This happens to me often enough , that I would like to figure it out. I'll have a code file open in Notepad, but I don't recall what directory it's located in. Sometimes, when I navigate to File --> Save As then I can see where it's at.
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But not always , and that's why I'm asking here. I'm hoping there's some way to do this. thanks
There isn't presently a way of doing this in Notepad other then the way you have shown using the 'Save-as' which should show the directory of the file you have open.
That being said, if you want this functionality, you can use a bunch of better applications that are also free. Such as:
UltraEdit (Might not be free anymore)
These are a few I've used, and all of them will show the directory the file has been opened from in the window name at the top left of the window.
On Windows 7 I found the trick:
You can make a small modification to the opened file and then close the notepad. Notepad will ask, if you want to save or discard your changes revealing the full path to the file being edited :)
It depends, If you opened the file directly, (which then opened notepad), you can see the 'command line' in task manager, it will have the file path listed. (to see command line, open task manager, go to details page, right click the column header and select columns).
But if you opened notepad first, and then opened the file (file->open), then no way I can see, as notepad doesn't keep an open file handle.
Well, I think Notepad only tracks the last directory you made save as for files, However, I recommend to use another program like Notepad++, it is more efficient and will give you many features and it is still free and simple program
