# What commands need to register in Everything to open a search in Directory Opus? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help & Support\ **Created:** [January 5, 2019, 9:30am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073 "2019-01-05T09:30:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johan](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Johan](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Johan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 9:30am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/1 "2019-01-05T09:30:25Z")
**Hello!** Everything in Windows Explorer works fine. - With a double click on the path, it opens the path, highlighting the object. - With a double click on the name of it (opens, unpacks, launches): - if this folder opens it - if it is an archive then unpack it - If this is a video or text document, it opens - if .exe then runs _The default settings are:_ 1. Open (Folders) $exec("%1") 2. Open (Files) $exec("%1") 3. Open Path $openpath("%1") 4. Explore $exec("%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" /n,/e,"%1") 5. Explore Path $exec("%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" /n,/e,/select,"%1") ![2019-01-05_115543](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/9/5989b08d3235e9de58c3afa1c65022c4600af1fa.png) Here's a video [https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/6/16cc99d5338179d3a8c338417ed1965f40870202.mp4](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/6/16cc99d5338179d3a8c338417ed1965f40870202.mp4) **I made the following commands:** 6. Tools \> Options \> Context Menu \> Open (Folders) \> Command $exec("C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopus.exe" "%1") 7. Tools \> Options \> Context Menu \> Open (Files) \> Command $exec("C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopus.exe" "%1") 8. Tools \> Options \> Context Menu \> Open Path \> Command $exec("C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopus.exe" "$parent(%1)") I tried these $exec("C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopus.exe" "%1") $exec("C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopus.exe" $parent("%1")) But it does not work for me as in Windows Explorer (video above). With a double click on the path, it does not select the object With a double click on the name, not everything also works: - folder opens and unpacks the archive - .txt and .wmv for example does not start Here's a video [https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/b/5bbc635a6a7690ec0ce999e1c9b773a28157cc0a.mp4](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/b/5bbc635a6a7690ec0ce999e1c9b773a28157cc0a.mp4) **Where exactly should I write commands and what commands to work like in Windows Explorer?** ---
**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:** [January 5, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/2 "2019-01-05T09:35:23Z")
Does this have what you need? > [@SearchEverything: Getting Opus to work with Everything](https://resource.dopus.com/t/searcheverything-getting-opus-to-work-with-everything-v4-0/8894): > > \>\>\> INTRODUCTION [Everything](http://www.voidtools.com/) is, as some of you already know, a nice little program similar to Indexers like Google Desktop Search and Windows Search except it is a lot smaller and takes less than 10 seconds to index more than 5000000 files. It ind… ---
**Author:** ![Johan](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Johan](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Johan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/3 "2019-01-05T09:48:35Z")
**Leo** Thank. I read this and I did the button too. ![2019-01-05_124132](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/c/acf70ccc16fcc279f1f2d2a3eb7c6ba272f90023.png) I would also like to know which commands in Everything should be written if, for example, the button is not used. Here I still asked, but there is no solution yet. [https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7366](https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7366) ---
**Author:** ![apocalypse](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/apocalypse/32/29397_2.png) [@apocalypse](https://resource.dopus.com/u/apocalypse)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 10:04am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/4 "2019-01-05T10:04:51Z")
For "open path" in Everything I use: `$exec("C:\Program Files\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe" /acmd Go OPENCONTAINER PATH "%1")` It opens a lister or tab and focuses the file passed. All others are default as I have explorer replacement for Opus and it handles them correctly. I hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Johan](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Johan](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Johan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/5 "2019-01-05T10:21:38Z")
