Setting the File Manager Thread last updated on 2003-04-08 20:42:42

Posted by member 21711 on 2003-04-03 23:11:34

I just installed LiteStep about 2 hours ago and I'm loving what I've seen so far, but it's going to take me a little while to get everything set up the way I find the most productive.

Now, I'm trying to change the File Manager to launch My Computer. I've edited the evars.rc file and changed the File Manager line to this:

FileManager "C:\WINNT\explorer.exe /n, ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"


When I do this, the File Manager won't load at all any more, but setting it to just explorer.exe works fine, and the command above works the way it is supposed to if you run it manually.

Is there a limitation to the length or the characters in these command names? I'm wondering if maybe the forward slash, colons, or spaces are throwing it off. Any ideas on how to get this working?

Posted by member 1 on 2003-04-03 23:33:25 link

newp...no limitations...but you have to remember that my computer is part of the explorer shell and may not be available to LS.

Posted by member 21711 on 2003-04-03 23:45:40 link

Well like I said in my original post, it works fine when you run it manually (e.g., from lsxcommand or CTRL+ALT+U).

Posted by member 7223 on 2003-04-04 00:52:06 link

I guess this should work (I know it's the same, but...)

FileManager "explorer $Drives$"

Posted by member 11445 on 2003-04-04 01:48:48 link

Try making a shortcut to explorer with parameters and set FileManager to that shortcut. I've heard that works.

Posted by member 5120 on 2003-04-04 03:58:57 link

I guess the problem is that all of that gets interpreted as a filename. And obviously there is no such file. How else would you separate a file with spaces and one with parameters.
Of course, as SenexFerox already said, a shortcut would take care of this.

Posted by member 21711 on 2003-04-08 20:42:42 link

Sweet, that works. Thanks for the suggestion.