Right click multiple folder list to a script

[Imagine]

I am looking to:
1. Select multiple folders, right click on one of them, select a menu item to activate a script (Done)
2. The script (I am using Python, but it does not have to be) pops up an input screen where options on what to do on these folders is selected.
3. All the folders are processed based on the user selected options in #2.

#1 is done, but #2 is an issue In standard Windows explorer: #1 sends individual folders to the script all in individual (separate) processes, so if I have 10 folders selected, I get 10 popups asking for user input. What I need is a single popup in #2, and all the folders processed based on the user input from that popup.

Any suggestions on how XYplorer can handle this?

[highend]

It's not XY task to handle this, it's the script's task. XY doesn't control user defined context menus. So how is this context menu implemented?

[Imagine]

It is done by adding a registry key to add a right click menu item and send the output to the script as argv[1].

[bdeshi]

Add a new POM (Tools->Customize File Associations) entry like this:

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|"pass folder-selection to script"\>::run """path\to\script.py"" ""<get selectedItemsPathNames |>""";

which will pass |-separated list of selected folders (full paths) as argv[1] to your script.
You need to choose "Open With" in XYplorer's context menu -> "pass folder-selection to script".

But what are you going to do in your script. Maybe that can be done entirely inside XYplorer.

[Imagine]

Thanks Sammay.

I added the code to Tools->Customize File Associations as a New entry. (See the attachment below showing Screen Capture of POM settings)

When I select a folder (or folders), right clicking does not bring up the option "Open with". Even with files, the open with option shows ip only when a single file is selected, and the custom script added does not show as one of the options.

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[RalphM]

PFA's don't change the Windows context menu or Open With menu but are accessible via XY's own "Open With" button.

[Imagine]

That works great! Thanks for your OUTSTANDING support (and great features!)