RickL

Don't have an XP machine to remind myself of the 'official' procedure, but I had a work-around when I needed a link for a different purpose - open a spreadsheet and set up a link from a cell to the file; then copy the full path, which shows up neatly in the dialogue box.

I think in XP you could go to ~tools ~folder options in explorer and choose 'display full path in the address bar' on the ~view tab. You can then copy and paste the path - but you have to type or c&p the file name separately.

Edit: Memo to self: search before enter.. Had a look in my search engine of choice and it says drag and drop the file into your Run dialogue window. You can cut and paste the full path from there. Doh.

Both ways work! Thanks

Darn. I knew that.. Depends on the OS of course. If you're in Windows it's easy - find the file in Windows Explorer, shift+right click; look for 'copy as a path' and paste the path into your Ctrl-K window with "file:///" - without the quotation marks.

Any way to make this work in Windows XP?