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Strong Search engine in "Open with" right click context menu #124

Open graphixillusion opened 5 years ago

graphixillusion commented 5 years ago

As the title says, it would be really awesome to have some sort of search engine directly integrated in the "Open With" right click context menu.

Current Scenario: 1) right click on the file you want to open with a custom .exe; 2) choose "Open With" and wait for the relative window to pop up; 3) check the list and scroll down to the end; 4) click on "Find another app in this PC" 5) manually locate inside windows explorer the locaton of the .exe you want to use; 6) do everything again from the start if you want that program to be the default one.

Enanched Scenario: 1) right click on the file ---> open with 2) start typing the name of the .exe you want to use 3) select the .exe in the search's result list 4) flag the nearby checkbox if you want to make it default

CaryRW commented 5 years ago

+1

indierawk2k2 commented 5 years ago

This is a great suggestion. We will definitely add this to the backlog of ideas. Thanks!