Dear All,
I use METAPRODUCTS AutoDialogs to change directories by using shortcuts (globally, not only in DO) and it did work beautifully in DO for some time, but I must have changed sth in configuration, because every time I press a key combination now the target folder is opened in a new lister, not the active pane of the current lister.
What could be the culprit?
Kind Regards,
SC
It you tell us what command you have AutoDialogs configured to run, that will probably make it more obvious what the problem is.
Hi Leo
Thank you for your answer.
Currently AutoDialogs is considered to change directories by combinations of Alt + number (0, 1 ... 9).
Kind Regards,
SC
What is AutoDialogs running when you push those keys? Have you configured AutoDialogs to run Opus in some way, or is it just launching folders like they were double-clicked?
If you double-click a folder on your desktop, do you get the same result as when pushing Alt + number in AutoDialogs?
Please keep in mind that I, and most of the other people reading the forum, have never used AutoDialogs and don't know much about it, so you might need to explain how it works to us.
From a quick Google search, it seems that AutoDialogs has knowledge of Opus and may try to run it explicitly (rather than just launching folders using their default double-click actions), but without knowing how that works and what AutoDialogs actually does I can't tell you why it isn't doing what you want. It might be worth asking the AutoDialogs author if anything has changed in the Opus command it executes and, if not, what that command is so that we can understand what's happening and maybe suggest a different command.
Dear Leo,
Thank you for your answer.
Unfortunately, I will not be able to provide you with this information as I am not a programmer and I do not know the answer. If you are not willing to install AutoDialogs on your machine and try it out, I guess no answer can be provided.
The real question though is how can DO be set to always reuse the same lister instead of opening a new one when it receives an instruction to change to a new directory (handled via AutoDialogs in my case - which would normally open Windows Explorer if DO was not present).
Thank you for your time.
Kind Regards,
a
I have installed AutoDialogs and I am not sure how it is telling Opus to change folders. It's something the AutoDialogs author can tell us easier than anyone else.
I've posted in a thread about Opus on the AutoDialogs forum, suggesting a better way that it can tell Opus to change folders:
Dear Leo,
It seems that Oleg has left a message on their forum at forum.metaproducts.com/Post.aspx ... eSupport=1
I am thankful for you taking an active part. Hopefully the problem will be solved soon.
Kind Regards,
a
hm... same problem again. DO opens a new lister instead of reusing the one that is opened and sitting in the Windows XP Taksbar. What could be the culprit this time?
When using AutoDialogs or something else? How is the folder being launched?
Yes, same as before – one lister is opened and stays in the Taksbar. When I press (for example) ALT+2, which is set through AutoDialogs to open C:\Program Files, instead of using the lister that is already opened and sitting in the Taksbar, a new lister is opened.
What happens if you paste this into the Start Menu search field, or a Command Prompt, and push return:
"C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe" /acmd Go "C:\Program Files"
?
That opens C:\Program Files in the correct (already opened) lister.
In that case, AutoDialogs must be doing something else. 
Leo, is there a way to set DO to use those shortcuts directly without the mediation of AutoDialogs? Is there a way to just press (for example) ALT+1, 2, 3... while working in any windows program and get DO to open the correct folder?
Yep, add a system-wide hotkey via Customize / Keys and set it to run a command like Go "C:\Program Files" or whatever you want.
Thanks, Leo!
I will test this option to see how it works for me.
Kind Regards,
Aficionado