I’ll probably store all the settings in an ini or xml file. No, the “folders” wouldn’t be tied to file-system folders, they would only exists in my app. I’m not sure what the file format will look like, but I’ll definitely need some way to order them so the user can change the order. Either I’ll sequence them or I’ll just re-write the file in the correct order every time.

The (big) challenge that I can see is how you specify which files go in which folders. Since the folder don’t neccesarily need to be directory folders (it could just be “Scott’s Folder of Junk”), how do you create them so that they are not tied to a directory, yet contain the files’ directories so that you can open them?

I’m thinking you would want to use the registry and simply create (or delete) folders as you “manage” the favorites. You could also store a sequence number in there, which would sequence and allow you to re-sequence favorites as you see fit.

Then again, all this might be WAY more work then you really want to put into this project…

Right now “Manage” doesn’t do anything. But someday it will open a userform that will let you add/delete/reorder everything. I wanted to avoid the Manage aspect and just have add and delete, but I think people want the option even if they don’t use it.

I’m always hesitant to put something on the top menu. It seem presumptuous for me to think that my utility is so important that it deserves the same billing as File and Edit. But Walkenbach does it with PUP, so maybe it’s OK (or maybe PUP is that important). I definitely like the shortcut menu option.

Yeah, 50 frequently used files is probably a stretch on the word “frequently”. I was going to limit the list to 26 entries (one for each letter of the alphabet). I’ve reconsidered. I think I’ll make it unlimited, but only provide shortcuts for the first 26.

I also want to implement nesting, which would be done via the Manage userform. That way someone could have 100 files and put them into subfolders.

I love the questions, keep ‘em coming.

You can’t pin a file to the MRU list, but you could certainly add a menu item above the MRU list for a workbook.

Do you think it works better from the top menu bar or from the shortcut menu? Shortcut menu might make it even quicker to access.

Do you think you’ll run into any menu item restrictions with this? I don’t know how many favorites you have, but if you end up with, say, 50 files (ridiculous thought, I know) that are favorites, does it get too hard to manager/work with them from a menu?

(Maybe I’m not helping with all of these questions…)