open selected file with favourite app. with single click

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xplorer_wannabe
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open selected file with favourite app. with single click

Post by xplorer_wannabe »

Hello,

I am not very familiar with xplorer^2.

Is it possible to open a selected file with an own favourite application with single click?

I have created a video showing how this is done in FreeCommander:

h,t,t,p,:,/,/,w,w,w,file-upload,net/download-1677310/open_with_fav_app,avi,html

(exchange "," with " .")
FreeCommander is buggy, support is lame (no answer), and has other limitations therefore I am looking for another file manager.

Editing files like this is very important for me.

Thank You!
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nikos
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Post by nikos »

in windows in general you have a few ways to open files with a single click. The most straightforward is to make your favorite application default for a kind of document, through folder options (control panel). Alternatively right click on a file and use the "open with" submenu to open a document in an alternative way

xplorer2 professional has another way, you can define a user command under customize menu that goes something like

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> your_tool.exe "$N"
that launches your tool with the selected filename ($N). You can then put this command on any toolbar and launch it with a single click