Does Opus really replace explorer

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I hope this isn't some really obvious sort of thing but I've been wondering if Opus, when you set that "Replace Explorer" switch really does replace explorer.

I'm thinking of things like when you say `open' in some application, and you are offered some kind of dialog to go tramping thru the file system with. Are those dialogs usually coded into the application or do they call out explorer in some lesser form for that kind of work?

Since the interface is different but also similar, I often thought it was somehow really explorer at work.

But any way, getting to the punch line here....is it possible to make Opus do those kind of chores? So that when in Photoshop or whatever, and you press `open' on File menu, or press keyboard combo Ctrl+o, opus gets called into the fray instead of the lame version of explorer?

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It won't hook to the open dialog box if that's what you mean. I use direct folders for that.

Here's how you can configure it to work with directory opus /open dialog boxs

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Opus replaces Explorer, the file manager. It does not replace the entire Windows shell (e.g. Taskbar, desktop, Open dialogs).

Explorer and the shell are closely related but not the same thing.

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You know ... Back in the Windows 98 days, I actually DID replace the Windows shell (explorer.exe) with Dopus. My computer directly booted to Opus.

Amazing how much faster the system was. The problem, tho, is if you closed the lister window - you couldn't get back into it! At one time, I contemplated suggesting a way to prevent Dopus from closing so I could continue to use it.

Worthless trivia ... but I thought it would be fun to tell it.