[Req] acces the context menu by clicking on the icon itself

[gbo]

So if you don't want to see the choice dialog, you just select a default program. The problem is that I can't undo this action but manually modifying the ini file, and that's quite annoying.

Try ESC (Key Escape) + F4 should do the trick if I understood you correctly

HTH

[snaggy]

It works! Now it's perfect
thanks

[Stance]

Anyway, is it possible to acces to the open with function without the contextual menu? I'd like it becouse sometimes it takes up to 10 seconds to open it (windows's so slow on my PC)

Create a new button in your TC -buttonbar:

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Command:%windir%\system32\Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL
Parameters:%O.%E
Start path:
Icon file: %windir%\SYSTEM32\shell32.dll
Tooltip: Open with...

Opens the "Open with" -dialog of XP for the file under the cursor.

Windows Standard: SHIFT+rightclick adds the item "open with:" to most contextmenus.

1.Edit: Changed Parameters from: %p%n to: %O.%E
Filename is shown proper now

2.Edit: Parameter: %O.%E %2
"%2" will deactivate the checkbox: "Allways open with..." to prevent accidental associations for file extensions.

Kind regards
Stance

[snaggy]

Isn't there a way to do this command by hotkey? I'd like CTRL+Enter to do this

[majkinetor !]

Create a new button in your TC -buttonbar:

Hej Stance, you are my idol. There are things you know but you never had your mind move in that particular way....

Great ! Much better solution then Choice Editor....

[snaggy]

I like it to but it'd be better to have a shortcut

I mean, ins't it possible to create shortcuts for custom commands?!? That's weird!

[majkinetor !]

Yes it is possible:



1. Add to start menu above code. Name it "Open With.."
2. Go to Preferences->Misc ->Keyboard Remaping
3.1 Set the Hotkey to SHIFT + ENTER
32. Select cm_UserMenuN where N is the position of "Open With" menu item (count separators if you have them)

That's it. I already did it. I don't use buttons.

[snaggy]

uhh, thanks, what an odd way!

[majkinetor !]

you have to do what you have to do...

[gbo]

Great ! Much better solution then Choice Editor....

Personaly I won't consider this possibility as much better, it is an interessant alternative but I still prefer choice editor for some specific tasks, question of taste I guess. Although I will use both possibilities now. So thanks Stance for the post.

[SanskritFritz]

So if you don't want to see the choice dialog, you just select a default program. The problem is that I can't undo this action but manually modifying the ini file, and that's quite annoying.

That is not true, you can get the dialog anytime by pressing Esc-F4 (now this is not obvious!).

[TychoBarfy]

Thanks for this Tip. By the way, you don't have to put the path in front off
rundll32.exe in "Command" and shell32.dll in "Icon file".

[solid]

That is not true, you can get the dialog anytime by pressing Esc-F4.

From where this hotkey came from?

[majkinetor !]

From where this hotkey came from?

From nowhere obviously.

The problem THAT remains with Open with is that some apps are not added to the list no matter how many times you do it. I consider this to be a bug, but it may not, I didn't dril into internals of Open With. Anyway, now, with ESC+F4 CE is more functional. The problem is that it is TC specific, and I prefer global solutions where it makes sense and in this case it do. I can use settings of Open With in Open, Save, Browse dialogs in any 3td party app that is aware of this dialog, in explorer, in IE..... everywhere... while CE is restricted to TC.

This is personal taste with some arguments for it.

[SanskritFritz]

From where this hotkey came from?

The only source of information is the release history. Read through it, it is THE help