Add "Explore from here"

[mwoffenden]

One thing I truly miss from Windows Explorer is the ability to open a new instance with a particular folder as the root of the tree. It's a wonderful way to focus on a particular folder branch.

It's usually implemented with a registry tweak and the Explorer command line switch "/root", i.e.

C:\Windows\explorer.exe /root, "%1"

Would very much like to see this in a future version of XY.

Alternately, if we had a "/root" switch that functioned the same as that in Windows Explorer, we could create a similar registry tweak. I'd prefer to have it built into XY though, as messing with the registry is always risky.

[serendipity]

You can use command-line switch to do this. For example you can select a folder and run this from address bar:

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::open """<xypath>/XYplorer.exe"" /ini=XYplorer.ini <curitem>";

You will get a new instance of XY with the selected folder as root folder.

[mwoffenden]

This switch, however, does not appear to do what I need. I need to start XY with a folder at the absolute root of the tree -- i.e. no higher folders are visible in the tree.

[Gandolf]

What mwoffenden wants is to root to a particular folder i.e. if the command line to start XY is something like "C:\Program Files\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe /R:C:\Program Files\" then only directories below C:\Program Files\ are accessible and those above are not. Hence, C:\Windows would not be accessible (neither would any other drive), but C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\ would be. The /R switch is what x² uses.

[serendipity]

Oh i see! I was not aware of such an option at all in WE. Sounds like minitree kind of thing but with an important difference; "Hide higher folders".
One workaround is to turn on minitree and add current minitree to catalog as category.

[mwoffenden]

... add current minitree to catalog as category.

I could not figure out how to do that.

[admin]

... add current minitree to catalog as category.

I could not figure out how to do that.

When in MiniTree mode: R-click catalog / Insert as new category here / Current Mini Tree.

That sort of root folder setting is not supported nor planned in XY, sorry.

Don

[mwoffenden]

When in MiniTree mode: R-click catalog / Insert as new category here / Current Mini Tree.

Thanks, I tried this and it's nice. Wondering if there is a way to have mini-tree mode "switched on" before navigating to the item?

That sort of root folder setting is not supported nor planned in XY...

Thanks for your comment, Don. Hoping you can keep an open mind on this feature, and see what other users comment on the topic. Being able to open a new window with a folder at the root of the tree really is fabulous.

[admin]

When in MiniTree mode: R-click catalog / Insert as new category here / Current Mini Tree.

Thanks, I tried this and it's nice. Wondering if there is a way to have mini-tree mode "switched on" before navigating to the item?

No, but you can simply leave Mini Tree on all the time. Works great for me.

[mwoffenden]

...you can simply leave Mini Tree on all the time. Works great for me.

So I've been trying this approach for several days, and it's working very well for me. Not a replacement for "explore from here", mind you, but very good nonetheless.

I'm using a script to access commonly used folders. When I encounter a common folder not in the catalog, I add it in and next time it's available with 1-click. Very nice and thanks for the tip!