A. HOW TO MAKE XPLORER▓ YOUR DEFAULT FOLDER APPLICATION
xplorer▓ can easily handle all the regular filesystem folders. If you want to launch x2 every time you click on a folder icon (e.g. on your desktop) add an "open" verb for the "Directory" file type, and have its default value point to the path where you have installed x2:
(your installation path may differ; your executable may be called xplorer2_UC.exe; please check your installation folder)
Note that "%1" is required (including the quotation marks), and is replaced by the folder path you are trying to open.
B. TWEAKING ADVANCED SETTINGS FOR XPLORER▓
The main registry key is: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZabaraKatranemia Plc\xplorer2 ù or xplorer2_UC if you have the unicode version installed. Whenever you want to change a value, follow these steps:
* EXIT all running instances of xplorer▓ (this is essential)
* Start regedit using Start | Run (or equivalent)
* Locate the main key where xplorer▓ keeps its settings
* Double-click on a "variable" name to change its value
Most options have self-descriptive names, so it shouldn't be hard to imagine what each variable does. As a general further hint, names that begin with 'b' (e.g. bUnderline) refer to on/off (boolean) settings. Setting the value to 0 turns the option off, any other value enables it. Names starting with 'n' imply a number of some sort, and those with 'sz' are strings. Hungarian people talk like that, alledgedly <g>.
Names that start with "bin" imply values that are made up as the sum of individual bits. Please sum up all the numbers representing the options you want and set this total number to the "bin" value.
Values that correspond to time intervals are measured in milli-seconds. So if you want to set one to 2 sec, set it to 2000.
Here's a description of settings you may want to experiment with, organized by subkey. A [*] next to a value below stands for the default setting. Whenever you want to reset a value, just delete it altogether. When changing values, make sure you switch to decimal (not hex) input mode in regedit.
[xplorer2.global] ///////////////
szAudioExtList comma separated list of extensions for "exotic" audio files, e.g. "foo,bar,wm4"
szVideoExtList comma separated list of extensions for "exotic" video files, e.g. "ogg,bar,wmdd4"
Find Blacklist
Full paths to folders you want excluded from being searched by "Find files" ù they won't be flattened either. You can add extra trouble-making folders as necessary. If you remove any folders, please make sure the remaining list has consecutive folder numbering. The easiest solution is to rename the last folder to the ordinal of the folder you deleted.
Transformation rules
If you want more default rules for Mark | Check build, please add them here.
GIOPT_SAVEF5DIRS 16 /* save all copy target folders in F5 dialog history */
GIOPT_NOPOSHREFRESH 4096 /* turn off the "modern" refresh system; should be used with GIOPT_ALTAREFRESH */
GIOPT_NOBGTHUMBS 8192 /* no background threading for thumbnails, saves custom DLL GPFs */
GIOPT_NOSETCURDIR 32768 /* don't set current directory for each visited folder (avoid lockings) */
bSantasLittleHelper
This controls whether x2 uses a background thread to do time-consuming tasks like thumbnail extraction etc. To turn it off set it to 0 (not recommended). A value of 2 (default) uses the background thread but running at a lower priority so as not to interfere with the main program. If you find that the columns take ages to fill up (especially when other programs are running) you may set bSantasLittleHelper to 1 and it will run at the same priority level as the main program.
[MainFrame Settings] ////////////
binDualPaneFlags [default = 9]
DPF_SHOWHEADERS 8 /* show titlebar for each view pane */
DPF_HILITEACTIVEHEADER 64 /* simulate active window titlebar */
DPF_NOHEADERSUBPATHS 128 /* they exist but ain't clickable */
msFreeSpaceUpdateInterval 20000[*] if you want to have the disk free space shown on the status bar, set this to a non-zero value. E.g. 5000 means "check the free space every 5 seconds". Set to 0 to omit the indicator altogether
nTreeQVTileVertical 0[*] Set this to 1 if you want the tree and the quickviewer arranged left/right
[xxx pane settings] /////////////
(similar settings for both left/right and scrap panes)
binMiscOptions a value made up of any of the next "bits" added up
CLVOPT_DISABLEAUTOREFRESH 1 /* patch/efficiency improvement for multi-folder views */
CLVOPT_NAGGINGSCRAP 64 /* scrap frames always asking to save contents */
CLVOPT_ARROWTABPANE 256 /* use left/right arrows to switch panes in detailed view */
[CommandFrame Settings] /////////
This is the console used for DOS command execution, if enabled.
nConsoleMaxChars is the upper limit on characters. If reached, some of the older data in the window will start getting deleted.
[QuickView] /////////////////////
binRELangOptions
If you find that the text previewer gets its fonts mixed up or misbehaves (especially in east european countries), try setting this value to 0. You can also use any of the richedit IMF_xxx constants. If you make things worse you can always set it back to the default [-1].
