901056)
> copy and paste a file listing. IE a simple "dir".

I think you can do "dir | clip" at the command line or in the address bar of an explorer window to get this.

> checksums to verify downloaded files.

there is a PowerShell commandlet that does this out of the box, if I remember correctly.

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Re:Why does the New menu even exist for creating new empty f... by accrual on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:11AM (#27902241)
Get-FileHash myfile.txt

An optional -Algorithm flag lets you choose between MD5, SHA256, etc. It's nice to have this built-in.

For 3rd party options I really like HashTab [0] which is free for personal use. It places a configurable list of hashes in right-click > Properties, with a bonus of comparing the hashes against one you might already have on your clipboard and giving you a green "OK" if it matches.

[0] http://implbits.com/products/hashtab/

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Re:Why does the New menu even exist for creating new empty f... by _carbyau_ on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:04PM (#27901130)
The command line is useful.

But in the same way most users are not likely to "touch newfile.txt" the GUI isn't helpful.

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Re:Why does the New menu even exist for creating new empty f... by naikrovek on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @09:48AM (#27906203)
yes, I know. I can't fix the Windows GUI, but I can try to offer workarounds. Not everyone knows all of the little things you can do, including myself.
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Re:Why does the New menu even exist for creating new empty f... by _carbyau_ on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @01:59AM (#27902811)
Ok, figured out more what you were getting at I think.

As per sibling post to yours you can run executables from your PATH environment variable in the address bar.

So while you can't run "dir" directly you can run CMD and pass it dir | clip, or as I did "powershell -command ls|clip"

Nice one! Thanks for the direction!

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Re:Why does the New menu even exist for creating new empty f... by naikrovek on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @09:47AM (#27906193)
I try to help when I can. I can't usually solve the actual problem, but I can come up with a workaround.

and I often mess those up, so I'm glad I helped you, even if it was only a little bit.

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