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double-click to start file in native application

meanwhile I enyoi Vole Windows Expedition a lot.
Explorer Factory with its preview is a great help, and if I find "late minute errors" there,
it is a pleasure to start the native application / the open-with-program by a double-click
instead of a single click..

I use this double-click feature also as a workaround, to start my
mp3- and mp4-files with the VCL-Media-Player (opens on second screen in full-screen-mode
automatically). But until now I have to stop the preview-player first. It would be great, if this could be done via my double-click.

In Project-Presenter-Mode such a double-click-feature would be also very helpfull > in my case for instance to show excel-files in Excel with resepct to their build-in interacitity.

For pdf-files I prefer the Xchange-Viewer (Pro), which still allows to start Batch-files via links. I use this to add voice-comments to sections in my pdf-files (in wav-format / started wtih a first click and stopped at any time with the next). But I had to realize, that starting the PDF-Xchange-Viewer in Factory-Mode and clicking on my links had no result (as if such attempts would be stopped by process-killing).

Please let my know
R. Keienburg

rkei, 06.01.2014, 22:58
Response from the site administrator
Sanwhole, 08.01.2014
There is a "Pause Preview" button with a lock icon in the top tool-bar of Directory List. You can check this button to pause preview and double click to open the documents by system default program. If this can't solve the Xchange-Viewer issue, please let me know.
Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Idea status: in process

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rkei, 01.03.2014, 21:42
Thank Your for the pause-preview-hint - so no more questions about single-click to preview and double-click to open a file with it`s native application.

Meanwhile I start Vole Windows Expedition with an AutoHotKey_Script which includes these steps
- starting the program and maximazing the window
- selecting Favorites- first instance (General)-fiirst favorite folder
- changing the file_list of that folder to large thumbnail-view for better orientaiton
- selecting and loading the first project
This last step ensures, that all files can be previewed immediately and thus makes it fun, to remain in preview mode - navigiating through all procjet-/favorite-files as needed (only 2 windows open - preview on top - and file-window bellow).

I learned to open and close (to undock and dock back) the preview-window via double.click on its title_bar.
But I have stll to modify its size to fullscreen manually. Therefore one last wish: please put somewhere
another button to cklick on to do this automatically.

Thank You in andvance
R. Keienburg

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