SpeedCommander integration

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Hi, I just bought Listary because a user in the SpeedCommander forum mentioned it (and that the current beta version integrates into SpeedCommander).

My main question is: how I should set up Listary to use SC as its Default File Manager? I tried the path to SpeedCommander.exe in the first field, and “%1” in the second field, setting the dropdown to “Custom” - but I don’t think it’s working - if I select a Word document in SpeedCommander and then press Ctrl-O in the Word file open dialog, I just get an “error” sound.

Or what functionality should I be expecting when I’ve set that option? How can I test it?

I also tried Win-O (in the hope that it would work as outlined in “Total Commander integration”, but no luck either.

My other question: I’m looking for a manual or help file that lists all the commands and keystrokes etc. I should know, but I couldn’t find anything. Can you point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
Tim

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Hi Tim,

First, your SC setting for Default File Manager is correct.

Ctrl+O doesn’t work in SC (it requires the file manager to have some APIs for external applications to query information). You can press Ctrl+G instead to let the Word open file dialog navigate to the current folder in SC.

Search works perfectly with SC. You can press Ctrl twice to open a folder in SC anytime (both inside and outside of SC).

Favorite and history also work.

Detailed documentation will come soon after the release of Listary 5. I’m working on it.

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Thanks! 2xCtrl is the functionality I had been missing!

Should we users of SpeedCommander ask its developer whether he could expose the necessary APIs to third-party apps like Listary?

Thanks again for a fantastic time-saver!

Best regards
Tim

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I think it’s not really necessary. The current basic support for SC can cover most of the use cases (maybe 95%). The other 5% features (like Ctrl+O) may require lots of extra work from the file manager developer if the file manager doesn’t already have similar functionalities.

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It seems that Version 6 has lost SpeedCommander integration - is there any workaround, or are there plans to re-add it? That would be very helpful :slight_smile:

Thanks,
Tim

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This works here without problems.
You simply have to enable or add the entry for FreeCommander.

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You can also make an entry under General / Open folder with like mine
Path: C:\Tools\FreeCommander\FreeCommander.exe
Parameter: /C “%1”

Windows 11 Home x64 Version 22H2 (OS Build 22621.1194)
Listary Pro 6.0.11.35
FreeCommander XE 2023 Build 884 64-bit donor

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Are we talking about FreeCommander or SpeedCommander? I do have the FreeCommander entry active, but SpeedCommander isn’t reacting when I do the “double-Ctrl”, and switching a Windows file dialog to a different directory by clicking into a SpeedCommander pane has stopped working, too.

The docs are talking about a default file manager, but they seem to refer to version 5, at least I can’t find that part of the preferences in version 6…

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I have also added SpeedCommander in the preferences under Integration
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(after I realized that the icon with the window and the little X doesn’t mean “delete”, which I think may be confusing for others, too), but that didn’t change anything…

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Sorry, I didn’t read it carefully enough.
But why should one think that disabling the aktivieren option will delete anything ?
I use Listary with 3 file managers (Total Commander, Free Commander, XYplorer) without problems.

No own experience with Speed Commander.
I don’t like their license costs for updates and the way they activate licenses.