Win 10 - Set XYplorer as default file manager

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simonides
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Win 10 - Set XYplorer as default file manager

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Another file manager starts when I plug in a USB stick. How can I set XYplorer to be default file manager?

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Re: Win 10 - Set XYplorer as default file manager

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Tick these:
Configuration | Shell Integration | Default File Manager | XYplorer in shell context menu
Configuration | Shell Integration | Default File Manager | XYplorer is default file manager

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Re: Win 10 - Set XYplorer as default file manager

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This worked, thanks

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Re: Win 10 - Set XYplorer as default file manager

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I love this program and want to become a power user....

but I cannot make it my default windows file manager. All other programs and apps bring up the Windows version. I have tried the setting above and it does not work. Advice? I'm running windows 10 on a Surface 4 Pro.
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Re: Win 10 - Set XYplorer as default file manager

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Programs and apps? Using that setting makes XY the default when you (double-) click on
folders or drive icons (e.g. on your desktop)...
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Re: Win 10 - Set XYplorer as default file manager

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For example, I use Bluebeam for pdfs alot and I want Bluebeam to open XY when I file. Outlook is another pain, when I want to save an attached file, Outlook opens the default Windows File manager.

I never want to see the default windows file manager again. :D
Thanks for your interest in my problem.

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Re: Win 10 - Set XYplorer as default file manager

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Sorry, but you don't understand what "default file manager" in this context actually means.

What you are asking for is nothing that XY provides (because you want to replace
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Re: Win 10 - Set XYplorer as default file manager

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admin wrote: 27 Jun 2016 10:09 Tick these:
Configuration | Shell Integration | Default File Manager | XYplorer in shell context menu
Configuration | Shell Integration | Default File Manager | XYplorer is default file manager
I'm trying to use the above instructions in order to change my default file manager from Windows File Explorer to my new Xyplorer program but can't figure out where to go to click on the instructions above. Can you please help me with this?

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