wanted: replace the "explorer" that opens with winkey+e

[McMadman]

I'm thinking of trying a third party "file manager" instead of windows explorer, but I commonly open it by using the winkey+e shortcut.

Is there any way to modify this behavior to open a totally different progra,?

 

[thirtythree]

Unless you are too used to doing it that way, you could just use a different shortcut like ctrl+alt+e. I don't know how you would go about changing what winkey+e does.

 

[McMadman]

I've been using that combo for years, although I may still just stick with the default explorer. Of course knowing how to change it (if even possible) would be a useful tidbit anyways.

 

[gdtaylor]

A useful utility called WinKey will allow you to create keyboard shortcuts using the Windows key. Unfortunately it will not let you re-assign Windows built-in shortcuts.

 

[McMadman]

close, but I would like to modify the built in shortcut, I was looking into this earlier today before posting. I'm thinking this may be hardcoded into a dll, of course there may be ways around it.

 

[Nothinman]

You need a new shell then.

 

[McMadman]

I take it new shell would be the only way?