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How to get Windows to ALWAYS open up folders in XYPlorer

Posted: 18 Jan 2024 20:36
by prr
I have already made XYplorer my default, per https://www.xyplorer.com/faq-topic.php?id=dfm.

However, when I use Copernic desktop search, and click on a file in the results, it never uses XYplorer. Is there something else I need to be doing? I did a search, and found this page linked to, viewtopic.php?p=214531#p214531, but I'm not sure how it would make the search results appear in Explorer. Does someone know enough coding to made a tweak of one of those registry bits?

Also, before I make those registry keys and insert them into the registry, do these over-write anything, or do they merely create new keys?

Re: How to get Windows to ALWAYS open up folders in XYPlorer

Posted: 18 Jan 2024 20:50
by highend
Then try it out if it works?

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell]
@="*Q-Dir"


These type of entries overwrite the default value so make sure to look them up via regedit before doing that.
The others create additional keys

Re: How to get Windows to ALWAYS open up folders in XYPlorer

Posted: 18 Jan 2024 20:54
by prr
OK thanks, I'll search through regedit to see if they are already existing. Making a backup of the registry probably wouldn't be a bad idea, either.