This repo provides scripts enabling you to change the default file manager to one of your choice. It is pre-configured for Double Commander, however modifying it for another file manager would be fairly straightforward.
Disclaimer: I have only tested this on my personal Windows 10 machine. I have little reason to believe it won't work for you, but beware and back up your registry before proceeding. Most of you won't. The smart ones will. I am not very smart.
Powershell - the modern version. install-powershell.bat can help you get it if needed.
Place this directory/repo to your C:/ drive in a folder called "doublecmd", such that the full path of this file is C:/doublecmd/Readme.md
Doing this ensures that you do not need to modify the scripts provided to account for the location of this folder.
Note - this will not work if you are using a portable installation. If that is the case, you must modify file paths accordingly in the scripts provided.
If not "installing" this folder to the recommended location, you must also modify paths to these files in various places throughout these scripts and reg files.
Double click the included doublecmd.reg file. To revert back to explorer, double-click explorer.reg
Note - this will not work if you are using a portable installation. If that is the case, you must modify doublecmd.reg accordingly.
Double click doublecmd-hotkey.reg
To revert, double click explorer-hotkey.reg
Using Powertoys Keyboard Manager, one could replace the functionality of the Win + E shortcut without mucking about in their registry and in a way that's easy to revert with a gui or just by ending its process.
Create a new keyboard shortcut with the following settings:
- Action - Run Program
- App -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe - Args -
invisible.vbs doublecmdAsExplorer.bat - Start In -
C:/doublecmdor the folder with all these scripts - If running -
Start another
You may want to also set Double Commander to only allow one instance (Configuration -> Behaviors -> Allow only one copy of DC at a time)