Open File Location Right Click

Hello - I have a shortcut to 'Recent Items' - when I right click on a file to take me to the File Location, it opens in a new lister (see screen shot).

Is there a way I can set Directory Opus to open the location within the same pane or right pane (not a new lister)? Thanks.

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It's probably just a matter of having Opus handle the folder instead of delegating it to Explorer.

To do that, either:

  • Select Preferences / Folders / Virtual Folders / Treat all virtual folders as real

    (This affects other folders as well.) Or:

  • Select Preferences / Folders / Virtual Folders / Treat specific virtual folders as real.

    Then click Edit and add the path to the recent folder to the list. (You can copy & paste the path, or type the /recent alias into the folder chooser.)

    (This only affects that folder, or others if you add them to the list as well.)


If that isn't enough on its own:

Under Settings > File Types find and edit the .LNK (Shortcut) file type. On the Context Menu tab, edit or add a command which runs this, if there isn't one there already:

Go OPENCONTAINER=target

(You can add OPENINDUAL or OPENINRIGHT if you want it to open in the other side or on the right, or add NEWTAB=findexisting to open in a new or existing tab, and so on.)

It should look something like this. (Note that the command editor looks slightly different when editing an existing item compared to creating a new one. I'm editing an existing item in my screenshot.)

That worked - thanks so much.

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