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Making Freecommander default file explorer ?
Posted: 20.08.2021, 14:02
by asprinkem90
Hi!
Can anyone help me to find an obvious option for allowing the user to make FreeCommander opening folders instead of Windows explorer?
Looking for this vital command all the day along... I even bought the donor version with hope, but still nothing found.
Thanks a lot!
Re: Making Freecommander default file explorer ?
Posted: 20.08.2021, 15:41
by horst.epp
Store this in some file.reg
Edit the paths according to your installation.
All "\" must be doubled !!!
Then double click the reg file to add it into the registry.
Code: Select all
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
@="open"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\Tools\\FreeCommander\\FreeCommander.exe /T /C \"%1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
@="open"
Re: Making Freecommander default file explorer ?
Posted: 23.08.2021, 22:13
by mmahmoodh
horst.epp wrote: 20.08.2021, 15:41
Store this in some file.reg
Edit the paths according to your installation.
All "\" must be doubled !!!
Then double click the reg file to add it into the registry.
Code: Select all
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
@="open"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\Tools\\FreeCommander\\FreeCommander.exe /T /C \"%1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
@="open"
I'm a newbie when it comes to this but I'm good at following step by step walk-throughs. Can you provide more detailed steps to do this, for eg., you mentioned editing paths, does this mean the path of where free commander is installed?, when you say store this is some file.reg, you mean to edit in text editor and save it as .reg file? Also about the all "\" being doubled.
Thanking in advance for the help.
Re: Making Freecommander default file explorer ?
Posted: 24.08.2021, 18:33
by horst.epp
mmahmoodh wrote: 23.08.2021, 22:13
I'm a newbie when it comes to this but I'm good at following step by step walk-throughs. Can you provide more detailed steps to do this, for eg., you mentioned editing paths, does this mean the path of where free commander is installed?, when you say store this is some file.reg, you mean to edit in text editor and save it as .reg file? Also about the all "\" being doubled.
Thanking in advance for the help.
You have understand it correctly, so just do it.
Re: Making Freecommander default file explorer ?
Posted: 01.08.2023, 19:00
by robsc
Is the code I've shown the correct way to undo this if you wanted to?
Code: Select all
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
@="none"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
@="none"
Re: Making Freecommander default file explorer ?
Posted: 01.08.2023, 19:51
by horst.epp
robsc wrote: 01.08.2023, 19:00
Is the code I've shown the correct way to undo this if you wanted to?
Code: Select all
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
@="none"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
@="none"
Yes
Re: Making Freecommander default file explorer ?
Posted: 03.08.2023, 10:29
by Forez
I have no problem with other
REG files - and yet this one
Code: Select all
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
@="open"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\q\FreeCommander\\FreeCommander.exe /t /c \"%1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
@="open"
informs me of error
Cannot import C:\test.reg: The specified file is not a registry script.
You can only import binary registry files from within the registry editor.
Any idea why?
Re: Making Freecommander default file explorer ?
Posted: 03.08.2023, 15:09
by horst.epp
Forez wrote: 03.08.2023, 10:29
I have no problem with other
REG files - and yet this one
Code: Select all
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
@="open"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\q\FreeCommander\\FreeCommander.exe /t /c \"%1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
@="open"
informs me of error
Cannot import C:\test.reg: The specified file is not a registry script.
You can only import binary registry files from within the registry editor.
Any idea why?
For me, all lines after the header line are indented by one space
but this maybe cosmetic.
Check the code page and the file content for binary characters, wrong line endings.
Re: Making Freecommander default file explorer ?
Posted: 08.08.2023, 00:22
by Forez
I have managed to fix it - but it still does not work for me, i.e. yet another fail and replacing WE with FC [
https://freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1273]