XYplorer Beta Club

I use Xyplorer frequently at work and have found 2 features I would very much like to have.

1. Impersonation ability: I wrote a c# app that impersonates credentials so that I can use xyplorer to connect to network administrative shares in which I normally have to type in the user/pass each time my connections are broken. Since I sometimes connect to upwards of 50 machines, the ability to impersonate that user throughout my application session would greatly decrease those nagging authentication prompts to each directory. (I'm using Win32.LogonUser method)

Right now I use this bootstrap program to impersonate my admin user, but it might be nice to provide an optional dialog at startup (or even under a menu option on demand) that would allow a user to impersonate another account.

2. I haven't been using xyplorer for more than a few months, but I would also like to have a bookmark option with folders so that I could organize those 50+ machines I connect to on a frequent basis by domain, ip-range, etc. Since I haven't had much time to dig into all the functionality of xyplorer, I may just be missing the keyword or location of such a feature, but have been unable to find it at this point.

I believe this is the best available file explorer - I look forward to using it for sometime.

Brian

Edit: Looks like I found that #2 request exists as Favorites instead of Bookmarks - ignore that one.

grsychckn wrote:1. Impersonation ability: I wrote a c# app that impersonates credentials so that I can use xyplorer to connect to network administrative shares in which I normally have to type in the user/pass each time my connections are broken. Since I sometimes connect to upwards of 50 machines, the ability to impersonate that user throughout my application session would greatly decrease those nagging authentication prompts to each directory. (I'm using Win32.LogonUser method)

Right now I use this bootstrap program to impersonate my admin user, but it might be nice to provide an optional dialog at startup (or even under a menu option on demand) that would allow a user to impersonate another account.

I'm not sure I understand your request: you want XYplorer to automatically elevate to admin? If so, at least Vista and Windows 7 both have a property in an application shortcut ([Shortcut properties] > Shortcut > Advanced > Run as administrator) that when checked, will always start the app elevated.

nas8e9 wrote:I'm not sure I understand your request: you want XYplorer to automatically elevate to admin? If so, at least Vista and Windows 7 both have a property in an application shortcut ([Shortcut properties] > Shortcut > Advanced > Run as administrator) that when checked, will always start the app elevated.

The problem with running as administrator is that it runs as the local admin. Let's say you want to run xyplorer as a distinct user account (domain or local) that has more access to shares on other boxes than the current user that is logged in. I could log in to my own box as said user, but since I develop and need access to other applications that use Active Directory, I'd need to log in regardless of which user I am on the local box - catch 22. It would make it easier for me if there was a feature to specify a user account to run as so I don't have this problem. Local admin account will not get me where I need to be. Thanks for the interest and I hope this clarified my concern.

Brian

I also vote for a book mark feature similar to the one in a competing product xplorer2

helman wrote:I also vote for a book mark feature similar to the one in a competing product xplorer2

Hi and welcome,

As the OP posted, XYplorer already has a Favorites function which should be equivalent? The help file has more information.

grsychckn wrote:

nas8e9 wrote:I'm not sure I understand your request: you want XYplorer to automatically elevate to admin? If so, at least Vista and Windows 7 both have a property in an application shortcut ([Shortcut properties] > Shortcut > Advanced > Run as administrator) that when checked, will always start the app elevated.

The problem with running as administrator is that it runs as the local admin. Let's say you want to run xyplorer as a distinct user account (domain or local) that has more access to shares on other boxes than the current user that is logged in. I could log in to my own box as said user, but since I develop and need access to other applications that use Active Directory, I'd need to log in regardless of which user I am on the local box - catch 22. It would make it easier for me if there was a feature to specify a user account to run as so I don't have this problem. Local admin account will not get me where I need to be. Thanks for the interest and I hope this clarified my concern.

Brian

Well, I'm not sure if and how this can be done, and I have a lot of other things to do which I know how they can be done...