Explorer Replacement

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llogg
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Re: Explorer Replacement

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j_c_hallgren wrote:
Lautrec wrote:I did not see an option to allow full XYplorer Explorer Replacement. That is, start with hot keys Win + E, as Windows Explorer.
How can I make that entirely replace Windows Explorer?
Hi and welcome to the XY forums!

As nas8e9 said, there are some things that M$ keeps to themselves and doesn't allow any changes to and I believe that this is one of them (Win+E)...I'm not aware of any FM that can do so...but also remember that XY is intended to work w/o chgs to Registry so that's a factpr also.

The other related part that mnay ask about is the file open/save dialogs and it's the same thing there, in that it can't be done.
Is this still the case? I'd like to be able to have a consistent appearance for all file manager functions. Thanks.

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Re: Explorer Replacement

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Hi and welcome,

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robertcollier4
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Re: Explorer Replacement

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j_c_hallgren wrote:The other related part that mnay ask about is the file open/save dialogs and it's the same thing there, in that it can't be done.
The file open/save dialogs are implemented by COMDLG32.DLL

There is one program I know of and have used to completely replace the file open/save dialog. It patches COMDLG32.DLL and hooks its functions and completely replaces it with its own dialog box. The name of it is "Vanga Rengi Mangaro" - it is great but would be great if XYPLorer could do this as well.
http://www.3delite.hu/Object%20Pascal%2 ... alogs.html
http://www.3delite.hu/Object%20Pascal%2 ... ngaro.html
Vanga Rengi Mangaro for Filesystem Dialogs
A project to replace Windows's default file open, save and folder selector dialogs, which are exported functions from comdlg32.dll with Filesystem Dialogs's dialogs. It's much safer and cleaner to use the library's direct interfaces (as a developer) as it uses API hooking to patch the processes.
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robertcollier4
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Re: Explorer Replacement

Post by robertcollier4 »

AutoHotKey can ovewrite any and all Windows keyboard shortcuts, and can overwrite the Win+E hotkey to launch XYPlorer.

You could create an AutoHotKey script like such:

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#e::Run, "C:\Program Files\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe"
See more info here: http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/misc/Override.htm

rfm
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Re: Explorer Replacement

Post by rfm »

Although this is an old thread, for future reference, it is possible to get the XP File Save dialog in Win7. Classic Shell (http://www.classicshell.net/) lets you customize parts of Win7 to look like XP--the Start menu and button, IE, and Win Explorer. It just adds a toolbar to WinE and isn't anywhere near as versatile as XY, but it does let you use the old File Save dialog for all apps in Win7. So even if you didn't use the other functions, you could set it just to do that.

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