Setting Default File Manager using Registry

[nutnutwin]

Hi, was looking at some older thread and came across this
viewtopic.php?t=17500

which @admin says

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell  -> "none"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell  -> "none"

is used to determine the default file manager when double click, as I understand

# My Questions
from my experiments, it seems that XYplore only modify the "Directory\Shell", but not "Drive\Shell"(just left unchanged)
wonder why that is listed? Is "Drive\Shell" something obsolete in Windows 10?

my device runs Windows 10 Pro 20H2, in case it is relevant

Thank you

[highend]

Your experiment is flawed^^

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[nutnutwin]

Your experiment is flawed^^
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Hi, thank you for your reply. Just curious, is your XYplorer the installed version?
(mine is portable

In my case,
> Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell
> Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell

has no XYplorer at all, while
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell
is changed.

> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell
as is mentioned before, unchanged.

Just facts I observed so far.

[highend]

The portable version was used for that snapshot...

[nutnutwin]

The portable version was used for that snapshot...

That is Really Weird !

Will try again on a clean install later

Thank you for your time