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<H2 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">External Applications</FONT></FONT></H2>
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When you double-click on one of the rows on the main dialog, FreeFileSync opens the operating system's file browser by default. On Windows it calls <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">explorer /select, &quot;%item_path%&quot;</FONT>, on Linux <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">xdg-open &quot;%item_folder%&quot;</FONT> and on OS X <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">open -R &quot;%item_path%&quot;</FONT>.
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">You can customize this behavior and integrate other external applications into FreeFileSync:
Navigate to </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><B>Menu
&rarr; Tools &rarr; Global settings: Customize context menu</B></SPAN></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">and add or replace a command. The first entry is executed when double-clicking a row on main grid or pressing ENTER while all other entries can be accessed via the
context menu shown after a right mouse click. The following macros
can be used:</FONT></P>
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	%item_path%&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">full file or folder name</FONT><BR>
	%item_folder% &nbsp;&nbsp;- <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">folder part only</FONT><BR>
	%item2_path%&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Counterpart of %item_path% on the opposite grid</FONT><BR>
	%item2_folder%&nbsp;&nbsp;- <FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Counterpart of %item_folder% on the opposite grid</FONT>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Examples:</B></FONT></P>
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	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Start
	visual difference tool:<BR><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">&quot;C:\Program
	Files\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe&quot; &quot;%item_path%&quot;
	&quot;%item2_path%&quot;<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></FONT></P>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Show file in Windows Explorer:<BR><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">explorer
	/select, &quot;%item_path%&quot;<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></FONT></P>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Open file in associated application:</FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">cmd
	/c start &quot;&quot; &quot;%item_path%&quot; </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">or simply</FONT> <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">&quot;%item_path%&quot;</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Open console dialog:<BR><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">cmd /k cd /D &quot;%item_folder%&quot;<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></FONT></P>
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	<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note</B><BR>You need to protect macros with quotation marks if they can resolve to a file path with space characters.</FONT></P>
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