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Two of my favourite tools for file management are the bookmarking tool Direct Folders and the Explorer replacement Xplorer2. Unfortunately they are not integrated with one another so I've written an AHK script to change folders in Xplorer2 my using the Direct Folders tray icon. Here's how it works:

Create an AHK script to switch to Xplorer2, focus on the address bar and send the value of the parameter that was provided:


In the Options tab of Direct Folders' configuration set the "Open folder in" value to be "Custom" and to run the AHK script (eg "C:\AHK\AutoHotkey.exe C:\Dev\AHK\directxplorer.ahk")

(direct folders will automatically send the selected path as a parameter)

For this to work Xplorer2 must already be open and I'm sure that the AHK code can be improved - perhaps to speed up the send of the path to xplorer.

Issue: Sometimes it seems to paste an extra quote at the end of the path for certain bookmarks. If this happens I recreate the bookmark and goes away. You could improve the script to check for and remove the quote.

This was I use as a reliable solution to open directories over command line:

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Winkie

Thanks Winkie, works very well

You're welcome.

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Winkie

also, the following will simulate the opening of direct folders using the middle button (assuming the Win+9 is set as the keyboard shortcut for opening direct folders)

In Direct Folders, select:

Open folder in: Custom

Custom command: c:\Program Files\zabkat\xplorer2_lite\xplorer2_lite.exe /R:%1 /1

OBS: the "/1" is optional. I use it to force a single pane.

It works very well this way.

xPlorer2 command lines: http://www.zabkat.com/x2h_7.htm