How to open folder in new tab from the command line?

[zBernie]

I was researching how to run xyplorer.exe from the command line, pass it a path, and have that open in a new tab. I found the answer below but you can see the error I'm getting. I'm using XYplorer 22.90.0100.

Is there a way to open a folder in a new tab from the command line?


PS C:\Users\bernie> "C:\Program Files (x86)\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe" /script="::focus 'P2'; tab('new', '{C:\Users\bernie}'); #302;"
ParserError:
Line |
1 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe" /script="::focus 'P2'; …
| ~
| You must provide a value expression following the '/' operator.

[Norn]

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"D:\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe" /script="::focus 'p2'; tab('new', 'G:\Backups');"
Using CMD works fine...

Another way:
viewtopic.php?p=194226#p194226

[zBernie]

viewtopic.php?p=195568#p195568
"D:\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe" /script="::focus 'p2'; tab('new', 'G:\Backups');"
Using CMD works fine...

Another way:
viewtopic.php?p=194226#p194226

Oddly, regardless of what path I give it, it always opens to "This PC", and no new tab is created. Any ideas?

"C:\Program Files (x86)\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe" /script="::focus 'p2'; tab('new', 'C:\Windows');

[RalphM]

Check your quoting, you're missing a closing ".

[zBernie]

Check your quoting, you're missing a closing ".

Duh, thanks that was it. See how dangerous copy and paste can be!

[jupe]

You must consider reading and referencing the help file to be downright life and death for you then.

[zBernie]

You must consider reading and referencing the help file to be downright life and death for you then.

You are hilarious. And completely wrong. I read the section in the manual "Command Line Switches", there is nothing about opening a folder in a new tab. Lots of stuff on command line switches, not what I was after though. Try reading it and you will see what I mean.

[highend]

And looking up tab() didn't come to your mind?

[zBernie]

And looking up tab() didn't come to your mind?

Searching for "tab()" returns nothing. Searching for "tab" returns dozens of matches, none of which have anything to do with opening a new tab from the command line. Try it yourself. Subsequently, since you cannot search on a page for text, I copied and pasted the entire contents of the section "Command Line Switches". The word tab is there, but not how to open a new tab from the command line.

Make sense now?

[highend]

It doesn't make sense at all.

Maybe instead of posting all that stuff, you SHOULD READ IT^^ Btw, I've removed it from your post, if anyone's interested, the help file provides that^^

1) The path to a script file (commonly called *.xys). The file spec is resolved as in the script command load, so you can skip the XYS extension. You can also skip the path if the XYS file is located in the default scripts folder. For example

XYplorer.exe /script=test

would run the file <xyscripts>\test.xys on startup. If the path contains spaces it must be quoted:

XYplorer.exe /script="C:\Zen\test one.xys"

2) A script. It must be preceded by ::

So does the list of arguments contain a /script= part?
What the hell do you think where tab() can be find in this case?

[zBernie]

It doesn't make sense at all.

Maybe instead of posting all that stuff, you SHOULD READ IT^^ Btw, I've removed it from your post, if anyone's interested, the help file provides that^^

1) The path to a script file (commonly called *.xys). The file spec is resolved as in the script command load, so you can skip the XYS extension. You can also skip the path if the XYS file is located in the default scripts folder. For example

XYplorer.exe /script=test

would run the file <xyscripts>\test.xys on startup. If the path contains spaces it must be quoted:

XYplorer.exe /script="C:\Zen\test one.xys"

2) A script. It must be preceded by ::

So does the list of arguments contain a /script= part?
What the hell do you think where tab() can be find in this case?

So the "Command Line Switches" section does not explicitly say how to open a folder in a new tab, but rather that you can pass a function on the command line. And that I should have known there was a function named tab().