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(/questions/ask) Ask Question     (2011-04-14 19:21:46Z) Asked 13 years, 11 months ago  Modified (?lastactivity) (2025-02-12 09:14:10Z) 1 month ago  (Viewed 12,667 times) Viewed 13k times         This question shows research effort; it is useful and clear  (69:3:31e,16:c4648135d5306f5a,10:1742104418,16:ccea71a03b786563,7:5668524,6ad322fe0113bd5731f4ee608c19323733b7bf294b0c1c00794ab395e9b6a3d2) 16  (This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful)    (69:3:31e,16:0809eb3594c72e56,10:1742104418,16:0caea73d5f6a3587,7:5668524,bc2ba88096a8a932d58699cff4ffd2b8a3a4de1cc3b495ffb25bfe945146715e)      Save this question.  (/posts/5668524/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    To accomplish this I've been right-clicking the file or directory and then selecting Show in Windows Explorer, and then copying the path out of the address bar. Is there an add-on or macro that can make this task easier? I'm aware that you can drag a file from Solution Explorer into the editor and it will write out the path, but when doing web development I don't always want the server path, sometimes I want the local path.  (/questions/tagged/visual-studio-2010) (show questions tagged 'visual-studio-2010') visual-studio-2010  (/questions/tagged/path) (show questions tagged 'path') path  (/questions/tagged/clipboard) (show questions tagged 'clipboard') clipboard      (/q/5668524) (Short permalink to this question) Share  Share a link to this question     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0) CC BY-SA 3.0     (/posts/5668524/edit) () Improve this question  Follow (69:3:31e,16:cb8d05c1d5316382,10:1742104418,16:8d06b4424f4576d2,7:5668524,a308896c8df2064aaab6d53ee44997ce0aefd2c0a6121d461ec491091b0aafc8)  Follow this question to receive notifications       asked (2011-04-14 19:21:46Z) Apr 14, 2011 at 19:21   (/users/18149/leeand00) (leeand00's user avatar)    (/users/18149/leeand00) leeand00 leeand00 (reputation score 26,422) 26.4k (45 gold badges)  45  45 gold badges (155 silver badges)  155  155 silver badges (304 bronze badges)  304  304 bronze badges           (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid answering questions in comments.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          6 Answers 6   Sorted by:  (/questions/5668524/easier-way-to-copy-the-path-to-a-file-or-directory-to-the-clipboard-in-visual-st?answertab=scoredesc#tab-top) Reset to default   (scoredesc) Highest score (default)  (trending) Trending (recent votes count more)  (modifieddesc) Date modified (newest first)  (createdasc) Date created (oldest first)            This answer is useful  (69:3:31e,16:76f568c170fa1654,10:1742104418,16:3642c73c7e1789db,7:5676507,b3278b2c13b796b5c4a65e4ee566d781dbdc837ee4820b66c4393d438847d034) 11  (This answer is not useful)    (69:3:31e,16:ede27f3b011317fb,10:1742104418,16:9cf09e0a5291b8c9,7:5676507,023e7d60435da8246bb634f38bf3fa8608ff0c55e2713e7c2e22b8dd1097f6fd)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/5676507/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    Look at PowerCommands extension (http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/e5f41ad9-4edc-4912-bca3-91147db95b99?SRC=Home) http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/e5f41ad9-4edc-4912-bca3-91147db95b99?SRC=Home  Among others, it contains "Copy Path" command for files and folders UPD: Also, another option: right-click the tab of open document and there will be "Copy Full Path" command. It's built-in, no extensions needed   (/a/5676507) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0) CC BY-SA 3.0     (/posts/5676507/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (69:3:31e,16:929fce983cdcc4fd,10:1742104418,16:e6144bbf5dd46295,7:5676507,6db677d5b3e09a06677755992e5ceb6859f9a49c66e6301954708104a95bf2fd)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       (/posts/5676507/revisions) (show all edits to this post) edited (2011-04-15 15:25:25Z) Apr 15, 2011 at 15:25         answered (2011-04-15 12:09:34Z) Apr 15, 2011 at 12:09   (/users/692349/madbender) (MadBender's user avatar)    (/users/692349/madbender) MadBender MadBender (reputation score) 1,458 (12 silver badges)  12  12 silver badges (15 bronze badges)  15  15 bronze badges        5   Woo Hoo!  