Enable Explorer navigation pane expanding to current folder

[waldo2188]

Hi,
In the old Disassembler0 we have the ability to enabled/disabled
Explorer navigation pane expanding. It's an option of Explorer.exe that you can enable through the Explorer Options UI
that allows the navigation pane automatically to expand to the current folder or drive as you open them in File Explorer.

It can be enabled by CMD like this :
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" -Name "NavPaneExpandToCurrentFolder" -Type DWord -Value 1}

And disabled like this :
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" -Name "NavPaneExpandToCurrentFolder" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

This option can be put on the UI & Personalization part.

[farag2]

Hm...

[waldo2188]

Is that a good "hm" or a bad one ?

[farag2]

<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Expand to current folder in navigation pane

	.PARAMETER Disable
	Do not expand to open folder on navigation pane (default value)

	.PARAMETER Enable
	Expand to open folder on navigation pane

	.EXAMPLE
	NavigationPaneExpand -Disable

	.EXAMPLE
	NavigationPaneExpand -Enable

	.NOTES
	Current user
#>
function NavigationPaneExpand ###
{
	param
	(
		[Parameter(
			Mandatory = $true,
			ParameterSetName = "Disable"
		)]
		[switch]
		$Disable,

		[Parameter(
			Mandatory = $true,
			ParameterSetName = "Enable"
		)]
		[switch]
		$Enable
	)

	switch ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName)
	{
		"Disable"
		{
			Remove-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced -Name NavPaneExpandToCurrentFolder -Force -ErrorAction Ignore
		}
		"Enable"
		{
			New-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced -Name NavPaneExpandToCurrentFolder -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force
		}
	}
}

Soon it will be implemented with a new script release.

[farag2]

Is that a good "hm" or a bad one ?

It was a "hm" hm))). In my opinion, it is not so neccessary to add this function, but who am I to resist the will of community? 🐱

[farag2]

Added in the last commit: 2e089c4