[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi thomasmca314159,

Your feedback is greatly appreciated, helping me fine-tune FileVoyager for an even better user experience!

• The easiest way to copy a filename is by pressing ctrl+J on the keyboard
• 1. ctrl+J copies the filename
  2. ctrl+K copies the parent directory path
  3. Ctrl+L copies the filepath

The way you do it is also ok. You can enter edit mode on a file name by pressing F2 on your keyboard. Then, each subsequent time you press F2, a different file part is selected.

1. 1. 1st time you press F2, the filename is selected without extension
   2. 2nd time you press F2, the extension is selected
   3. 3rd time, the full filename is selected including the extension.

However, the editbox should also handle other key combination like the Ctrl+A. I’ve noted your suggestion to include support for additional key combinations like Ctrl + A, and I’ll address this in the upcoming release.

• Regarding file selection with the mouse, FileVoyager follows the Norton Commander’s “Sticky Selection” approach. You can select and deselect files by right-clicking and sliding over them.
  Alternatively, checkboxes should appear next to selected files. If not, could you confirm if this is the case for your setup?

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi again!

Finally found a fix to this issue. I Will deploy a release in the coming days.

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi SwissCharles!
I confirm the issue. Nothing that you can fix by yourself unfortunately. I’ll troubleshoot it and hopefully come back with a solution in an update.
Indeed, I moved to another framework to manage the minimization to the systray, and obviously, I missed this scenario…

[FileVoyager (Author)]

For the users who have the Classic UI and are impacted:
In 24.1.1.0, Classic UI is broken. To be able to use FV anyways:
– Give the focus to one of the lists of files
– Press CTRL+O (the letter O, not the zero), this opens the preferences window
– In the General section, uncheck “Use Classic UI instead of Ribbon UI”
– Press Apply button at the bottom of the window. This will return in Ribbon mode

I’ll post something when the issue is solved

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi thomasmca314159,

Interesting feedback. In my non-regression testing, I completely forgot about the Classic UI. Sorry for that.
I’m gonna check asap what’s wrong. I hope I can reproduce the issue.

I obviously have a problem in this forum with the addition of pictures in a post. So I don’t see your screenshot.

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi SwissCharles,

Happy to hear that 😉

The only files you’d need to replicate on the other machines are those contained in C:\Users\[YOURUSER]\AppData\Roaming\FileVoyager\Ini
and put the files in the same folder on the other machines

Note however that some errors may happen:

• TabFolders to directories that do not exist on the other side
• Applications pinned in the AppBar that are not present on the other machine

But none of those errors should make FileVoyager crash, just a message that you can discard

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi Dik Liu,

Can you tell me a bit more ? Default for what ?

If you want to always  start FileVoyager with the same folders displayed, then no, it’s not implemented.

I recommend that you put your folders as Favorites so you can very quickly open them.
To put a folder in the Favorites, just right click the folder. On the menu that appears, click “Add to FileVoyager’s favorites”.
Then at the bottom of FileVoyager, you should see your folders in the Favorites bar

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi SwissCharles,

More than welcome!

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi,

FileVoyager 23.5.7 is now live and has Single Instance capability.
Even if command line parameters are passed to a new instance that is about to be closed, the parameters will be received and processed by the Single Instance functionality in the current open instance.

Thanks Charles for the active contribution 👍

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi Charles,

Good news: I’ve implemented the Single Instance capability in FileVoyager a couple of days ago.
I’ll probably release a version this weekend with this.

Stay tuned!

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi Charles,

No it’s not foreseen in the app, but there’s an easy way to do it by yourself:

• Go to the Startup folder where you added the shortcut to FileVoyager
  • you can go there by navigating to %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup in your favorite file manager, or a more recent alternative which consist of navigating to Shell:Startup
• Normally, you should have a shortcut to FileVoyager. Right click the shortcut and open Properties
• In the Properties windows, change the value of the Run field to Minimized. Then apply the change.
• From now on, FV will start up with a new Windows session, in minimized.

