I was wondering if it is possible to open a dual pane lister "cold start". Such as having a desktop shortcut that would open a dual view in Dopus with specified folders in the left and right pane.
Right now I'm using an AHK script that opens a folder X in Dopus, waits a few milliseconds, then emulates a hotkey that I have assigned in Dopus which opens folder Y in OPENINRIGHT
Create a lister layout, then drag it from the Preferences window to the desktop. You'll get an icon which opens that layout.
If you want to create a hotkey instead of an icon, use Settings > Customize Toolbars > Keys to create a new System-Wide Hotkey and set it to run a command like Prefs LAYOUT="Your Layout Name" (including the quotes).
You can also do it without using a layout, using commands to do the whole thing: