Configuring Pane Display at Startup

[TestMeister]

I have what I believe is a very basic XY layout:

•  Left panel nav tree
•  Single pane right panel with 6 tabs
    o  4 locked
    o	2 unlocked and set with C:\ as the home
        • 1 set as the default

I have manually positioned the tree completely collapsed with the tabs to their locked or home locations and then executed #852 "Save tabset". By using #857 "Revert to saved tabset", I can manually restore the tabs to the top of their root locations.

I would like to launch XY each day with the tabs configured as if #857 had been executed and with the left pane tree collapsed.

By specifying a script file as an argument in the XY shortcut, I able to execute "tabset("revert")" which takes care of the tabs but cannot find a command to collapse the tree. Is this possible?

Thanks!

[klownboy]

There are a number of ways to accomplish what you want. One is starting XYplorer with a script. Try this:
XYplorer.exe /script="::#857;#1010;" You should probably provide the full path to XYplorer. You may not need the fully collapse tree CID #1010. If you save the tabset and make changes that are not saved, XY should startup in the saved configuration provided you're not saving settings on exit in Configuration.

[TestMeister]

Perfect, many thanks!!

[TestMeister]

Hi

I'm coming back on this because I am trying to always open XY with the tree fully collapsed.

My shortcut launches with the argument /script="::#1010;"

When XY is closed with a drive tree expanded, when launched, it will still show the expanded tree and is not affected by whether "Save settings on exit" is enabled or disabled.

Am I using the correct command and syntax?

Thanks!

[admin]

No, #1010 does not work here. It only collapses the current folder, AND it does not work on "This PC".

Try this instead (#484 = Reset Tree):

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/script="::#484;"

[TestMeister]

That's it, thanks!

[TestMeister]

Win 10 x64
XY 21.40.0100

Coming back as this now no longer closes the tree. It has inconsistent behavior depending on the state of the tree when XY is closed.
Sometimes it will close the C: drive and leave network drives open, other times it will close all the network drives and leave the C: drive open at the last positioned subfolder

My XY shortcut

Target: C:\MyPrograms\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe /script="::#484;"
Start in: C:\MyPrograms\XYplorer

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[admin]

You mean it stopped working recently?

[TestMeister]

Yes unless I somehow changed another config option that causes it to fail.
Here's my current config where I don't save settings but it still won't reset the tree and lists

[admin]

Did you already try to reproduce it with a fresh instance? This is an easy way to determine whether any user settings play a role, and it would be easier for me to reproduce it.

[TestMeister]

Sorry Don, not sure what you mean by a fresh instance.
Multiple times I have closed it, rebooted and the behavior persists.
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As it turns out, I created a work around...a tool bar button that collapses all my drives so we can just defer this issue.

Here is my script which may not be the most elegant solution:

goto "Z:\";#1010;goto "Y:\";#1010;goto "X:\";#1010;goto "S:\";#1010;goto "C:\";#1010;

Thanks for the help!

[highend]

Sorry Don, not sure what you mean by a fresh instance

Execute fresh; from the address bar?

[admin]

Well, a workaround. I would have loved to fix anything here, but as I said, I cannot reproduce the issue.

So, let's close it for now.