Intergrate Q-Dir with open path

[void]

To change the open path command for Everything:

• In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Context Menu tab.
• Select Open Path
• Change command to:

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  $exec("C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe" /e>$pathpart(%1))

• Click OK.

Thanks to Sunil.

[Biff]

I have adapted / tried to adapted the path to my Q-Dir, but I cannot get it to work: http://i.imgur.com/ePFa5Bx.png

Q-Dir opens, but without showing the folder the path leads to. How could I correct it?

If I would mark 2, 3 or 4 folders and clicked "Open path" in the context menu how could I make Everything show each single folder in a single panel of Q-Dir?

[therube]

@Biff, you're missing the ending paren, ')'.

[Biff]

Oh, sorry, that field is to short to show its entire content, the ")" is inserted, but not shown, this code is added: $exec("I:\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe" /e>$pathpart(%1))

But it does not work for me.

Thank you, therube

[horst.epp]

I guess it doesn't work because the > in /e>
May be it should be /e=

[Biff]

Thank you, horst,epp.

No, it does not work with the "=":

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$exec("I:\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe" /e=$pathpart(%1))

Thanks again.

[therube]

I don't know what the "/e>" is doing at all, & it seems odd?

I don't think that $pathpart(%1) is correctly handling paths with spaces?
I seem to only be getting the part before the space.
So "C:\TMP\ABC 123" returns "C:\TMP\ABC".

A path without a space should work with this:

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$exec(c:\Q-DIR\Q-dir.exe  $pathpart("%1"))

It might be easier to pass %1 to a batch file that then calls Q-dir.exe.
And instead of using $pathpart in the original call, you can (a unix-like) dirname.

SET DIRNAME=dirname(%1)

Then

Q-dir.exe %DIRNAME%

(Q-Dir's website wasn't too much help either .

[Biff]

Many thanks for the code, therube.

Unfortunately I do not get it to work. The same behavior.

It might be easier to pass %1 to a batch file that then calls Q-dir.exe.
And instead of using $pathpart in the original call, you can (a unix-like) dirname.

SET DIRNAME=dirname(%1)

Then

Q-dir.exe %DIRNAME%

(Q-Dir's website wasn't too much help either .

Very sorry, I do not have any idea of how to build such code. I just saw this post and thought, that is a very good opportunity to just copy and paste it to Everything to use Q-Dir, but....I rather will leave it like it is.

Many thanks anyway.

[therube]

Create a batch file, I called it GO.BAT.
Place it in your path, or in Q-Dir's instalDir.


GO.BAT:

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FOR   %%I in (%1)  do  SET DIRNAME=%%~dpI
START  Q-Dir.exe "%DIRNAME%"
EXIT

Set the command for 'Open Path' in Everything (Tools | Options | Context Menu) to read:

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$exec(C:\Q-Dir\GO.BAT "%1")

(Adjust names, paths as wanted, needed.)

[Biff]

Thank you very much, but I am sorry, I really have any idea what I have to do with that code. I do not understand at all. Very sorry again.

[therube]

Open Notepad
Copy the contents shown into it
Save As -> GO.BAT, placing it in into your Q-Dir directory.
(Wonder if that would be an issue with Windows "protections"?)

Change the Everything option as shown.

Try it.

[Biff]

Great, I have it working now, many thanks.

[Biff]

When you mark more than one folder, e.g. 3 ones, how could one let Everything open one Q-Dir opening each of the 3 folders in a single panel instead of opening 3 Q-Dir showing each folder in the left panel on top?