# Replace Win+E with Win+o

**URL:** <https://resource.dopus.com/t/replace-win-e-with-win-o/26608>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [August 15, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/replace-win-e-with-win-o/26608 "2017-08-15T12:23:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![norphf](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/48db29/32.png) [@norphf](https://resource.dopus.com/u/norphf)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/replace-win-e-with-win-o/26608/1 "2017-08-15T12:23:31Z")

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Hi

Is there an option to make Dopus open the default lister as if one had used Win+O instead?

Regards Lars

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**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/replace-win-e-with-win-o/26608/2 "2017-08-15T14:41:38Z")

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Win+E is the Windows global shortcut for opening This PC (aka My Computer), so it will normally always open that folder. If Opus is in Explorer Replacement mode then Win+E will open the folder in Opus.

If you want Win+E to open a different folder (or the default lister's folders), you can try assigning the Win+E hotkey but it may not work with newer versions of Windows. Windows intercepts that key for itself at a very low level which is hard for other programs to take over.

The easiest thing to do is get used to a different hotkey for opening the window, since Windows pretty much owns Win+E.

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**Author:** ![norphf](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/48db29/32.png) [@norphf](https://resource.dopus.com/u/norphf)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 8:08am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/replace-win-e-with-win-o/26608/3 "2017-08-17T08:08:53Z")

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Hi

Thank you for your answer, can't you somehow at "lister open " impliment "if folder to open is "This Computer" open default lister instead"?

Maybe this should be moved to the feature request section 🙂

Regards Lars

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**Author:** ![wowbagger](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/wowbagger/32/25880_2.png) [@wowbagger](https://resource.dopus.com/u/wowbagger)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/replace-win-e-with-win-o/26608/4 "2017-08-17T10:19:56Z")

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> [@norphf](#):
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> can’t you somehow at "lister open " impliment “if folder to open is “This Computer” open default lister instead”?

You can prob do this using a custom script, capture the [OnOpenLister](https://www.gpsoft.com.au/help/opus12/index.html#!Documents/Scripting/OnOpenLister.htm) event, check the path and replace it with what you want.

I did something similar the other day [here](https://resource.dopus.com/t/open-folder-in-destination-when-tab-is-locked/26610). It capturing a different event and preforming a different action. So it does not do what you want, but the script would be similarly simple, and might give you an idea of what you are in for.

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**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/replace-win-e-with-win-o/26608/5 "2017-08-17T18:17:37Z")

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> [@norphf](#):
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> Thank you for your answer, can’t you somehow at "lister open " impliment “if folder to open is “This Computer” open default lister instead”?

You can do that with a script, but then you cannot open a new window for that folder when you want to.

It may also confuse Windows, since it sometimes requests a window to be opened for a folder, then waits for a window to appear showing that folder. If you divert it to another folder, the thing that triggered the request may wait for a long time, blocking another program, until it gives up.

Using a different hotkey is what I'd recommend, as it avoids fighting Windows, but you may find you can do what you want using a script, as Wowbagger suggests above.
