Setting Default File Manager using Registry

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nutnutwin
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Setting Default File Manager using Registry

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Hi, was looking at some older thread and came across this
viewtopic.php?t=17500

which @admin says

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell  -> "none"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell  -> "none"
is used to determine the default file manager when double click, as I understand

# My Questions
from my experiments, it seems that XYplore only modify the "Directory\Shell", but not "Drive\Shell"(just left unchanged)
wonder why that is listed? Is "Drive\Shell" something obsolete in Windows 10?

đź’¬my device runs Windows 10 Pro 20H2, in case it is relevant

Thank you

highend
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Re: Setting Default File Manager using Registry

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Your experiment is flawed^^
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nutnutwin
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Re: Setting Default File Manager using Registry

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highend wrote: ↑15 Sep 2021 10:49 Your experiment is flawed^^
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Hi, thank you for your reply. Just curious, is your XYplorer the installed version?
(mine is portable

In my case,
> Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell
> Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell

has no XYplorer at all, while
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell
is changed.

> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell
as is mentioned before, unchanged.

Just facts I observed so far.

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Re: Setting Default File Manager using Registry

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The portable version was used for that snapshot...
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Re: Setting Default File Manager using Registry

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highend wrote: ↑15 Sep 2021 23:27 The portable version was used for that snapshot...
That is Really Weird !

Will try again on a clean install later

Thank you for your time

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