I'm Looking for a Hyperlinked tree-view directory display for Windows


  1. Posts : 232
    Win 10 Ver 1903
       #1

    I'm Looking for a Hyperlinked tree-view directory display for Windows


    I hope that someone here has seen the a program or utility that I am looking for. It sounds like an idea that I someone has probably already done if I could find it.

    I am trying to help some people that end up wasting a lot of time on having to revisit the same websites for multiple times to get the job done. The solution I am imagining would be a way to create a hyperlinked exploded-view of the subfolder contents of master-folders. This would be to give the Users a way to load files into any of the multiple sub-folders inside the master-folder by dropping the files directly into the exploded images of the sub-folders.

    I have seen Tree View programs that can display all the sub-folders of a hard drive but for it to work as needed the Tree-view would have to be hyperlinked back to each subfolder Dropping a file onto the name of a subfolder should load a copy of the file into that folder.

    If possible, it needs to be an “optional view” that could be turned on for specific folders while loading them and then turned off when done, preferably with a right click option. They could enable it for only the folders they were working on at a given time.

    Even though they use multiple monitors to extend their Windows desktop area the type of exploded view I am thinking of would make for a crowded desktop if used on more than a few folders at once. Having the ability to see all the sub-folders inside each Master and be able to load them with files would save a lot of time . A Hyperlinked version of a standard Tree View would be better than nothing. But much nicer and easier to work with if each subfolder were shown exploded out from the main folder as a full sized icon with a title.

    If any of you have seen something like this, I would appreciate any pointers or leads.
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  2. Posts : 1,604
    Win 10 home 20H2 19042.1110
       #2

    Not sure if any of these examples or web pages show what you want, but take a look: Hyperlinked version of a standard Tree View - Google Search
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  3. Posts : 9,791
    Mac OS Catalina
       #3

    Something like the old Unix GUI that was real but portrayed in multiple movies of the 90’s.

    Hyperlinks would use too many resources. Something like what the OP is describing is what you would find with VR.
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  5. Posts : 232
    Win 10 Ver 1903
    Thread Starter
       #5

    if all else fails i can create what i want but it wont look as nice. I have some apps like xxmklink that can create shortcuts to every subfolder inside another folder. Then I could then put all of them in a display area box so the person looking could drop-load files into any of the folders without to navigate through all the levels to get to all of them.

    A friend told me that they had see utilities that created this same thing as a kind of "view setting" for a folder It opened like a sidebar and showed all sub-folders in a list. The names in the list were actual links to those sub-folders and could be loaded by dropping files into them.

    My version would work as I have used it for creating shortcuts by batch but never for making a lot of them to be used as a folder of shortcuts to all the sub-folders of the main one. And it would definitely take up more space than a sidebar. Which is what i think he must have seen. A kind of sidebar directory for folders
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  6. Posts : 1,223
    W10-Pro 22H2
       #6

    I would have thought you could achieve what you want with a set of symbolic links - but these would have to be created (and deleted) manually.
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  7. Posts : 232
    Win 10 Ver 1903
    Thread Starter
       #7

    To be honest, this is something where I might be trying too hard to make life too easy for the people that want it. They can just as easily open each master folder to see the sub-folders and in cases where there are more than 2 levels they can open as far down as needed with a single click.
    Thanks for the effort from all. I think I will close this until I can come up with a better reason for needing such a function
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  8. Posts : 6,853
    22H2 64 Bit Pro
       #8

    questorfla said:
    I am trying to help some people that end up wasting a lot of time on having to revisit the same websites for multiple times to get the job done. The solution I am imagining would be a way to create a hyperlinked exploded-view of the subfolder contents of master-folders. This would be to give the Users a way to load files into any of the multiple sub-folders inside the master-folder by dropping the files directly into the exploded images of the sub-folders.
    I have seen Tree View programs that can display all the sub-folders of a hard drive but for it to work as needed the Tree-view would have to be hyperlinked back to each subfolder Dropping a file onto the name of a subfolder should load a copy of the file into that folder.
    What do you mean by "websites" ? Anyway assuming that you just want of way to view multiple folders try:

    Download Tablacus Explorer - MajorGeeks

    Tablacus Explorer Add-ons

    Here's a screenshot from my machine:

    I'm Looking for a Hyperlinked tree-view directory display for Windows-tablacus-explorer.jpg

    Here's some of the installed add ons:


    I'm Looking for a Hyperlinked tree-view directory display for Windows-tablacus-explorer-installed-add-ons.jpg

    You could add/ remove favorite folders in the left pane and bookmark the rest using tabs.

    Lets say you want to move a file (or multiple files) from one directory to another. Just drag and drop anywhere the target folder is visible.


    I'm Looking for a Hyperlinked tree-view directory display for Windows-move-file-tablacus-explorer.jpg
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  9. Posts : 17,838
    Windows 10
       #9

    QTTabBar perhaps...

    I'm Looking for a Hyperlinked tree-view directory display for Windows-002363.png
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