I've been missing that functionality since I switched IDEs!  Thanks MadBender! – (/users/18149/leeand00) (26,422 reputation) leeand00  Commented (2011-04-15 12:40:30Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Apr 15, 2011 at 12:40      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   Hmm odd, I ran VS as administrator to setup the extension but the items aren't appearing in the context menu.   I also noticed that in Tools->Options...Power Commands all command items are checked. – (/users/18149/leeand00) (26,422 reputation) leeand00  Commented (2011-04-15 13:30:56Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Apr 15, 2011 at 13:30        Works well for me. Try to modify and save the settings, check for conflicts with other extensions, install SP1 if you don't have it. Maybe it will fix the problem – (/users/692349/madbender) (1,458 reputation) MadBender  Commented (2011-04-15 15:21:54Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Apr 15, 2011 at 15:21        I used it with SP1 and without, and I don't think it's main reason. Conflict with other extensions is more likely. Do you have any? – (/users/692349/madbender) (1,458 reputation) MadBender  Commented (2011-04-15 16:11:25Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Apr 15, 2011 at 16:11        Unfortunately not available for VS 2022 – (/users/1715749/antonk) (2,320 reputation) AntonK  Commented (2022-06-01 01:26:24Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Jun 1, 2022 at 1:26        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)             This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:05d70be0f8640f0c,10:1742104418,16:5bb21f7124887116,8:39956740,4cb85c4b592e0a4bc1c9dee20742b4908884558e7be7509728da000f69f7aad9) 10  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:f1e226134d45108d,10:1742104418,16:1e5dbc17459d972c,8:39956740,bffa8978a9847f7b41bf63c157cf29888f09068359d19714617881aa706b5d2f)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/39956740/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    You can just select the file in the 'Solution Explorer' file list and hit CTRL+C . It automatically copies the file path to your clipboard.   (/a/39956740) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0) CC BY-SA 3.0     (/posts/39956740/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:8b2870f4e822e6fc,10:1742104418,16:1acab07bb1bee1a4,8:39956740,2194ce511bd5970f44502a1b7a11ccfa66efa412f9cfbee015d7cd6ced7cf53b)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       answered (2016-10-10 10:58:38Z) Oct 10, 2016 at 10:58   (/users/5370835/capawaky) (capawaky's user avatar)    (/users/5370835/capawaky) capawaky capawaky (reputation score) 127 (2 silver badges)  2  2 silver badges (8 bronze badges)  8  8 bronze badges        2   Correct. It seems to work only on folders that have the "folder" icon and on regular files, not on solution or project or properties items. – (/users/5370835/capawaky) (127 reputation) capawaky  Commented (2017-04-19 14:08:25Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Apr 19, 2017 at 14:08      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   It copies the file itself, not the path. – (/users/75500/shimmy-weitzhandler) (104,841 reputation) Shimmy Weitzhandler  Commented (2023-08-11 13:58:03Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Aug 11, 2023 at 13:58        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:8ae1359d46423b0e,10:1742104418,16:3dd925b0a206f42d,8:58154571,12f34330c83117feb221ef4b95a4e30ef19ec5e1053d800e8f2a5b651b15ea76) 1  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:d109ad891c2703d9,10:1742104418,16:089adf9aa648c991,8:58154571,0cff0a8b713638ce9da481f4be07bb1936a01c44fc3cd1d1e417a8ae5f281a8b)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/58154571/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    I've found one more option of how to solve it without plugins (for VS 2015 and above; not certain about previous versions)
Go to "Tools" -> "Customize..." -> "Commands" tab.
Choose "Context menu:" and "Project and Solution Context Menus | Item" and you can add any existing Command.  In order to copy path, choose Category "File" and "Copy Full Path" command. Will add button only for files in Solution Explorer.
