Open File location option removed in win 10 (Q to Ramesh Srinivasan) (again)

Hi Jacek,

The .REG modification by Keith Miller should do the trick for you. Open Notepad and copy these lines to it.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open File Location]

@="&Open File Location"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open File Location\command]

@=""explorer.exe" /select,"%1""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open File Location]

@="&Open File Location"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open File Location\command]

@=""explorer.exe" /select,"%1""

Save the file with .reg extension ("openlocation.reg")

Double-click to run the REG file.

You should see the "Open File Location" option in the Jumplist for Word.

Here's a bit of PowerShell that will create the values. You can copy and paste each command into an Administrative PowerShell Console. You add or delete file extensions in the $FileExt variable to modify whatever file types you like:

New-PSDrive -Name HKCR -PSProvider Registry -Root HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

$FIleExt = '.txt', '.doc', '.docx', '.xls', '.xlsx'

$FileExt | %{(gp "HkCR:$_").'(Default)'} | ? {$_ -ne $Null} | %{New-Item -Path "HKCR:$_\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\OpenContainingFolderMenu" -Value '{37ea3a21-7493-4208-a011-7f9ea79ce9f5}' -Force}

Keith

Hi Jacek,

The .REG modification by Keith Miller should do the trick for you. Open Notepad and copy these lines to it.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open File Location]

@="&Open File Location"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open File Location\command]

@=""explorer.exe" /select,"%1""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open File Location]

@="&Open File Location"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open File Location\command]

@=""explorer.exe" /select,"%1""

Save the file with .reg extension ("openlocation.reg")

Double-click to run the REG file.

You should see the "Open File Location" option in the Jumplist for Word.

YOU ARE GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It works!!! I have made change for excel files too:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Open File Location]

@="&Open File Location"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Open File Location\command]

@=""explorer.exe" /select,"%1""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.12\shell\Open File Location]

@="&Open File Location"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.12\shell\Open File Location\command]

@=""explorer.exe" /select,"%1""

It was so nice function in Windows 8x.

I ask himself, why do Microsoft guy's use to think a wrong body part ;-) ?

I think I do understand. I downloaded the .reg file & merged it. As written, it adds 'Open File Location' to file folders & all file typess.

If you want to only apply it to certain file types, you have to edit the file before merging. The file as written has these two lines:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open File Location]

@="&Open File Location"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open File Location\command]

@=""explorer.exe" /select,"%1""

To apply to a specific file type, you have to determine the file type associated with the file extension. Then replace the '*' with the file type. So if you look for .doc under HKCR, you see it has a file type of Word.Document.8. The .docx extension has a type of Word.Document.12. So if you wanted to add the option to these files, you want lines that look like this:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open File Location]

@="&Open File Location"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open File Location\command]

@=""explorer.exe" /select,"%1""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open File Location]

@="&Open File Location"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open File Location\command]

@=""explorer.exe" /select,"%1""

Keith

Hi,

I'm not Ramesh, but hope I can help. On his webpage, WinHelpOnline, I found this:

/https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/add-the-open-file-location-context-menu-for-shortcuts-in-windows-xp

If you need help modifying the .reg file to only apply to certain file types, I'm happy to help. Tell me the specific file extensions/types for which you want to enable this option.

Keith

Hi Keith,

are you sure, that work in Windows 10 and Word / Excel 2016?

I know this page, but I am not sure if you understand the problem. Look at the picture below.

Task > Word icon, right click on recent opened file > context menu > "open file location".

The picture above is probably from Windows 8. This function doesn't in Windows 10 exist (no more).

Removed! A while ago. 1708 was on some way working, nobody know when and principle. Now is dead.