XYplorer File Manager

The BEST Windows File Manager.

Split Window
Tabs Support
Scripting support natively, and from external libraries like Autohotkey
User Customizable Toolbar with Scripts/Shortcuts

Syncing Configuration Between Computers

XYplorer makes it super easy to set a custom directory where your configuration is stored, which you can then sync to your other devices using a file syncing tool like Syncthing. This way any changes you make to your bookmarks, settings, scripts, etc get synced to your other systems.

Setting up a Synced Configuration

Edit startup.ini

C:\Program Files (x86)\XYplorer\Startup.ini

Change the Path variable to the location of the folder you want to keep your portable configuration inside of.

[Appdata]
Path=C:\Path\To\Your\Custom\Folder

Sync this folder to your other computers using Syncthing.

Send Command from Autohotkey

XYPlorer is scriptable in a way that I have not seen in any other file manager. Just about any action that you can run using your mouse, keyboard can also be run by executing the matching command #, either from within XYplorer’s scripting interface or from an outside application like AutoHotkey. Combined with Autohotkey’s System wide keyboard/hotstrings shortcuts, you get a super powerful combo.

List of Command ID Numbers Can be found by going to Help > List all Commands within XYPlorer

Example:

FunctionMessagetoXYplorer(101) ; Copy Filepath to Clipboard of Selected Item
FunctionMessagetoXYplorer(115) ; Copy image to clipboard for pasting into photo editor
;

FunctionMessagetoXYplorer(FunctionNumber) {        ; Send message to XYplorer
  ; https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9233#p82412

  if(!InStr(MessagetoXYplorer, "::#"))
  MessagetoXYplorer = ::#%FunctionNumber%

  SetTitleMatchMode, 2
  HWND := WinExist("XYplorer ahk_class ThunderRT6FormDC")
  Size := StrLen(MessagetoXYplorer)
  If !(A_IsUnicode)
  {
    VarSetCapacity(Data, Size * 2, 0)
    StrPut(MessagetoXYplorer, &Data, Size, "UTF-16")
  }
  Else
  Data := MessagetoXYplorer

  VarSetCapacity(COPYDATA, A_PtrSize * 3, 0)
  NumPut(4194305, COPYDATA, 0, "Ptr")
  NumPut(Size * 2, COPYDATA, A_PtrSize, "UInt")
  NumPut(&Data, COPYDATA, A_PtrSize * 2, "Ptr")
  SendMessage, 0x4a, 0, &COPYDATA, , ahk_id %HWND%  ; This is the original funciton
  ; SendMessage, 0x4a, 0, &COPYDATA, , ahk_id %HWND%,,,,1   ; my modified version. Added a time out and it seems to work just fine
}

XYPlorer Scripting

if code goes for multiple lines, indent every line after the first one
Display a msgbox with each filepath that is selected

// selected list items
 foreach($token, <get selecteditemspathnames |>) {
   echo $token;
 }

Save all selected filepaths to 1 variable and display it

set $filepaths, <get selecteditemspathnames>;
    msg $filepaths;

Get all filepaths and send as 1 parameter to an ahk script

 set $filepaths, <get selecteditemspathnames>;
    run "C:\Software\Syncthing\AutoHotKey\Testing\Testing_ReceiveVariable.ahk $filepaths";

Append multiple variables to same variable and display a msgbox with the var

$a = "1"."2"; msg $a;

Configuration

Configuration File Locaiton
- C:\Users\yuriy.zinchuk\AppData\Roaming\XYplorer\XYplorer.ini
- Easy way to open up config file: Tools > Open Configuration File
Catalog File Location
- C:\Users\yuriy.zinchuk\AppData\Roaming\XYplorer\Catalogs\catalog.dat

Synchronize XYPlorer Config Files between devices

Edit startup.ini

C:\Program Files (x86)\XYplorer\Startup.ini

Change the Path to configuration Location:

[Appdata]
Path=C:\Users\ity\Syncthing\Configurations\XYPlorer\WMTPaper

https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23517&p=191130&hilit=sync#p191130

Custom Keybaord Shortcuts

Alt + 1 > Detailed View
Alt + 3 > Thumbnail #3
Control + E > Copy Filepath (Used with AHK to extract .zip files)
Scripting Tutorial : https://www.xyplorer.com/tour.php?page=scripting

Startup Speedup

To Get Startup Speed, place the following in the address bar:

text <get loadtimes>, 800, 680;

Disable Mini Tree Caching
- https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21833&p=178823&hilit=disable+tree#p178823
Check your startup times
- https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16983&p=145942&hilit=disable+tree+startup+time#p145942

Custom Settings

Speed up network drive access:
- https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?p=173942
Enable Folder size caching
- https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?t=19263

Settings that May Affect Speed

Open Up “Various Information” Box by control + Click on “Various Information” under XyPlorer help dropdown.

Teracopy Custom Copy Handler

https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?t=2596&start=225 You need to tell it where TeraCopy (path to exectuable) is and how you want to use it (switches).

Configuration > File Operations > External Copy Handlers > Configure

TeraCopy|C:\Program files\TeraCopy\TeraCopy.exe|/Close /open_window

Select Copy Handler > TeraCopy

Xyplorer Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

Ref_XYPlorerKeyboardShortcuts.pdf

Synchronize Configuration Between Machines

https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23517&p=191130&hilit=sync#p191130

2022/06/22

Made following changes to xyplorer ocnfig to try to make network folder browsing faster: https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?t=8020

XY Scripting

XyPlorer Program Variables

Can by found by clicking Help > Environmental Variables

Last updated on July 19, 2024. For any questions/feedback, email me at blog@zinchuk.xyz.

Yuriy's Notes