Long-term readers of ToW may recall tip 101, which featured 
the “Copy as Path” command in Windows 7. In a nutshell; hold the Shift key as you right-click on a file in Windows Explorer, and you’ll see the Copy as Path option, which copies the entire path to that file (eg c:\blah\blah\file.doc) into the clipboard. Handy for when you want to point a dialog box from an application at a file you’ve been working on.
Well, Windows 8 goes one better. The Explorer desktop application features an option on the Home tab – 
simply select a file or folder, then click on the Home menu option to show the tabs (assuming they’re not already visible), and you’ll see Copy path.
If you like to have one-click access to these kinds of super-user functions, there is an even quicker way.
Look above the File menu in the Explorer window, and you’ll see a Quick Access Toolbar – something that’s been in Office for a while, as a place to dock common commands. If you click on the down arrow at the end of the QAT, you can enable and disable the commands which are already on it, but not add new ones. If you want to add the Copy Path command, for example, 
simply right-click on the command 
on the Ribbon tab, then Add to Quick Access Toolbar.
