Feature wish - more customisable context menu

[Shutey]

There are three things I would like to do with the Tree View context menu which I have not found a solution for in XYplorer.

1) An option to open a folder in Windows "File Explorer"
Now and then I switch back and forth and would find this easier than manually opening File Explorer.

2) The ability to add links to other applications eg. "Open in Treesize"
I use Treesize a lot and this is available on File Explorer context menu by default but not in XYplorer.

3) The means to turn off/hide links to other applications that XYplorer put there during install e.g. "Add to VLC Playlist"
There are several links in my context menu I don't need that just make the menu long - I'd like to hide them.

If any of these already exist and I've missed them can someone please put me right.

Thank You

[highend]

Unlikely that something like this will emerge in the next future. Best option: Custom event actions (middle click on folders) and scripting

[Shutey]

While I realise XYplorer is in competition with File Explorer it feels like an oversight for XY not to allow a folder to be opened in FE.
This would at least enable me to run Treesize without having to navigate to the folder in FE to do so.

[highend]

Mh? The Treesize context menu entry appears on right-click on a tree item folder and it displays that folder inside Treesize when used just fine. No clue why this should be an issue...

[Shutey]

What you describe is what happens for me in File Explorer and I expected would do so in XYplorer but for me it doesn't. On the basis that it is working for others, I have uninstalled and reinstralled Treesize latest full version but it has made no difference. I get links in the context menu to other programs but not to Treesize which is the only one I really want!

I have noticed that although I am using Windows 11 Pro on a 12th gen i9 cpu, XYplorer has installed in Programs(x86) folder suggesting it has installed a 32 bit version. Treesize is 64 bit and I wonder if this could be the reason XYplorer isn't giving me access to Treesize in the context menu. I don't recall being given the option between 32 and 64 bit during the installation.

[highend]

XY is a 32 bit only app and TreeSize is installed as 64-bit here

Then use it via command line parameters in the CEA as I said in a previous post like
run lax("C:\Program Files\JAM Software\TreeSize\TreeSize.exe" "<focitem>");

[jupe]

Try enabling this and see if it is there:

Configuration | Other | Shell Integration | 64-bit Windows | Show the 64-bit context menu

[Shutey]

Okay - I misread web site - took "compatible" to mean it was 64 bit.

I have turned on/checked the Show the 64-bit context menu.

I now find if I right click on a "drive" in tree view I do see Tree Size but not if I click on a "folder" on that drive! I didn't right click on a drive before so I don't know if this is as a result of turning on the 64-bit context menu. It is a step forward but I do not want Treesize scanning my 5Tb USB drives! I need to be able to access it at folder/subfolder level.

[Shutey]

Then use it via command line parameters in the CEA as I said in a previous post like
run lax("C:\Program Files\JAM Software\TreeSize\TreeSize.exe" "<focitem>");

Did I mention I am new to XYplorer. What is the CEA?

[jupe]

for XY not to allow a folder to be opened in FE.

If you click on a folder in the tree but hold the left mouse button down and right click, in the menu that's shown click on "Open by Shell"

[Shutey]

If you click on a folder in the tree but hold the left mouse button down and right click, in the menu that's shown click on "Open by Shell"

Oh wow - thank you that helps me a lot. I just wish all these excellent but hidden features were a bit more accessible/easier to find or least find out about. I would never have thought of left down and right clicking to find a menu!

Thank you very much.

[admin]

I would never have thought of left down and right clicking to find a menu!

The so-called rocker-click. It's a one-hand alternative to Ctrl+Click.

[eil]

While it's understandable to be "dull task", maybe Help could get a page mentioning all places where "Rocker-click" can be used(possibly with links to other pages of Help to elaborate more info) = that will make easier for users to actually find a feature.