Selecting Something at Opening

    There is an option in the Preferences window to display a file selection dialog when File Buddy opens. The dialog contains a pop-up menu of actions which can be performed on the item selected. The available actions are:

    Get Info
    View the item in File Buddy's info window.
    Get Finder Info
    Send a Get Info request to the Finder for the selected item.
    Get Parent Application Info
    Send a Get Info request to the Finder for the application the Finder would use to open the selected file.
    Move...
    Move the selected item to another location on the same or different disk.
    Copy...
    Copy the selected item to another location on the same or different disk.
    Move To DeskTop
    Move the selected item to the desktop.
    Make Alias...
    Make an alias to the selected item.
    View In List
    Open a file list window and add the selected item.
    Find Original
    Find the original if the selected item is an alias, or the item itself if not an alias.
    Find Similar
    Open the Find window and load the attributes of the selected item.
    Find Parent Application
    Find the application the application the Finder would use to open the selected file.
    Erase
    Erase the selected file or folder.
    Delete Resource Fork
    Delete the resource fork of the selected file.
    Delete Data Fork
    Delete the data fork of the selected file.

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