OpenHashTab context menu dialog not displaying

[GreetingsFromPoland]

hi! i'm having a problem using OpenHashTab (https://github.com/namazso/OpenHashTab) in XY. i don't have this problem when testing with Explorer, DO, TC, etc.

in explorer (or other file managers), right-click a file, select Hashes, the dialog is displayed with all the hash options, etc.
in xy, right-click a file, show 64-bit context menu, select Hashes, the dialog flashes and goes away.

if i enable Configuration | Other | Shell Integration | 64-bit Windows | [x] Show the 64-bit context menu, i get the same results - dialog flash and then goes away.
are there any other settings in xy i should try ? i could open a ticket on their github page and list xy as the software i am using.

if this software is problematic, does anyone has any other recommendations for file hash comparisons via context menu ?

update i am testing out HashTools from BinaryFortress and this works with XY via context menu. i am also testing Quickhash-GUI (64-bit) portable and it too works when added to the Catalog as a drag-and-drop file compare tool (this software doesn't appear to have context menus).

[xxxy]

Hi there

Having the exact same issue as you are and wondering if there was ever a solution?

Will look into the two other hashers you mentioned in the meantime, too.

[admin]

Since other tools will work, I won't go into this, as it looks more like their (OpenHashTab) problem.

[rseiler]

I see that in the newly released v3.0.3 it still doesn't show without invoking the 64-bit menu, but perhaps of note is that it's 64-bit only now. Unlike the other two programs you referenced which support x86 and x64, can you confirm whether 64-bit only programs are actually meant to ever show up without invoking the 64-bit context menu? I wouldn't think so, since isn't that what it's for? I can't explain why OHT didn't show up in older versions, however.

[admin]

can you confirm whether 64-bit only programs are actually meant to ever show up without invoking the 64-bit context menu?

64-bit shell extensions will only show in the 64-bit context menu.

[rseiler]

can you confirm whether 64-bit only programs are actually meant to ever show up without invoking the 64-bit context menu?

64-bit shell extensions will only show in the 64-bit context menu.

So we can assume that's an additional reason it doesn't show (without the 64-bit menu) now.

As for before a few days ago, maybe the program's shell extension (if not every other aspect of the program) had always been 64-bit, it's hard to know. All I know for sure is that in the latest version, the release notes explicitly say "x86 (32 bit) is no longer supported."

I should note that there are some other tricky cases such as UltraEdit. In that one, even if you install the x64 version, the program provides shell extensions for x86 and x64. That's probably unusual.

[admin]

- There must be the actual files (at least one for x86 and one for x64).
- They must be correctly registered in the registry.
- They must work correctly.

If all three points are true, then they should show in the 32/64-bit context menus.

[rd7770]

Any update on getting OpenHashTab to work in XYplorer?
The alternate program mentioned, HashTools from Binary Fortress, doesn't have as many hashes, and isn't as comprehensive.

If this is truly an OpenHashTab issue, how could it be described to its dev (namazso) to show what needs to be looke into?
I just tried Release v3.0.4, and got the same result, where it works in Windows native File Explorer, but not in XYplorer's 64-bit context menu.

[rseiler]

I don't know, though I haven't tried it recently, but I did notice one thing last year: you may already have another program that surprisingly does pretty much the same thing, and that's 7-zip. If you happen to have that installed, look on the 7-zip/CRC-SHA menu (no need to go to the XY 64-bit menu for that).

[admin]

These things may auto-improve with upcoming XYTB (XY moving from VB to TB (twinBASIC)).

[rd7770]

If you happen to have that installed, look on the 7-zip/CRC-SHA menu (no need to go to the XY 64-bit menu for that).

7-zip doesn't have the hashes I need, nor all the other things that OpenHashTab can do.
If OpenHashTab had a command line interface, I could somehow rig XYplorer to work with it.

[ckong]

I'm using XYplorer 26.80.0200 and installed OpenHashTab 3.0.4. I initially didn't see any new entry in the Right-click Fille Properties box either. A "Hashes" tab appears only if you check off "Settings > Other > Shell Integration > Show the 64-bit context menu". I guess like the other post indicated, OpenHashTab is a 64-bit Shell Extension so that option must be checked for the Tab to appear.

[rseiler]

Yes, but at least two problems with that:

-The dark color scheme (if you're using it) is ignored
-The Hashes window tries to open but immediately closes (same result as if don't do what you mentioned and just get to it with "Show 64-bit context menu"). I take it that this doesn't happen for you, so it could be some other issue, though OpenHashTab works via Explorer....