Explorer Replacement - Windows 10

Thanks for the log.

Please go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\openindopus and delete the LegacyDisable value which something has put there to hide/disable the action. It should then work.

Hi, thanks.
When you say: "delete the LegacyDisable value", you want me to delete this:

Or this:

Cheers.

The first one. Right-click the word "LegacyDisable" and choose Delete.

That did the trick Leo, thanks a lot for the help.
Back to work... :wink:

I'm having exactly the same problem, but this didn't fix the issue. What else should I try?

Which things have you tried so far? There are multiple suggestions in the thread.

If you've tried them all, please post your log like dmac did and we'll take a look.

I tried the enable/disable (no change) and the registry changes (key not found). I am attaching the log file. Thanks!
Folders.txt (170 KB)

Thanks. The registry settings look correct, assuming Opus is installed in the normal place ( C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus ).

Make sure dopus.exe has not been launched as Administrator, as that would stop non-admin programs from being able to tell it to open folders.

If that also doesn't help, can you describe exactly what is and isn't happening? e.g. Which folder do you double-click, from which program, and what happens when you double-click it?

I've just just noticed that the integration works only when I open icons from the desktop (i.e. Recycle Bin or any other folder I create there). However, it doesn't work when using the icons on the task bar or from "File Explorer" in the start menu. When I say "doesn't work", I mean that the regular windows explorer is launched instead of Opus. Thanks!

If you explicitly run File Explorer from the start menu, it'll open File Explorer. That menu item launches a new copy of explorer.exe and we do not aim to stop you using Explorer when you want to launch it, since that is sometimes useful. (Although we do, unintentionally, trap the different File Explorer item in the menu you get when you right-click the Start button, because that doesn't actually launch File Explorer, it launches a folder, under the assumption File Explorer will always be the default file manager. The Start menu's two File Explorer menu items thus do not both do the same thing, strangely enough. But that's up to Microsoft. Update: We have a workaround for that coming, too.)

I think folders pinned to the taskbar are explicitly opened in File Explorer, since it's all part of the explorer.exe and the taskbar takes shortcuts in how it launches folders in some places, on the assumption it will always be the default file manager. We do not have a way to intercept that, and Microsoft also haven't provided a way for Opus to be able to pin folders to the taskbar via an alternative method that would launch them in Opus.

Ok, got it. I am just a returning user back from the times of Opus 6 under Windows 9x. Things have changed :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks!

Hello,

I got the same issue : Win+E don't start dopus, but explorer. Double clicking on the desktop run dopus.

DOpus 10.5.7.0 (5215) x64.
I have check the points below :

  • Dopus don't start as administrator
  • Dopus don't start in compatibility mode
  • I tried to change the replacement setting to "Not replacement" and then get back to default value -> no change
  • I check the registry : no "LegacyDisable" key.

I have attached the txt file.

Could you help me ? I really like to use dopus by clicking on Win+E.

Regards,
Folders.txt (242 KB)

Does double-clicking folders on the desktop (not the desktop background itself) open them in Opus or Explorer?

Does right-clicking the same folder and choosing "Ouvrir dans Directory Opus" work as expected?

Make sure no Explorer windows are currently open when you push Win-E, else they may be activated instead.

Thanks Leo for answering !

Does double-clicking folders on the desktop (not the desktop background itself) open them in Opus or Explorer?
-> In Dopus

Does right-clicking the same folder and choosing "Ouvrir dans Directory Opus" work as expected?
-> Yes, it's open Dopus on this folder

Make sure no Explorer windows are currently open when you push Win-E, else they may be activated instead.
-> I have checked : I don't have any explorer windows open.

But win+e still open explorer dans not dopus :frowning:

I'm not really sure what would cause only Win+E to open Explorer, in that case, unless it's something which changed in newer versions of Windows that was addressed in Opus 11.

Overriding the hotkey may work, and allow you to make it explicitly run Opus, but isn't always possible as Windows tends to intercept the Win+x keys at a very low level.

Getting used to a different hotkey is another option.

Hi Leo,

Could you tell me how to overide the hotkey ? Or how to change the hotkey to run dopus instead of win+E ?

thanks !

Settings > Customize Toolbars > Keys.

Add a new hotkey and make it a System-Wide one before defining the hotkey itself.

The exact command depends on what you want to happen, but start with "Go NEW" which will open a new default lister.

Leo, I used FRST to clean my machine, and I accidentally added this to the list of things to remove: "HKLM...\Policies\Explorer: [EnableShellExecuteHooks] 1" (I was dealing with a keylogger and I wanted to make sure all traces were removed.) I am aware that

I think I broke the shell links for explorer replacement, because disabling and enabling the options isn't helping, and the registry isn't showing the DisableLegacy key that was mentioned earlier in the thread.

I've attached my dump of my registry for folder keys from that program.
Folders.txt (387 KB)

Have you fixed EnableShellExecuteHooks in the registry? Reinstalling Opus over the top of itself should fix it if needed. (As long as the registry cleaner doesn't try to remove it again.)

You know, if I'd have sat and looked at that text I would have noticed it was an actual key and boolean value removed... derp. Thanks. xD