Awarded a 5-star editor's choice by ZDNet's Software Library, who calls Alias99 "a genuine power-user's tool that can add real convenience to your desktop."
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How often do you find yourself in Windows Explorer, drilling down through folder after folder looking for the folder you want? How about during File Save or File Open dialog boxes? Wouldn't it be great if you could view a list of the folders you visit often, choose one and be transported to it instantly? That idea was the inspiration for Alias99.
Alias99 is simply a database of directories and an interface to let you jump to those directories, but that description doesn't begin to convey the magic of seeing Alias99 in action. Let's look at an example:
Suppose you are looking at the following File Save dialog box:
Assuming that you are starting in the TestDocs folder, how would you navigate to E:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program\Plugins\Test\? Using the standard Save As dialog, you would drop down the list, select drive E, double click on Program Files, double click on Netscape, double click on... You get the picture. Now, with Alias99, you simply right click on the Alias99 icon in your system tray, select the shortcut named "Plugin Test", and you are instantly transported to that folder without losing the contents of the File name edit box!
Select the "Plugin Test" shortcut from the context menu:
The Save As dialog box is now ready to save your file in the new directory!
You can add shortcuts using Alias99's dialogs, or directly from Windows Explorer.
If you have an application which uses nonstandard dialog boxes, chances are the Advanced section of Alias99 will enable you to capture the internal values for those dialog boxes and allow Alias99 to work with them as well.
Finally, if there are no File Save or File Open dialog boxes present when you select one of your defined shortcuts, Alias99 will launch Windows Explorer with the shortcut folder already selected in the left pane, and the contents displayed in the right.
If you'd prefer to launch a Windows command prompt or an external program, just select the desired alias while holding down a user-defined hot key.