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I'm looking at XYplorer but one thing I'd like to do is launch it with a quick keystroke as I do Windows Explorer ie windows-E

Is this or something similar possible, if so how?

Hi and welcome to XYplorer,
There is not direct way to do it from within XY, but you can assign a keystroke to the XY shortcut (right-click on shortcut and click properties and assign key) on your desktop. I am not sure if windows key is allowed but ctrl, shift and alt are allowed as accelerators.

What you can do is define a HotKey to restore/foreground the app. However, you have to edit ("tweak") the INI file manually to achieve it.

This setting, e.g., will define WinKey+X to open/foreground XYplorer: How to tweak the INI:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3543

Bit of a shame since I'm so used to windows-e. But a shortcut does work, providing XYplorer is on the desktop, not the quick action toolbar.

You can use AutoHotkey, or one of the other key mapping programs (HotKeyP is another one).

There is one Autohotkey solution posted in the Wiki: http://88.191.26.34/XYwiki/index.php/FA ... ey.2BX_.3F

But that won't handle restoring the window from the notification area (tray).
The AHK script I posted ( http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2682 ) handles that case, offers a few other hotkeys, but I think it may be slightly outdated. Though the outdated part has nothing to do with the Win+E shortcut.