howto:use_dropit_without_gui
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| The easiest way is using the SendTo menu. To enable this feature, you have to check "''Integrate in SendTo menu''" in the DropIt Options ("Various" tab). | The easiest way is using the SendTo menu. To enable this feature, you have to check "''Integrate in SendTo menu''" in the DropIt Options ("Various" tab). | ||
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| There are two alternatives: | There are two alternatives: | ||
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| Now, to send files and folders to DropIt, select them and from the system right-click menu click SendTo item. You will see that all your profiles are listed there. Click on your desired profile and let it go. | Now, to send files and folders to DropIt, select them and from the system right-click menu click SendTo item. You will see that all your profiles are listed there. Click on your desired profile and let it go. | ||
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| **Note:** if you wish to leave no traces on the computer (e.g. using DropIt on a shared machine, at school, or simply to keep your computer as clean as possible) keep the "Portable Mode" option checked. | **Note:** if you wish to leave no traces on the computer (e.g. using DropIt on a shared machine, at school, or simply to keep your computer as clean as possible) keep the "Portable Mode" option checked. | ||
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| This will tell DropIt to use the ''MyProfile'' profile. A regular Windows shortcut properties using this syntax looks like this: | This will tell DropIt to use the ''MyProfile'' profile. A regular Windows shortcut properties using this syntax looks like this: | ||
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| The beauty of this is that you can assign a hotkey to the shortcut, so you can run the profile by hitting a key combination. | The beauty of this is that you can assign a hotkey to the shortcut, so you can run the profile by hitting a key combination. | ||
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| * ''/Restart'' is a command to restart DropIt. | * ''/Restart'' is a command to restart DropIt. | ||
| - | So these are some examples: | + | **So these are some examples:** |
| * use DropIt with a specified profile:\\ | * use DropIt with a specified profile:\\ | ||
| ''"C:\My Folder\DropIt\DropIt.exe" -MyProfile'' | ''"C:\My Folder\DropIt\DropIt.exe" -MyProfile'' | ||
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| ===== Using a Total Commander button ===== | ===== Using a Total Commander button ===== | ||
| - | ''Tutorial under development'' | + | This is simple: drag "DropIt.exe" to an empty space on //Total Commander//'s button bar and a shortcut is created. Now right-click on this new button and select ''Change...''. In the dialog box type ''%P%S'' to the Parameters field. This will pass paths of selected files to DropIt. |
| - | ''>> add http://dropitblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/using-dropit-without-gui/'' | + | {{ :dropit_tc_button.png?direct&300 |}} |
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| + | Now if you select files in //Total Commander// and then click on this button, DropIt will ask you for a profile and will sort your files. | ||
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| + | To further polish this button, you can specify the profile to be used. Add your profile name at the beginning of the Parameter field, so it should read ''-MyProfile %P%S''. Now you can create buttons for your most used profiles and use them without DropIt running in the background. | ||
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| + | **Tip:** instead of using absolute path to DropIt, you can use //Total Commander//'s ''%COMMANDER_PATH%'' variable in the path (only if DropIt and //Total Commander// are on the same drive): | ||
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