If I paste a network file link into the start menu in Windows 7, I am able to copy the file onto my pc. How do I accomplish this in Windows 10?
I can't drag and drop the file when I click on it and there is no menu options to do anything, that I see, to the file except for opening it?
Thank you
Hi, sorry, not quite sure what you mean.
For example, here are some download links for Notepad++
Download Notepad++ 7.5.9
If I paste one of those links into the search field on the taskbar it opens Edge and starts the download.
Here's the first:
Notepad++ download starting...
What exactly do you wish differently? And why not simply do the download using your browser?
Or do you mean a link to a shared file on another machine?
1 Create a new shortcut and put this in its 'Location' field
or, if they contain spaces,Code:cmd.exe /k "xcopy d:\desktop\testfile.txt d:\desktop\target\"
Code:cmd.exe /k "xcopy "d:\desktop\test file.txt" "d:\desktop\tar get\""
using your own source path & filename in place of d:\desktop\testfile.txt
and
using your own destination path in place of d:\desktop\target\
2 Once you have created the shortcut you can set its properties to run minimised if you want.
3 The command I have provided will leave a console window open afterwards so you can check it is all working as expected. Once you have tested it and are happy with it, change the /k to /c and the shortcut will do its job then its console window will disappear.
Code:cmd.exe /c "xcopy d:\desktop\testfile.txt d:\desktop\target\"
4 You can pin this shortcut to the Start menu.
Denis
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