**It helped me** Go to **Menu\> Settings\> Customize Toolbars ...\> Commands** plus click on **User-defined Commands (xx)** in the first line after the header will be **Add new User Command ...** , click the right mouse button. there will be a menu with **paste** , the following code should be inserted there. The **everything** command will appear in the list (do not change the name, it will search for a command from the everything program) ```auto ``` go to settings everything Tools\> Options ...\> Context Menu\> Open Path\> Command insert the command Apply Ok ```auto $exec("C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe" /acmd everything FILEPATH="$pathpart(%1)" FILENAME="$namepart(%1)") ``` ---
**Author:** ![Johan](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Johan](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Johan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/6 "2019-01-05T10:28:38Z")
> [@apocalypse](#): > > For "open path" in Everything I use: > `$exec("C:\Program Files\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe" /acmd Go OPENCONTAINER PATH "%1")` Thank you, but it does not work for me for some reason. ![2019-01-05_132637](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/2/1261deffa22d25905bf65b590322a7a118ac7525.png) ---
**Author:** ![apocalypse](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/apocalypse/32/29397_2.png) [@apocalypse](https://resource.dopus.com/u/apocalypse)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/7 "2019-01-05T20:00:30Z")
Tha path to your dopusrt.exe is different from mine. It's inside the dopus directory. Fix it and it should work. ---
**Author:** ![Johan](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Johan](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Johan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 11:17am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/8 "2019-01-07T11:17:32Z")
Why is the path correct? ![2019-01-07_141032](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/2/f263e784d2f2cae9bdd789ecaefc75c3eaae394d.png) * * * **Still:** [SearchEverything: Getting Opus to work with Everything v4.0](https://resource.dopus.com/t/searcheverything-getting-opus-to-work-with-everything-v4-0/8894) [SearchEverything v.4.0.0.0.rar](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/c/fc171768fd2ebbfdad8e2c257ebea76a4cbbedf6.rar) It is better to add this to your code, then it will always open in a new tab. ```auto Go NEWTAB ``` it will turn out like this ```auto Go NEWTAB C:\Program Files\Everything\SearchEverything.exe "{dlgstring}" ``` ---
**Author:** ![opw62](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/5e9695/32.png) [@opw62](https://resource.dopus.com/u/opw62)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/9 "2019-03-04T08:51:08Z")
FWIW I have added: `$exec("x:\Directory Opus-path\dopusrt.exe" /acmd Go NEWTAB PATH "%1" tofront)` in my case: `$exec("D:\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe" /acmd Go NEWTAB PATH "%1" tofront)` under Everything \> Options \> Context menu \> Explore Path ![SnagIt-04032019%20094953](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/6/e6a1a0f6e5a2d36fbe3c1ecc07f2af9065768ee6.png) ---
**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:** [March 4, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/10 "2019-03-04T12:01:03Z")
> [@opw62](#): > > I have added: > `$exec("x:\Directory Opus-path\dopusrt.exe" /acmd Go NEWTAB PATH "%1" tofront)` > > in my case: > `$exec("D:\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe" /acmd Go NEWTAB PATH "%1" tofront)` `Go NEWTAB PATH "%1" tofront` should be `Go NEWTAB=tofront PATH "%1"` in both cases. ---
**Author:** ![opw62](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/5e9695/32.png) [@opw62](https://resource.dopus.com/u/opw62)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/11 "2019-03-05T05:14:19Z")
Thanks Leo. Maybe I was lucky, but how I -had- it, one way or the other, worked as well. Corrected the everything settings. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![opw62](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/5e9695/32.png) [@opw62](https://resource.dopus.com/u/opw62)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/12 "2019-03-15T12:14:44Z")
Question: Can Go NEWTAB=tofront PATH "%1" also be combined with: Go NEWTAB=findexisting ? Thanks. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/13 "2019-03-15T12:29:38Z")
`Go NEWTAB=tofront,findexisting PATH "%1"` ---
**Author:** ![opw62](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/5e9695/32.png) [@opw62](https://resource.dopus.com/u/opw62)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/14 "2019-03-15T13:21:49Z")
As always, many thanks indeed! ---
**Author:** ![opw62](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/5e9695/32.png) [@opw62](https://resource.dopus.com/u/opw62)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 6:44am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/what-commands-need-to-register-in-everything-to-open-a-search-in-directory-opus/31073/15 "2023-07-03T06:44:08Z")
So, within Everything I have the following context menu items (involving Opus) 1. **Open Path:** $exec("D:\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe" /cmd Go NEW PATH "%1") 2. **Explore:** $exec("D:\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe" /cmd Go NEWTAB OPENCONTAINER=target "%1") 3. **Explore path:** $exec("D:\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe" /cmd Go NEWTAB=tofront,findexisting PATH "%1") They really work fine. In 1 specific case (3 windowpanels with locked tree+folder) I would prefer Opus to start as, let's say, 'separate session', i.e. not as newtab, but Opus rather running twice so to say. Q: would that be possible? I would then change, for instance, number 2 above. (This avoids the warning "_The two folders are no longer in sync. Return to the common folder to re-sync._..." etc) Thanks! bump..