Copy a File Path in Windows 10

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Steps

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    For example, let's open File Explorer
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    We double-click "Local Disk (C:)"
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    We double-click "Program files (x86)"
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    Then, we double-click "UltraISO"
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    Now in this folder, we right-click the "UltraISO.exe" file
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    We won't see for what we are looking.
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    We copy the whole path to the file and not just the file
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    To do that, we simply press and hold the "Shift" key on the keyboard and then right-click the file.
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    In the menu, we will have an option to "Copy as path"
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    This means that the text that is the path of the file plus the file itself (the name of the file) will be copied.
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    To check the buffer, we can simply create a new text document and then paste the buffer there
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    As we can see, "C:\Program Files (x86)\UltraISO\UltraISO.exe" path has been copied. This is useful for creating shortcuts or making notes in the shortcuts.
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This concludes our tutorial on how to copy the file path on Windows 10 computers. Thank you for watching VisiHow! If you have any other comments or questions, please leave them in the comment section below.

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