XYplorer Beta Club

I wonder if there is a way to get this info straight from XY or through a script?

I'd like to select a file and see the path of the app that it is linked to...(and which would open on it on dbl-click)

Directly (with a few clicks for a file)? Look at Don's answer!

Via a script? Sure, simple, look up the current extension in the registry and e.g. display it in a custom column

Can be done:

- right click "Open With" toolbar button
- tick Show Full Paths in "Open With" menu
- now select a file and open the"Open With" menu -- you will see what you want at the bottom

- TIP: even without ticking Show Full Paths in "Open With" menu: hold CTRL when you click the opening app in the "Open With" menu and you will jump to this app instead of opening the file

So this is not about automatic displaying things but looking up each one explicitly via a few clicks? Go Don's route!

For infrequent use you can look at the Open With menu (Ctrl+Alt+Enter by default) which will list all portable file associates for the current file and then in a separate section list the Windows' shell association. This is also available via a toolbar button: If you want to see the default verb and association you could create a script using:Or a custom column to show it in the list: And if you'd prefer to show it in the status bar you can use an INI tweak for that:

Wow, so many cool answers and options within such a short period of time. Thanks guys, you rock!
If followed Don's suggestion and applied the ini-tweak as well ;-)