Open and Explore?

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towlerg
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Open and Explore?

Post by towlerg »

Sorry that my first post is so dumb but what is the difference between explore and open. They both seem to do the same thing.

Rgds George
void
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Re: Open and Explore?

Post by void »

Hi George,

Thanks for your post.

On Windows XP, "open" will open a folder without the tree view, whereas "explore" will open a folder with the tree view.
On Windows Vista and later, this tree view is always shown, so open and explore do the same thing.

In Everything 1.3 and later the Explore menu item is removed from this context menu when running on Vista and later.
void
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Re: Open and Explore?

Post by void »

To remove the Explore menu items in Everything 1.2:
  • Exit Everything.
  • Open your Everything.ini file in your Everything installation folder.
  • Change the following lines:

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    explore_folder_command=$exec("%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" /n,/e,"%1")
    explore_folder_path_command=$exec("%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" /n,/e,/select,"%1")
    
    to:

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    explore_folder_command=
    explore_folder_path_command=
    
towlerg
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Re: Open and Explore?

Post by towlerg »

Wow, that was quick.

Thanks for the quick response and a great product.

Rgds George
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