On my side, I add a to do list item in my backlog to implement this feature out-of-the-box

 

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi Charles,

While I may not be able to address the root cause of your problem, I do have a workaround to suggest. Have you heard of AutoHotkey? This application allows you to automate complex tasks using keyboard combinations.

I tested overriding the Win+E pair with AutoHotkey and it worked like a charm on my machine. If you’d like to give it a try, here are the steps:

1. Go to https://www.autohotkey.com and download the V2.0 (don’t search it on google because some fake ones are better referenced)
2. Install the software and it will start up on the Dash
3. Select “New script”, give it a name, optionally select “Minimal for v2”, and click “Create” (by default, the file will be saves in your Document folder in an AutoHotkey subfolder)
   
4. Open the .ahk file from the folder mentioned above in your preferred file editor (notepad, notepad++, PSPad, SublimeText, …)
5. add the following line after the default one (if any):
   #e::run “C:\Program Files (x86)\FileVoyager\FileVoyager.exe”
   (Note: the command between quotes is here pointing to FileVoyager, but you can choose any program you want and add command-line parameters as well)
6. Save the file, but keep it open in your editor so that you can quickly make changes if necessary.
   (Note: each time you make changes to the file, you must save it and double-click it from your preferred file manager to apply the changes. AutoHotkey will ask you if you want to override – accept this.

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi Charles,

Are you aware that on the left of each pane, there is a Drive Panel ? If yes, I suppose you would like to have the drives in the treeview anyways.
I’m not against. Basically, I wanted to keep the hierarchy as basic as possible, knowing that the Root in Windows is the Desktop virtual folder. But I appreciate the idea to pimp it a bit. I add your suggestion to my to do list 👍

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi Charles,

After some research, I propose you do this:

1. Launch Regedit.exe
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{52205fd8-5dfb-447d-801a-d0b52f2e83e1}
3. Delete the key

When done, re-execute the .reg script you created based on the initial post of this thread.

My assumption is that the “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{52205fd8-5dfb-447d-801a-d0b52f2e83e1}\shell\open” still refers to the default behaviour (File Explorer) and is executed prior to falling back on the “opennewwindow” key. By resetting the whole CLSID 52205fd8-5dfb-447d-801a-d0b52f2e83e1, we can start on a clean base.

If this doesn’t work, I must confess I don’t have any other idea 😶

[FileVoyager (Author)]

Hi Charles,

Thank you for your kind words and welcome to this forum!

To answer your question, I considered the possibility of replacing the default File Explorer. However, replacing File Explorer is challenging and can compromise some core Windows’ functionalities.

A better approach, as you suggested, would be to override the [win]+[E] shortcut.
I came across an easy and safe way to do it by reading a StackExchange.com article.

It is highly likely that I will implement this approach in FileVoyager in the futur
Alternatively, you can also follow the steps below:

1. In your favorite text editor, create a .reg file. Say FileVoyagerWinE.reg
2. copy and paste these commands into the file :
   

   Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
   [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{52205fd8-5dfb-447d-801a-d0b52f2e83e1}]@=””
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{52205fd8-5dfb-447d-801a-d0b52f2e83e1}\shell]
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{52205fd8-5dfb-447d-801a-d0b52f2e83e1}\shell\open]
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{52205fd8-5dfb-447d-801a-d0b52f2e83e1}\shell\opennewwindow]
   [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{52205fd8-5dfb-447d-801a-d0b52f2e83e1}\shell\opennewwindow\command]@=”C:\\Progam Files (x86)\\FileVoyager\\FileVoyager.exe”
   “DelegateExecute”=””

3. Replace the path, in bold above, with the path on your system. Be sure to use double backslashes “\\” instead of a sigle one “\”.
4. Execute FileVoyagerWinE.reg

No need to reboot, your [win]+[E] shortcut is launching FileVoyager now.

To reset the default [win]+[E] behaviour, just delete the CLSID key from your registry:

1. Launch Regedit.exe
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{52205fd8-5dfb-447d-801a-d0b52f2e83e1}
3. Delete the key

No need to reboot, your [win]+[E] shortcut is launching the default File Explorer.

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