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Dropbox/Public - make files public with two clicks

Sun, 10/25/2009 - 17:39 — Guillaume
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Dropbox/Public


This little program allows you to send files and/or folders directly from the Explorer context menu to your Dropbox/Public folder. Afterwards, the corresponding links to the files will be copied to your clipboard, so you can paste them right away in the instant message or email you prepared the files for.

Review by AddictiveTips, Review by Caschy (German)

The latest version can be found at: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2606980/dropbox-public.zip (v1.6.0418)
 

Version history


Changes since v1.5.1211:
* By default, Dropbox/Public will create the .ini configuration file in your
Application Data folder (%AppData%).
This makes Dropbox/Public compatible with UAC and multiple user accounts.
If you want to make the program portable, just create a blank text file
called dropbox-public.ini in the program's own folder.
Thanks go to Terence for making me aware of this.

Changes since v1.4.1110:
* Space characters are converted into hex characters (%20)

Changes since v1.3.1030:
* "." is not converted into hex character anymore

Changes since v1.2.1027:
* Work-around for Info-Zip having problems with tokens like '[]' in pathnames

Changes since v1.1.1026:
* Now only stores relative paths for directories in zip-files

Changes since v1.0.1025:
* Now should support any OS language
 

Installation

  1. Extract the files to whatever folder you find appropriate (dropbox-public.au3 is just the source code, so you can safely remove it)
  2. If you want to make the program portable, just create a blank text file called dropbox-public.ini in the program's own folder.
  3. Start the program once and tick 'Yes' to add the "Send to" Explorer context menu items (tick 'No' to remove them).
 
 

Drag 'n Drop


Another option is to make a shortcut to the program and drag the files or folders onto it. Furthermore, you can pin the program to the Windows 7 Taskbar, but this seems to have some restrictions.
 
 
Note: this program uses Info-Zip to compress folders (and files if desired). Info-Zip can by found here: http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html
 
 
Guillaume

guillaumejunk .AT. hotmail _DOT_ com

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