Get path of focused explorer window

[chrome-chr]

I use Everything as search engine instead of the default windows one and it's on top!
I would like to have an icon in my kando circle when I'm in the file explorer, in a specific folder like everything does with the context menu :
when you open everyting with the context menu, it open everyting window with the path of that specific folder instead of the generic windows with just "C:".
It would have worked like a charm in kando if there was a shortcut to do that, unfortunately, this is only available with the right click!
there is a shortcut menu in everything that allow you to "new window", "display window" or "comute windows", but all 3 of them just display the default path window, not the current path window...

Is there any way I could make it work with kando? maybe with a powershell script? I tried different things but it either open everything blank or the default kando folder...

[Schneegans]

Hi there! I just asked AI and it came up with this powershell script which seems to be working! On my system, it prints the directory of the currently focused explorer window. I guess that you could use this as a starting point to create your script!

Add-Type @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class GetForegroundWindowPath {
    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    public static extern IntPtr GetForegroundWindow();
    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    public static extern uint GetWindowThreadProcessId(IntPtr hWnd, out int lpdwProcessId);
}
"@

# Initialize the variable before using [ref]
$procId = 0

# Get handle and process ID of the foreground window
$hWnd = [GetForegroundWindowPath]::GetForegroundWindow()
$null = [GetForegroundWindowPath]::GetWindowThreadProcessId($hWnd, [ref]$procId)

# Check if it's an Explorer process
if ($procId) {
    $process = Get-Process -Id $procId -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($process -and $process.ProcessName -eq 'explorer') {
        $shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
        foreach ($window in $shell.Windows()) {
            try {
                if ($window.HWND -eq [int64]$hWnd) {
                    # Output the folder path
                    $window.Document.Folder.Self.Path
                    return
                }
            } catch {}
        }
    } else {
        Write-Host "Foreground window is not File Explorer."
    }
} else {
    Write-Host "No foreground window found."
}

[chrome-chr]

It doesn't work for me! plus I don't see the everything software path in your code.

Could you explain me step by step how you made it work with kando ?

Thank you!

[Schneegans]

I do not know what "everything" is nor do I have the time to install it and tinker around with it for you right now 🫤

All I wanted to provide you is a starting point for your own investigation. Just save the above as get_explorer_path.ps1 and then run the following command in a cmd window:

timeout /t 5 /nobreak >nul && powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "get_explorer_path.ps1"

This will wait for 5 seconds during which you can focus an explorer window. Then, after five seconds, the script will be executed and print the path of the focused explorer window.

Now it is your task to figure out how to run your software from that script using that path. This hould be possible somehow. Maybe you can pass the directory as an argument when starting the application?

[chrome-chr]

Everything is a powerfull and light search engine that you can use instead of the default windows search!
If you don't know it I realy recomand you to give it a try when you'll have time!

Nonetheless, thanks for the starting point. I'll come back with the solution if I manage to make it work!

Have a good day!

[JoyHak]

I suggest you to start Using XYplorer. It supports scripts, shortcuts and macros which can be launched via Kando items. E.g. you can emulate shortcut or execute CLI command: ./XYplorer.exe /feed=|::load Everything.xys;|

There's Everything script which can search for files relative to the current path.