Filed under: Windows, Microsoft, How-Tos, Windows x64
Stupid Windows 7 / Vista trick: who needs Hawkscope?
by Lee Mathews Jun 17th 2009 at 12:00PM
Hawkscope is an interesting app. It's got some good features (especially if you install the GMail or Twitter plugins), but I really don't like the fact that it kills Aero Glass on my Windows 7 machine. The same is likely true for Vista, but it's been so long since I tested the app that I can't quite recall.
At any rate, one of the key features of Hawkscope is that it allows you to "access all your partitions from the system tray." Wait a tic - haven't we been able to do that as far back as Windows 98 (possibly even 95, but again, memory fails me)?
Right click your taskbar, choose toolbars -> new toolbar and browse to My Computer. Press select folder, and you're done. Even your removable drives will show up when they're plugged in since the toolbar updates the same way the My Computer window does.
Now you've got the best of both worlds - fast access to your drives and Aero Glass!
At any rate, one of the key features of Hawkscope is that it allows you to "access all your partitions from the system tray." Wait a tic - haven't we been able to do that as far back as Windows 98 (possibly even 95, but again, memory fails me)?
Right click your taskbar, choose toolbars -> new toolbar and browse to My Computer. Press select folder, and you're done. Even your removable drives will show up when they're plugged in since the toolbar updates the same way the My Computer window does.
Now you've got the best of both worlds - fast access to your drives and Aero Glass!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fred said 12:21PM on 6-17-2009
Actually very useful, thanks!
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William said 12:39PM on 6-17-2009
Agreed, thanks for the post. This is a useful feature that's been around for a long while but hasn't seen widespread adoption.
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dilip said 1:22PM on 6-17-2009
OK THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME !
ITS A LOT EASIER TO FIND FILES INVOLVES JUST 1 RIGHT CLICK !
ps:-take my word i've got 3 TB storage space wih about a zillion files !
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Will Proctor said 2:12PM on 6-17-2009
Hawkscope is nice, but you can't right click any files. The windows shortcut allows you to right click. I like to open media files without opening the folder.
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DarkeSword said 2:45PM on 6-17-2009
It's really funny seeing tips like this when you've been doing it for years. xD
I've got my MP3 collection in a menu on my taskbar so I can just mouseover through all the different folders to find the song I need.
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Saint Seminole said 6:33PM on 6-17-2009
Yeah, someone was showing this to me the other day, along with "Standalone Stacks," and saying how it was so cool that you could finally just...
And I interrupted, "Finally just do something that you could do all along?" (I know, it's rude to interrupt. I apologized.)
I discovered the taskbar option when using Windows ME (I know, I'm the only one who used that OS). It would have been kinda nice if someone had pointed it out to me a little sooner...
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