SpecialFoldersView - Easily jump to special folders in Windows

SpecialFoldersView v1.04
Copyright (c) 2008 Nir Sofer

Description

Windows operating system have dozens of special folders that are used for storing application settings and files, storing Internet files, saving temporary files, storing shortcuts to other files, and so on.
This utility displays the list of all special folders in your system, and allows you to easily jump to the right folder simply by double-clicking the folder item. You can also save the list of all folder paths into text/html/xml file.

System Requirements

This utility works on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista. There is also a separated non-unicode download for Windows 98/ME.

Versions History

Version 1.04 - Add CSIDL (Folder ID) of each folder.
Version 1.03 - Added option to select another font.
Version 1.02 - New options: Create shortcuts on dekstop.
Version 1.01 - When saving as HTML, the folder paths are created as links.
Version 1.00 - First release.

Using SpecialFoldersView

SpecialFoldersView doesn't require any installation process or additional DLL files. In order to start using it, simply run the executable file - SpecialFoldersView.exe
The main window of SpecialFoldersView displays the list of all special folders in your system. In order to open the desired folder in Explorer, simply double-click the desired folder item.

Translating SpecialFoldersView to other languages

In order to translate SpecialFoldersView to other language, follow the instructions below:

Run SpecialFoldersView with /savelangfile parameter:
SpecialFoldersView.exe /savelangfile
A file named SpecialFoldersView_lng.ini will be created in the folder of SpecialFoldersView utility.
Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.
Translate all string entries to the desired language. Optionally, you can also add your name and/or a link to your Web site. (TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add this information, it'll be used in the 'About' window.
After you finish the translation, Run SpecialFoldersView, and all translated strings will be loaded from the language file.
If you want to run SpecialFoldersView without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move it to another folder.

License

This utility is released as freeware. You are allowed to freely distribute this utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM, Internet, or in any other way, as long as you don't charge anything for this. If you distribute this utility, you must include all files in the distribution package, without any modification !

Disclaimer

The software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages due to loss of data or any other reason.

Feedback

If you have any problem, suggestion, comment, or you found a bug in my utility, you can send a message to nirsofer@yahoo.com

Download SpecialFoldersView for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista

Download non-unicode version of SpecialFoldersView - for Windows 98/ME

SpecialFoldersView is also available in other languages. In order to change the language of SpecialFoldersView, download the appropriate language zip file, extract the 'SpecialFoldersView_lng.ini', and put it in the same folder that you Installed SpecialFoldersView utility.

Language Translated By Date
French Eric FICHOT 06/06/2008
French papoo v1.03Fr 05/07/2008
Galician Xosé Antón Vicente Rodríguez 24/06/2008
German Latino v1.03 (30.06.2008) 01/07/2008
Hungarian SzalayZ 05/07/2008
Italian Fabio Mastroianni 10/07/2008
Russian iNorbert 04/07/2008
Simplified Chinese renda 26/05/2008
Schinese smnk 26/05/2008
Spanish José Luis de Arquer 09/06/2008
Valencian vjatv 22/05/2008