Litestep and Xplorer2 Thread last updated on 2006-08-17 15:26:10

Posted by member 339628 on 2006-08-17 13:02:40

I'm kinda new to all this alternate-shell stuff, but anyway, I've got a question:):

I run the ultimatium theme (great theme btw), and I have set the default explorer to be Xplorer2 (in litstep, when you install it).

But it somehow seems that the theme cant understand this, so when I press the "computer", explorer.exe starts, and that sucks.

So, how do I re-tech the theme so it'll open xplorer2 instead of explorer?

Posted by member 5575 on 2006-08-17 13:11:56 link

xplorer2 is defined as your file manager perhaps, but I'd bet there is a separate definition for "My computer" - if that's what you mean. Exactly what that is depends on how the theme is configured. So... start looking in the config files for the settings for that "computer" button (or whatever it is), and see what's there.

Posted by member 339628 on 2006-08-17 13:26:18 link

Yeah, I did, and I found one thing that reffered to my computer, so I changed it to the path the xplorer2, but of course, nothing happend:/

Posted by member 212670 on 2006-08-17 14:02:26 link

On line 545 in the theme.rc file, change this:
"explorer.exe /n,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"
to this:
"C:\Program Files\zabkat\xplorer2\xplorer2_UC.exe"
(or whatever your path is)

From what I can tell (I didn't try hard to find out), xplorer2 doesn't use command-line parameters, so no luck on opening it to a specific folder.

Bad Ash using explorer.exe.

Posted by member 339628 on 2006-08-17 14:07:41 link

Do I need to reboot to, since it did'nt work:(

Posted by member 5575 on 2006-08-17 14:17:14 link

You should only need to recycle, not reboot.

Posted by member 339628 on 2006-08-17 14:20:08 link

Hm, I really should know what recycle means, right?

Posted by member 5575 on 2006-08-17 15:26:10 link

Um, yes. =)

IF you hit the cltr+alt+f1 key combo, you'll see a menu that offers the option to "Recycle LiteStep". Most people probably have a personal hotkey defined to run the same bang command (!recycle), which reloads all of your settings and modules.

If all of this sounds very strange to you, I suggest you spend at least a little time reading the documentation. It'll be worth it in the long run. I think Ctrl+shift+f1 is assigned by default to bring up the basic docs, at least if you used Omar's OTS installer.