Details Pane in File Explorer


Wow, I was going to email you a video so you could see what was going on.

The thing is, I don't understand what's on GitHub.

You say something about being able to change the path C:\ to wherever I want, but you don't say how to do it.

So, I wanted to ask you to tell me how to change the path that opens the exe file, without having to use a shortcut.

Thank you very much.
 

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zelarra821 said:
Wow, I was going to email you a video so you could see what was going on.

The thing is, I don't understand what's on GitHub.

You say something about being able to change the path C:\ to wherever I want, but you don't say how to do it.

So, I wanted to ask you to tell me how to change the path that opens the exe file, without having to use a shortcut.

Thank you very much.
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GitHub includes source code, which you can ignore. The readme (i.e. the web page link I posted) has all of the end-user info.

A shortcut is the correct way to use it, as is the case with any executable that accepts a command line argument. I'll update the readme to make that clearer.
 

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Use winaerotweaker to create a desktop shortcut to file explorer with ribbon (or make one via autoIT script) and pin that to your taskbar/start menu

My pc is cloning right now. I’ll check back later this evening. If you haven’t gotten it by then, I’ll write it to launch ribbon explorer and redirect to D: for you.
 

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dacrone said:
Use winaerotweaker to create a desktop shortcut to file explorer with ribbon (or make one via autoIT script) and pin that to your taskbar/start menu
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Last time I checked, Winaero Tweaker used the same method as we're talking about here.
 

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dacrone said:
My pc is cloning right now. I’ll check back later this evening. If you haven’t gotten it by then, I’ll write it to launch ribbon explorer and redirect to D: for you.
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I will wait for your help. Thanks.
 

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The shortcut I created does work, but there is a gap when I run it, and I want a clean transition. I've recorded a video showing this.
 

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zelarra821 said:
The shortcut I created does work, but there is a gap when I run it, and I want a clean transition. I've recorded a video showing this.
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By "gap", I assume you mean the small pause where you see the admintools display for a moment before it enters the path you specified.

I spent many hours trying to make that pause as small as possible. There is an intentional pause at that point to increase the reliability of sending the folder name to the navigation bar. The shorter the pause, the greater the chance that it will fail (even though I have code that waits for the correct interface elements to appear).

If you were to edit the code and make the pause shorter (or make your own version of the script in VBScript, PowerShell, AutoIt, AutHotKey, etc.) you will probably run a bunch of tests and conclude that you can make the pause shorter. But I guarantee that a shorter pause will cause it to fail more often, especially when it's run shortly after a login or restart. I believe I have optimized it as much as possible and further work would be a waste of time.

The ultimate solution would be to find a way to create an executable, similar to Control.exe, that launches the old Explorer directly to the path you specify, without having to drive the Explorer interface. AFAIK, no one has cracked that one yet.
 

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dacrone said:
Use winaerotweaker to create a desktop shortcut to file explorer with ribbon (or make one via autoIT script) and pin that to your taskbar/start menu

My pc is cloning right now. I’ll check back later this evening. If you haven’t gotten it by then, I’ll write it to launch ribbon explorer and redirect to D: for you.
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Ok, thanks. I will wait until PC's dacrone finish and he can teach me how to do this.

Thanks.
 

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@zelarra821
Just one question..., what specifically is the need to have multi-select Details Pane on the right?
Can you not just use the Properties dialog box instead?
 

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Yes, I can do it by this way, but slowest than use I want to get.
 

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Np. I’m not home now. Left when my weekly clone was running but I’ll post the code in a bit when I’m back home.
 

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ok. tested and functioning on my system. if it glitches on yours, let me know and i can slow down the sleep intervals a tad... (depends on your system specs)

install AutoIT
open Notepad
paste the following:

run, %systemdrive%\Windows\System32\control.exe
Sleep 30
Send !{UP}
Send !{UP}
Sleep 30
Send ^l
Sleep 50
Send D:\
Sleep 30
Send {ENTER}
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File > Save As > NAME.ahk (show All Files from dropdown so you can save with a different extension (other than .txt))

Right click the .ahk file and Compile Script. that will create a .exe of it for you and you can edit the icon, etc and pin it where ever you want.
This will provide you with the ribboned explorer that launches to D:\


*if your system doesnt process those commands that fast, you can use the below. i added an extra sleep between the alt+ups to slow it a tad. still quick though

run, %systemdrive%\Windows\System32\control.exe
Sleep 80
Send !{UP}
Sleep 80
Send !{UP}
Sleep 80
Send ^l
Sleep 80
Send D:\
Sleep 80
Send {ENTER}
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here is yet another iteration that is a bit slower. just posting a handful for you to try and see which works best for your hardware speeds.

run, %systemdrive%\Windows\System32\control.exe
Sleep 150
Send !{UP}
Sleep 150
Send ^l
Sleep 150
Send D:
Sleep 150
Send {ENTER}
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Hi.

The reg file doesn't work for me.

Regarding the script, is there a portable version of AutoIT?

If I try to generate the exe or executable file with 7zip, it only opens with this application.
 

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Anyway, if it works, I would like to have a portable program to compile to exe.
 

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just paste the code here.

If you want my honest opinion, you should install StartAllBack, set your explorer to the win10 style and then you can launch explorer straight to D: seamlessly. but this works too
 

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I need a .au3 extension to create .exe

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