Default file manager

[Dumitru Damaschin]

I wanted to reopen a topic that was already discussed a while ago.

OC registers itself via registry, but several apps bypass it and launch explorer.exe directly, like Visual Studio 2026, which is my main development environment.

Does V4 change anything on this front? If not, I'd suggest taking inspiration from FileExplorerInterceptor or Directory Opus, which intercept these calls through a window/shell hook.

In any case, thanks for all the work.

[OneCommander Support]

I wasn't planning anything different for v4 because I didn't think it was possible to do anything else without relying on some dirty hacks that would break each Windows update, but I'll check that repo you linked - if it works without patches in the past 5 years, its worth looking into. Thanks for sharing!

[Dumitru Damaschin]

Yes, wrapping explorer.exe with a custom executable would be the most efficient solution, but I understand it's very difficult, even though in my opinion it would be worth it.