TC in Registry to open folder: not work from within Chrome?

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samhjn
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TC in Registry to open folder: not work from within Chrome?

Post by *samhjn »

Probably a bug of total commander

I've tried to replace my windows explorer with totalcmd in this method:
Changing the default value of registry key of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\open\command
to
c:\Program Files\totalcmd\totalcmd.exe "%1"
and remove
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\open\command\DelegateExecute
which works on most situation.
However when I tried to open the folder of a file I've downloaded in Google Chrome via chrome://downloads, Total Commander won't open as I expect every time. My OS is M$ Windows 10.
Is this a bug of total commander? Or if there is a better way to set TC as default Folder Viewer of the system?
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Post by *Horst.Epp »

This is in no way a bug of TC !
You can set TC for most actions but this will not control what certain programs are doing. They may have their own logic or calling Windows explorer directly.
I use the following reg file to set TC for almost all folder operations:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
 @="open"
 
 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\open]
 
 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\open\command]
 @="c:\\tools\\wincmd\\TOTALCMD64.EXE /O \"%1\""
 
 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
 @="open"
 
 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\open]
 
 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\open\command]
 @="c:\\tools\\wincmd\\TOTALCMD64.EXE /O \"%1\""
 
Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.3374)
TC 11.03 x64 / x86
Everything 1.5.0.1371a (x64), Everything Toolbar 1.3.2, Listary Pro 6.3.0.69
QAP 11.6.3.2 x64
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Post by *gdpr deleted 6 »

Probably, no... Most certainly not a TC bug. You tinkered with system settings of your Windows OS. Why do you think that not getting the result you hoped for is TC's fault? Isn't it perhaps rather your "fault" of not tinkering correctly? ;)

You might check the instructions given here and try them: http://qa.mythicsoft.com/10473/total-commander-instead-explorer-click-folder-after-search
Perhaps they help (although there is still a chance that W10 does things differently, since the post was written before W10 was released)
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Post by *samhjn »

Well may be I changed a too low level registry......

I've adopted the registry file of Horst.Epp, It can't replace Windows Explorer in Start Menu, but it fix the problem that TC replaced System Info unexpectedly.

Unfortunately the problem in Google Chrome still remains. It seems that many application assume that system software won't be changed :(

Thanks for your help. @Horst.Epp @elgonzo
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