USEFUL reg hack for you Link-Lazy bastards!

[amnesiac]

This was posted in the Hot Deals forum a few days ago, but I couldn't find the thread plus the site is down now, so I mirrored the file.

The file is OpenSelectedURL.

Simple reg hack that lets you highlight a non-linked URL like www.anandtech.com , right click, and then select "Open Selected URL" from the context menu. Really useful when reading n00b posts without proper linkage.

It's pretty damn accurate and flexible too.. you can hack it more to give ftp url support as well.
Heck, it can even interpret this: htp:/yahoo.com

 

[Codewiz]

Too bad it won't work in Mozilla :-(

 

[Aves]

That is pretty sweet! Thanks.

 

[ATLien247]

I like!

 

[spanky]

kewl

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Codewiz
Too bad it won't work in Mozilla :-(

you should be used to that. lol

 

[djheater]

http://www.google.com

 

[BlueWeasel]

I like it....I like it alot *Forrest Gump voice*

 

[Viper GTS]

Hmm, maybe I need to log off & log back on...

Can't do that right now, though, have to keep my tools up & running.

Viper GTS

 

[ObiDon]

Why don't people just learn how to make links? I'm lazy but I still manage to make links for all of my posts! Support the lazy!

 

[ndee]

Built-in to KDE3 in Linux

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: ndee
Built-in to KDE3 in Linux

too bad software support isnt built in.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: ndee
Built-in to KDE3 in Linux

too bad software support isnt built in.

lol

 

[nord1899]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Codewiz
Too bad it won't work in Mozilla :-(

you should be used to that. lol

Damn Ameesh, you really hate people using non-MS software don't you?

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: ndee
Built-in to KDE3 in Linux

too bad software support isnt built in.

Konqueror fits my needs perfect I don't need all those additional security-holes in IE, thank you

 

[ChrisIsBored]

Doesn't seam to work with XP :-/ I get the little Open URL when I right click... but it does nothing.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: nord1899

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Codewiz
Too bad it won't work in Mozilla :-(

you should be used to that. lol

Damn Ameesh, you really hate people using non-MS software don't you?

not at all , more power to you! competition is healthy

 

[IcePhoenix]

Originally posted by: chrisisbored
Doesn't seam to work with XP :-/ I get the little Open URL when I right click... but it does nothing.

Yea I was all excited too

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: chrisisbored
Doesn't seam to work with XP :-/ I get the little Open URL when I right click... but it does nothing.

Works fine with the 3 XP machines I've installed it on.

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: chrisisbored
Doesn't seam to work with XP :-/ I get the little Open URL when I right click... but it does nothing.

I'm on XP Pro and it works for me.

If you installed XP to the default location then you need to be sure that you merge the "openselectedurl_95-98.reg" into your registry since XP's Windows Folder is C:\Windows like 9x rather than C:\WINNT like NT/2K.

Then you must make sure to extract "openselectedurl.htm" to your C:\Windows\Web folder.

If you have XP installed to a non-standard location like a different folder name or hard drive, you'll have to edit the reg file manually according to your settings.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Codewiz
Too bad it won't work in Mozilla :-(

try highlighting and selecting "websearch" from the right menu and just google it with a flick of the wrist... sooo easy...

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Codewiz
Too bad it won't work in Mozilla :-(

you should be used to that. lol

security through obscurity. at least i don't get hit by every virus ever.

 

[N8Magic]

Nice!

Thanks for the tip.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: nord1899

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Codewiz
Too bad it won't work in Mozilla :-(

you should be used to that. lol

Damn Ameesh, you really hate people using non-MS software don't you?

not at all , more power to you! competition is healthy

Too bad Microsoft's idea of healthy competition is destroying anyone who might get competitive.

 

[ObiDon]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Codewiz
Too bad it won't work in Mozilla :-(

you should be used to that. lol

security through obscurity. at least i don't get hit by every virus ever.

Huh? I've never gotten any viruses. Not from the internet OR in my e-mail! Maybe you guys should lay off the warezing?