Integration with Explorer

teknowledgist · Post by **teknowledgist** » 2008 Nov 07, 21:59

I know I said I'd shut up, but no questions here, just info. :)

snakebyte wrote:Did you try the pro.reg uploaded by czechboy in this thread http://forum.zabkat.com/viewtopic.php?p=35185#35185

I just tried it with a few changes and it seems to work well. In case anyone is interested, this is the reg file I used for Server 2008 x64:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\open\command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\zabkat\\xplorer2\\xplorer2_64.exe" "%1""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\open\command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\zabkat\\xplorer2\\xplorer2_64.exe" "%1""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drives]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drives\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drives\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drives\shell\open\command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\zabkat\\xplorer2\\xplorer2_64.exe" "%1""

;MyComputerFolder
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\open\command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\zabkat\\xplorer2\\xplorer2_64.exe" "::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}""

;MyDocuments (xp)
;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\shell]
;@="open"

;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\shell\open]

;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\shell\open\command]
;@=""C:\\Program Files\\zabkat\\xplorer2\\xplorer2_64.exe" "%1""

;UsersFilesFolder (Vista)
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}\shell\open\command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\zabkat\\xplorer2\\xplorer2_64.exe" "::{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}""

;NetworkPlacesFolder
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}\shell\open\command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\zabkat\\xplorer2\\xplorer2_64.exe" "::{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}""

;RecycleBinFolder
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shell\open\command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\zabkat\\xplorer2\\xplorer2_64.exe" "::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}""

;ControlPanelFolder
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\shell\open\command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\zabkat\\xplorer2\\xplorer2_64.exe" "::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}""

;Printers
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}\shell\open\command]
@=""C:\\Program Files\\zabkat\\xplorer2\\xplorer2_64.exe" "::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\\::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}""

You might notice that some of the GUIDs are different. I'm sure that's because the Vista directory layout has changed significantly. I found a handy tool for identifying the GUIDs of the special folders here:

http://weblogs.asp.net/kennykerr/archiv ... 2900_.aspx

FYI, I notice a couple oddities with this registry change...
- X2 doesn't "see" the names of these special folders, so opening the control panel in X2 orders them in GUID order, not name order
- I attempted to tack on a reg key to open the Network and Sharing Center with WE, and while both "Open" (the bolded default) and "Explore" in the Contextual menu will open it in WE, double clicking still attempts to open it in X2.

Thanks for all the help. Xplorer2 is awesome!

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2008 Nov 11, 13:27

Ah teknowledgist-san, your Reg-Fu is truly powerful. (And, as Nikos doesn't officially support this kind of spooky hocus-pocus stuff, most welcome, "at our own risk", of course.)

When I was 16 I learned to smoke. Not one of the brighter things I learned then, but then everyone's got a little James Dean in them crying to get out, and it doesn't hurt to entertain him every now and then.

I also learned about Cocaine and LSD too, wherein a wavy blue teddy-bear popped up in the sky, intoning with Fozzy-Bear's Voice, "Hmm, Give Me More!" It's kind of neat how the girls look at you differently after that; one wonders why there is no word in English for that look in their eye.

Thankfully I outgrew that particular necessary yet dangerous time of psycho-development.

Until you go and hand me the above programme "KnownFoldersBrowser.exe", saying, "Here, snort this."

"Ok," I intone, "I ain't afraid of no ghost."

Now, I readily admit to being slightly out of my depth whence toying with Registry gobbledegook, but am wise enough to know how to properly back-up the universe in case Chicken-Little was right and the sky really does fall in. Fearlessness and Security are a big part of Freedom, it seems. (Hobbes would beat Kierkegaard in a fair fight any day.)

Anyway, it's amazing how often Explorer sticks it's ugly nose up when you're trying to teach it submission. For instance what might be the Canonical reference for that little explorer-folder that pops up when you want to "Browse" for, say, an Icon when changing a file's properties?

Maybe it's a forest-for-the-trees blindness thing, but I can't find it.

A great thanks, however, for sorting out more than a few other little things in your above heretical code. Cheers.

Disclaimer for a Family Forum: Remember kids, don't do drugs, don't smoke, and stay away from women who look at you funny. And always, always, use an Imaging Programme before bedtime.

Disclaimer for a Disclaimer: And never listen to those conservatives who say "always stay on topic when posting." Rambling is the best way to break in new shoes, and see new sights.

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 2008 Nov 11, 14:10

Actually the conservatives here are very empathetic. They know that the side-effects of LSD can last lifelong. :shock:

And no explicit disclaimers are necessary: The post itself is a powerful warning to those who want to toy with drugs. :twisted:

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2008 Nov 11, 16:34

When Robert Frost took the road less travelled, he had me tucked in his backpack. It made all the difference. And, with a bit of lateral thinking, it is all connected. (Registry -> Drugs -> Youth -> Women -> Explorer Mod) :D

Post by **nikos** » 2008 Nov 12, 07:44

we all learn by trial and error!

Kilmatead, in the rare occasion you actually have something to ask kindly provide an abstract of your posts because I'm usually a busy man

on the other hand you offer untold amusement to the members so feel free to express yourself

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2008 Nov 12, 08:16

Eek, I've been sanctioned and licensed at the same time! And I haven't even whiffed a scent of the Iliad just yet. Then again, it's only dawn.

Questions? I have Two:

1. Is there a word in Greek for 'that' look in a woman's eye?

2. How do I track down the explorer link that sprouts from browsing for Icons?

I don't ordinarily make requests like the latter from yourself Nikos, as you usually remain taciturn and aloof to such gutter behaviour as total-enlightenment (or Explorer Integration = PITA, as I recall you dismissed recently.)

Post by **nikos** » 2008 Nov 12, 08:29

How do I track down the explorer link that sprouts from browsing for Icons?

is that a trick question?

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2008 Nov 12, 17:56

Everything in life is a trick question when the Man comes knock-knock-knocking upon your door.

Where do these pesky little buggers sprout from? Just when you kill one (redirect it via registry to x2), another rears it's ugly ugly head. In fact, just found another when uploading to imageshack...

Like I said, you don't usually sully thy feet by humouring such "integration", but Teknowledgist seems quite au fait with the the x64 registry-fu, so I thought I'd toss it out there in the aether and see what kind of bird-flu I could catch. Everyone's gotta die sometime.

And I really really want a word for that glint in a woman's eye. Any language will do... French, Italian, Scandinavian, anyone? A brunette, really, but the eyes were a sad blue undertone of suffering in the Latin sense. It was a long time ago, but memories have a strength at play which touches beyond linear time...

snakebyte · Post by **snakebyte** » 2008 Nov 12, 18:34

Kilmatead, the Change Icon dialog in the screenshot above is windows standard file open/save dialog. I don't think that it can be replaced with any reg-fu as it is invoked by hardcoded WIN32 API call. Also there is no X2 equivalent dialog to choose a file.

Post by **nikos** » 2008 Nov 13, 05:46

so no can do for these dialogs...
also for the eye problem, xplorer2 recommends the classic ditty "she sells sanctuary" by cult, which may have a remedy for rampant eye induced heartburn