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Open folders and disable menu extra in MouseWorks Apps
The second Kensington MouseWorks beta was released recently. Kensington MouseWorks lets you open a file or application with a Launch File shortcut. To open a folder you can use the Launch URL shortcut by entering a URL like this:
 file://localhost/Applications/Utilities
If there are spaces in the path name to the folder you want to open, substitute %20 for each space like this:
 file://localhost/Library/Application%20Support
If you're using the MouseWorks 2.5 beta and would like to be rid of the menu extra it installs (because you can't command-drag it like most menu extras), just change the name of the menu extra's bundle package. It can be found here: /Library -> PreferencePanes -> MouseWorks.prefPane -> Contents -> Resources -> Support -> MouseWorks Background.app -> Contents -> Resources -> MWMenuExtra.bundle. Do a Get Info on the final Resources folder, note the current ownership settings, change them such that you have read/write privileges, then rename the bundle. When done, use Get Info again to reset the permissions to their original values.
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Open folders and disable menu extra in MouseWorks
Authored by: phlops on May 04, '04 01:18:03PM

Why not just turn off the menu extra from the MouseWorks control panel under the Scrolling tab? It's a little easier than hacking bundle contents...

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/phil



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Open folders and disable menu extra in MouseWorks
Authored by: llee on May 06, '04 10:14:01PM
Yep, that's a much better way. I just tagged that onto the hint because I couldn't command-drag the thing out of the menu bar like all the other menu extras. I guess I really should try to use the interface first.

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