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Make XYplorer default file browser for all programs

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 22:49
by tom_01
Hi,

I've searched a lot for this topic and haven't seen any confirmation on whether or not it's possible: Is there a way to have all programs use XYplorer for browsing files? Eg all programs' Save, Open, Import, etc. use the default Windows file browser instead of XYplorer even after I've set the default to XYplorer in the configuration.

Thanks,
Tom

Re: Make XYplorer default file browser for all programs

Posted: 23 Feb 2018 05:04
by jupe
No not as far as I know, this topic may be of interest to you though:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18445

Re: Make XYplorer default file browser for all programs

Posted: 23 Feb 2018 09:13
by highend
It definitely isn't

Re: Make XYplorer default file browser for all programs

Posted: 23 Feb 2018 20:38
by tom_01
Thank you both. Really appreciate it.

This is definitely my biggest source of friction with alternative file browsers. I'd estimate at least 30% of my file browsing happens in applications' use of the File Explorer. As soon as I get used to using all the great features of XYplorer I'm back in Windows File Explorer--it's pretty jarring.

Re: Make XYplorer default file browser for all programs

Posted: 25 Feb 2018 09:51
by RalphM
Open/Save dialogs are not linked to any file manager (whether set as standard or not) but happen to look & act similar to the standard Win explorer because they were probably given the same specs for their development.