XYplorer Beta Club

If I have XY open and I double-click a folder on the desktop, the focus goes to that folder in the open version of XY. Is it possible to have it emulate previous versions of Windows and open in a new window, preferably with the left navigation pane closed?

Press Win R (to open the Run dialog)
Then enter this: Control Folders
The dialog that opens should present you with all the stuff you're looking for.

Thanks, but it doesn't seem to do that...even for WinExplorer, let alone XY. Which options were you thinking of? They're different in Win7 from XP.

Un-assign XY as your default file manager (Config > Shell integration) - I don't think you can control the behavior of XY via Windows "control folders". But I may be wrong.

Then configure your Windows settings. The dialog should be self-explaining:
- Open each folder in the same window
- Open each folder in its own window

For the left navigation pane, the dialogs do indeed differ from version to version. Switch to the View-tab on the same dialog if you don't get to see the navigation stuff on the General-tab.

Why would I want to unassign XY as the default file manager? I want it as the default. Isn't there a setting to have it open a separate instance each time a desktop folder is double-clicked? Even a separate tab would be okay. Is this in the paid version but not the free one? I could live with the navigation pane staying open.

For the desktop folder only? Don't know...

For all folders that you double click?

Open regedit.

Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\XYplorer\command

or

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\shell\XYplorer\command
(if you didn't allow XY to set the default to all users)

and edit the (Standard) value
from e.g.

"C:\Program Files\XYplorerFree\XYplorerFree.exe" "%1"
to
"C:\Program Files\XYplorerFree\XYplorerFree.exe" /new "%1"

Thanks. Is there a way to control whether the new tabs open next to the existing one or not? I have "Never combine" in the Taskbar Properties menu, but it doesn't affect the behavior. (In fact, if I open more than one, all are stuck together, so I can't even drag it along the taskbar.)

Fabulous--thanks.