Open in New Tab (Always) - File Explorer?

w4po said:

@dacrone I've just installed a fresh Windows 11 and tried the tool, it works just fine.
Are you sure that you've ticked the "All Windows" option from the tray icon menu? It's disabled by default.

If so, please share a video or gif image.

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cant make a screecap right now. but:

if i uncheck all windows and check win e, it disables my win e function and all double clicked folders open in a new instance (from outside of that explorer window).

if i check both, win e does not work at all and opening another folder opens a new window.

if i uncheck win e and only check all windows, win e will open a new instance, leave it open and then open the new instance in a new tab in the original instance (so i have 2 explorer windows, one with 2 tabs and one with 1).

dacrone said:

cant make a screecap right now. but:

if i uncheck all windows and check win e, it disables my win e function and all double clicked folders open in a new instance (from outside of that explorer window).

if i check both, win e does not work at all and opening another folder opens a new window.

if i uncheck win e and only check all windows, win e will open a new instance, leave it open and then open the new instance in a new tab in the original instance (so i have 2 explorer windows, one with 2 tabs and one with 1).

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Interesting, Maybe it's a language issue?
What is the language of your OS?

And please let me know the exact version of your OS, what OS Build, and what edition.

English, US
23H2 Build 22631.2715

If i use autohotkey to write the code for Win+E to open new explorer in new tab inside same explorer window, it works (see below), but your utility does not.

dacrone said:

English, US
23H2 Build 22631.2715

If i use autohotkey to write the code for Win+E to open new explorer in new tab inside same explorer window, it works (see below), but your utility does not.

Code:

#e::
if WinExist("ahk_class CabinetWClass") {
    WinActivate
    Send +{F6}
    Send ^t
} else {
    Run, explorer.exe
}
return

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I am sorry, I couldn't reproduce the issue, so I don't know the cause and can't fix it.

As for the AutoHotkey, it just sends CTRL+T which is not what my code does,
My code uses UI Automation to search for the "Add New Tab" (+) Button and click it,

From what you've said it detects the Win+E correctly but fails to find the (+) Button, Which I can't figure out why.

I've tried to download and install Windows 11 twice, and still can't reproduce the issue at all.

dacrone said:

cant make a screecap right now. but:

if i uncheck all windows and check win e, it disables my win e function and all double clicked folders open in a new instance (from outside of that explorer window).

if i check both, win e does not work at all and opening another folder opens a new window.

if i uncheck win e and only check all windows, win e will open a new instance, leave it open and then open the new instance in a new tab in the original instance (so i have 2 explorer windows, one with 2 tabs and one with 1).

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@dacrone
I've published a new release, please let me know if that fixes the issue.

w4po said:

@dacrone
I've published a new release, please let me know if that fixes the issue.

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no go.. same result.

*does someone without StartAllBack want to try it and post back results? curious if thats causing a conflict.. but really dont want to disable it at the moment

dacrone said:

no go.. same result.

*does someone without StartAllBack want to try it and post back results? curious if thats causing a conflict.. but really dont want to disable it at the moment

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I've installed StartAllBack and I can confirm it is what causes the issue,

Let me try to trace and fix it, I'll be back tomorrow after some sleep.

Glad we found the issue.

It seems that the StartAllBack tool changes the Explorer UI completely, which my utility depends on heavily,

If you choose "Win11 Command Bar" from "Explorer" inside the StartAllBack tool, I think my utility will work as expected.

mine is always set to the win 11 style. i really only use that to mod the taskbar

Hello @dacrone

I've published a new release ExplorerTabUtility v1.2.0,

Under `All Windows` Select `Keys`.
I hope that fixes the issue for you.

@w4po just so you know, this (the release from 2 weeks ago) is now working flawlessly on win 11 23h2 with startallback installed! keyboard win+e opens new tab in same instance, and double clicking a folder on the desktop opens a new tab and redirects to that folder in the same instance! much appreciated!!

dacrone said:

@w4po just so you know, this (the release from 2 weeks ago) is now working flawlessly on win 11 23h2 with startallback installed! keyboard win+e opens new tab in same instance, and double clicking a folder on the desktop opens a new tab and redirects to that folder in the same instance! much appreciated!!

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I'm glad to hear that! ♥

Additionally, there's a handy feature for duplicating the current tab using CTRL + D (you can customize the hotkeys in the settings).
Moreover, I'm in the process of developing a new feature to quickly re-open recently closed tabs,
and I intend to implement it as soon as I find some free time.

If you find any issues or you want to ask for a new feature, please report it in the GitHub repo.
Best Regards.