Windows Explorer should be integrated within OneNote

[DebMc]

I use Windows Explorer to organize my files within My Documents. Now I use
OneNote to organize all of my notes, web clippings, emails, etc. For the
most part, my file folders in My Documents correspond with the notebooks I
use in OneNote. For example, I have a School folder within My Documents, and
I have a notebook entitled School. The challenge, of course, is to keep all
information associated with a particular topic, together.

I would like to be able to associate a folder of Word/PDF/Excel, etc., files
with a specific notebook in OneNote. The folder of documents could appear in
a navigation box within OneNote so I could have fast access to all associated
non-OneNote documents (and be able to rename and delete them as necessary).
Actually, it would be nice if I could associate one Outlook folder with each
OneNote notebook as well.

Due to the number of files I already have in each folder, I am not going to
spend the time to go back and embed each file within a OneNote page. And I
don't even want to because the link is lost if I change the file name.
Really, if OneNote could include within-screen access to associated document
file folders and email folders, it would be the PERFECT product! You should
do this as soon as possible.

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[EMRhelp.org]

I've suggested this many many times since OneNote version 1.

"Really, if OneNote could include within-screen access to associated
document
file folders and email folders, it would be the PERFECT product! You
should
do this as soon as possible. "

I have suggested this exact feature. I also suggested this would also
help microsoft lock users into Windows File Systems... etc. I also
suggested that Online "Google-like" OneNote-analogs would have
problems with this needed integration and would be another way to show
that the desktop reigns supreme.

I wonder if some powertoy could auto populate links from a specified
directory.

Your other problem is that you are probably overextending OneNote's
capabilities and robustness. If you know what file you are looking
for ... then just make a hyperlink to the Folder that contains the
files .... in the end, I think that aint that much better than what
you hoping to achieve.

If you are only hoping to very quickly open up files ... I might
suggest avoid OneNote and try this very cool very flexible rather darn
robust tool called ...

320 MPH ultra fast anything launcher
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic3010.html

You can get it to index any directory you want. I think by default it
will index your Start Menu, I didn't want that so I edited the script
to fit my needs. Very cool.