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Move "open by xyplorer" out of "show more options" in Windows 11
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 08:07
by sibojang9
Right now, to manually open a folder by explorer,
"show more options" has to be expanded before you can get there.
Anyway to put "xyplorer" under the root right-click menu? Another third-party software CopyFilenames (
https://www.extrabit.com/copyfilenames) did this successfully, demonstrating this possibility. The feature would make xyplorer way more accessible.

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Thanks,
SJ
Re: Move "open by xyplorer" out of "show more options" in Windows 11
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 08:35
by yuyu
Configuration | Other | Shell Integration | Default File Manager | XYplorer in shell context menu
and
Configuration | Other | Shell Integration | Double-clicking drives or directories will open them in XYplorer.
Re: Move "open by xyplorer" out of "show more options" in Windows 11
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 08:53
by highend
or just hold shift while right-clicking a folder / disable the dreaded Win 11 context menu completely?
If you don't want to set XY as the default file manager...
Re: Move "open by xyplorer" out of "show more options" in Windows 11
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 10:30
by Horst
On my system I switched off this completely.
So it always shows the full context menu with all entries.
Re: Move "open by xyplorer" out of "show more options" in Windows 11
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 15:38
by sibojang9
“Configuration | Other | Shell Integration | Default File Manager | XYplorer in shell context menu” does not work. XYplorer is still hiden in "show more options"
Holding shifting or switching win 10 right click menu solves the issue by creating another issues. (e.g. holding shifting unfolds all apps in "show more options" which I want to avoid)
Re: Move "open by xyplorer" out of "show more options" in Windows 11
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 17:20
by Horst
sibojang9 wrote: ↑05 Jun 2025 15:38
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Holding shifting or switching win 11 right click menu solve the issue by creating another issues. (e.g. holding shifting unfolds all apps in "show more options" which I want to avoid)
Change to always show the classic context menu has no such problems.
Re: Move "open by xyplorer" out of "show more options" in Windows 11
Posted: 06 Jun 2025 02:30
by sibojang9
"Change to always show the classic context menu" brings up other junk stuff. I only want "open by xyplorer" in the front.