This works for projects as well but you should choose "Project and Solution Context Menus | Project" (copy path of .vcxproj file). It doesn't work for solutions and I don't understand actually why.   (/a/58154571) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0) CC BY-SA 4.0     (/posts/58154571/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:6ecf05ab330df20f,10:1742104418,16:1ff78d9f8ef0ee90,8:58154571,967a539b519c338d1ea619f007a06c354f4e2430abec4d8510ee632dbf7beac5)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       (/posts/58154571/revisions) (show all edits to this post) edited (2019-09-30 03:26:24Z) Sep 30, 2019 at 3:26    (/users/5178801/j-murray) (J. Murray's user avatar)    (/users/5178801/j-murray) J. Murray (reputation score) 1,450 (11 silver badges)  11  11 silver badges (19 bronze badges)  19  19 bronze badges     answered (2019-09-29 11:02:32Z) Sep 29, 2019 at 11:02   (/users/8995293/andrii-radchenko) (Andrii Radchenko's user avatar)    (/users/8995293/andrii-radchenko) Andrii Radchenko Andrii Radchenko (reputation score) 11 (2 bronze badges)  2  2 bronze badges        1 (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   in vs2022 it's a bit weird -- it works for solution, and in code window, but not for project or project item. – (/users/826203/athos) (6,427 reputation) athos  Commented (2023-01-31 14:16:36Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Jan 31, 2023 at 14:16        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)             This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:76bf39f14d0d5f21,10:1742104418,16:778a627d942bf410,8:70795456,b1293210fc9bebb7386124a93298942f4640a549888973d4bfe32bdc16b72410) 1  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:6eee2bf3205e3a87,10:1742104418,16:69717e22169518a2,8:70795456,e072a77ba248a6275b0decceef41cc9d08ea0c48c5c68e6916ac22bba804550a)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/70795456/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard You can set your own shortcut keys for anything. The two that are most relevant to this post are "File.CopyFullPath" and "File.CopyRelativePath".
I created my shortcut to just be used in "Text Editor" and it has worked great. This was asked for VS2010 and I'm using VS2019, so it is an old question, but still relevant. I knew about the file header right click menu, but for some reason I didn't think about the shortcut keys until I read this question. Posting in case this results in a quicker fix for anyone else.   (/a/70795456) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0) CC BY-SA 4.0     (/posts/70795456/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:da938cd30cbce98b,10:1742104418,16:94adcb92e3286b24,8:70795456,839279018c9b06cc5bfc7759b2c4713a9d82479c125b6ecf4c64ecab2b81969b)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       answered (2022-01-21 01:47:54Z) Jan 21, 2022 at 1:47   (/users/2520037/maru) (maru's user avatar)    (/users/2520037/maru) maru maru (reputation score) 206 (2 silver badges)  2  2 silver badges (6 bronze badges)  6  6 bronze badges        1 (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   strangely, File.CopyRelativePath doesn't work for me as a shortcut, though I've set it in the keyboard settings in VS 2022. – (/users/736568/matthew-kooshad) (319 reputation) Matthew Kooshad  Commented (2022-02-25 17:50:14Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Feb 25, 2022 at 17:50        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:df60c36ffbe09a9a,10:1742104418,16:a91ae708564abe52,8:64467167,af3c2473a25d9547dea5e90321b32e2dc2efbc10dd2aaaff273b5c35e8cf736a) 0  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:b9a4396a0fd41fa3,10:1742104418,16:41bbf5a8fbda049a,8:64467167,c7a502c76bc265a5e553fcdc987aec1126bdd235901e1ce451b2e887ccde0aa2)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/64467167/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    The CTRL+C doesn't work for me on MSVS 2017.
Use the copy as path extension (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AlexEyler.CopyasPath&ssr=false#review-details) here .
Then right click on file in solution explorer -> Copy as path (or assign a shortcut).
I find that it works very well.   (/a/64467167) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0) CC BY-SA 4.0     (/posts/64467167/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:09a001beb227ceef,10:1742104418,16:362e3c58ca0f9f97,8:64467167,d43dcc67b0b1781ec37be661081a4215497ac26ec97cdb9d6d59309389aa8cbd)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       answered (2020-10-21 15:43:37Z) Oct 21, 2020 at 15:43   (/users/4743275/keyc0de) (KeyC0de's user avatar)    (/users/4743275/keyc0de) KeyC0de KeyC0de (reputation score) 5,287 (10 gold badges)  10  10 gold badges (52 silver badges)  52  52 silver badges (73 bronze badges)  73  73 bronze badges           (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) 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Keyboard shortcut Shift Opt Cmd C on Mac  (https://i.sstatic.net/AcYTFj8J.png) (Screenshot of context menu in top tab bar)   (https://i.sstatic.net/MSIJJrpB.png) (Screenshot of context menu in file explorer)   This was already mentioned in other answers, but I wanted to give it more visibility, as this is the simplest way in my opinion.   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