1. Install CopyPaths in the "Contextual Menu Items" folder in your System Folder. If this folder does not exist, create it. Alternatively, you can drop it onto your System Folder icon, and let the Finder do the work for you. The system can handle more than one installed contextual menu plugin at a time.
2. Restart
3. You're done!
4. The "Copy Paths" menu item will appear at the bottom of the menu which appears when you Control-Click on a selection in the Finder. Select the hierarchical menu which best corresponds to the format to be used when copying the item's path to the clipboard.

CopyPaths supports a number of formats for copying complete paths to the clipboard. These are:

1. Copy Straight: Copies the paths as they are seen with only a carriage return between paths.
2. Copy for HTML: Copies the paths as they are seen with only a carriage return between paths. Preferences for Copy as HTML can be found in the resource fork of CopyPaths in 'Pref' resource #128. This menu item performs the following operations on each path:
   1. Trims the prefix through a specified string. No trimming occurs if the tag is not found.
   2. Prepends a typical HTML "A-TAG" prefix.
   3. Appends a typical HTML "A-TAG" suffix.
   4. Multiple paths are separated by a carriage return.
3. Copy for MPW: Copies the paths as required for MPW Shell. Any path with a space in it will be surrounded by single quotes. Paths without a space are not quoted.
4. Copy for AppleScript: Copies the paths perfectly for inclusion into your AppleScripts. (By popular demand. :-)
5. Copy for C String: Copies the paths for a program written in C
6. Copy for Pascal String: Copies the paths for a program written in Pascal.
7. Copy for Unix/Java: Uses '/' for path delimiter. You'll never have to replace all those ':' again!
8. Copy for DOS: Uses '\' for path delimiter. Yes, even though DOS no longer exists (whatever), we all still need to deal with it.
9. Copy for Special: Copies the path as prescribed by preferences in the 'Pref' ID 128 resource in CopyPaths.