Replace Windows File Explorer as Default

[joprix]

So I've ticked the "XYplorer is default file manager" but I still get the decrepit Win 8.1 file explorer opening up when I click from say, within Firefox.

Is there any way to completely and utterly obliterate the old file manager so that there is only one that can possibly open, XYplorer, and get it to work properly?

[admin]

I'm afraid not, some apps/interfaces hardwire to Explorer.

Welcome to the club anyway!
Don

[binocular222]

Some different when right click a song in Foobar > Open containing folder
WE as default file manager: Foobar open the path and select the file
XY as default file manager: Foobar open the path but NOT select the file

[admin]

Is the file passed to XY via command line?

(You can see this in Help | Various Information under "Command: ...")

[binocular222]

No.

Code: Select all

Command: 
CommandW: 
Command Normalized: 
CopyData: "D:\Music\Nam"

Strange. How to check the command-line that Foobar passed to WE?

[Quaraxkad]

No, Foobar does not pass the filepath in the command line. I'm not sure how it does it, but it's a feature exclusive to Explorer. I'm not sure if XY can replicate it, it might be something that Foobar handles itself when it detects the Explorer process has launched.

[binocular222]

LOL. Seems I have to delve in Foobar SDK to create a simple plugin.

[Quaraxkad]

This is how Foobar does it in Explorer: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/librar ... S.85).aspx

[binocular222]

@Don: Can you consider this?

[Quaraxkad]

It's a feature that other programs like Foobar would have to implement specifically for XY, *if* such a feature was ever added to XY. The sample above is a built in Windows Shell function and I'm pretty sure will not ever work with anything other than explorer.exe.

[bdeshi]

Not to mention the source programs wouldn't know that the target supports that call, and so it's safer for them to just pass stuff via a basic cmdline arg that has the highest compatibility.

[ksarnelli]

It's possible...another 3rd party file manager does it: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/221 ... nt-program

This would be a great feature to add.