# AutoOpenPairedFolder (Add-in)
**URL:** https://resource.dopus.com/t/autoopenpairedfolder-add-in/46353
**Category:** Buttons/Scripts
**Tags:** script, jscript, events
**Created:** [October 11, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/autoopenpairedfolder-add-in/46353 "2023-10-11T17:25:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@abr](https://resource.dopus.com/u/abr)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/autoopenpairedfolder-add-in/46353/21 "2025-05-15T15:22:49Z")
Just one question, are linked tabs and paired tabs the same? I don't find a list of my linked tabs in the preferences, only a list of their respective border colors.
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### Author:  [@lxp](https://resource.dopus.com/u/lxp)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/autoopenpairedfolder-add-in/46353/22 "2025-05-15T15:47:09Z")
> [@abr](#):
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> are linked tabs and paired tabs the same?
Well, linked tabs and paired **folders** are not the same (although related, see below) 🙂
Here's a simple setup:
And here I navigate with the script turned off and on:
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### Author:  [@abr](https://resource.dopus.com/u/abr)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/autoopenpairedfolder-add-in/46353/23 "2025-05-15T15:56:10Z")
Thanks. So that's basically how i figured it should work. Only having confused linked and paired tabs/folders. I also did try to find that prefs page you have there, but to no avail. I tried "paar", then "verbunden", etc., but i still have no idea where that menu page is hidden in that deep prefs jungle.
Therefore i'd like to mention another thought here, that bothered me many times. We would need to have some sort of "tag cloud" for search items, preferably in english, because dealing with the translated stuff is quite often troublesome. Meaning, that even if i have german as the default language, it should be possible to just search for "Paired Folder" (like in your screenshot) and still be able to get that result.
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### Author:  [@lxp](https://resource.dopus.com/u/lxp)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/autoopenpairedfolder-add-in/46353/24 "2025-05-15T15:58:07Z")
> [@abr](#):
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> find that prefs page
```plaintext
Prefs PAGE="pairedfolders"
```
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### Author:  [@abr](https://resource.dopus.com/u/abr)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/autoopenpairedfolder-add-in/46353/25 "2025-05-15T16:05:46Z")
> [@lxp](#):
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> `refs PAGE="pairedfolders"`
Thanks, now i can take a deeper look into it. 🥂
And it's also a good example of what i meant by the second part of my previous answer. It would be very useful if we sometimes could ignore the translated stuff ("gekoppelt", i'd never would have figured that out) and always be able to find the english term in that search term "cloud". Basically some "thesaurus" function.
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### Author:  [@abr](https://resource.dopus.com/u/abr)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/autoopenpairedfolder-add-in/46353/26 "2025-05-15T16:13:12Z")
And now i got it working. Nice! 👍
Is there a way to override the script, in case i don't want the effect. Something like using _Shift_ to override?
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### Author:  [@lxp](https://resource.dopus.com/u/lxp)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/autoopenpairedfolder-add-in/46353/27 "2025-05-15T16:51:30Z")
I'd rather turn the script off and use a button to open the paired folder (see above). This could include the tab-linking and nav-locking.
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### Author:  [@abr](https://resource.dopus.com/u/abr)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/autoopenpairedfolder-add-in/46353/28 "2025-05-15T17:07:19Z")
> [@lxp](#):
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> `Go PATH={sourcepath|pair} OPENINDUAL`
You mean
`Go PATH={sourcepath|pair} OPENINDUAL`
?
No, that doesn't work here for some reason. Being on one of the paired folders. But don't bother, it's quite alright with the script as it is now. I only have a few folders paired, so it's not a big deal.
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### Author:  [@dbz2023](https://resource.dopus.com/u/dbz2023)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/autoopenpairedfolder-add-in/46353/29 "2026-05-04T19:35:07Z")
thank you for this. the file to download saves as .js.txt. am i correct to remove the .txt from the file name? I tried that and when I go to my primary folder it always open a new tab to C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\ U:\
I saw your screenshot and have my paired folder setup correctly, am I missing something?
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### Author:  [@lxp](https://resource.dopus.com/u/lxp)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/autoopenpairedfolder-add-in/46353/30 "2026-05-04T20:05:15Z")
> [@dbz2023](#):
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> am i correct to remove the .txt from the file name?
You may, but you don't have to. Opus will accept both extensions.
> [@dbz2023](#):
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> am I missing something?
Does the paired folder open if you run this?
```plaintext
Go PATH={sourcepath|pair} OPENINDUAL
```
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