Folder Nodes

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Folder nodes let you specify menus built from the contents of a folder(s) on your hard disk, or the contents of a special virtual folder like the Start Menu.

 

Folder Node Options:

Root recursion depth: when set to larger than 0, all file contents in the specified depth of subdirectories will be shown in root menu.  Be careful, values greater than 1 or 2 can lead to huge file lists in directories with lots of subfolders.
Subfolders as Submenus: show found subdirectories as menu items.  If false, no submenus will be shown, only files.
Show hints: hints on menu items.
Show hidden files: show hidden files in display.
Only show files newer than # hours (set a cutoff).
Folder pattern only applies to root: the folder patterns will only exclude root level submenus.
Large icons: choose size of icons in menu.

 

Root Folder to Display: Set the folder whose contents you want to display

You can separate multiple folders with ;

You can choose from special folders with the drop down box, including the contents of your Start Menu, which can be very useful.

 

Accept File Patterns: If specified, only files match this pattern (for example *.pdf) will be shown.  Separate multiple patterns with ;
Reject File Patterns: If specified, all files matching any ; separated pattern will be rejected
Accept Subdir Patterns: If specified, only subdirectories that match this pattern (for example *Best*) will be shown.  Separate multiple patterns with ;
Reject Subdir Patterns: If specified, all subfolders matching any ; separated pattern will be rejected (for example *JUNK*).

 

 

Tip: You can create a virtual folder and set a recurse value and disable subfolder listing, set a new hour limit, and specify a pattern like *.pdf, to have a nice menu of all files in some deep directory that match a given pattern.