Open Output Folder in ConEmu and Total Commander

This extension makes it possible to open the output folders of a solution in ConEmu and Total Commander.

Optionally, the extension can also open the folder of the selected item in the Solution Explorer window.

Setup

Install from the Open VSIX gallery via the Extensions -> Manage Extensions menu (you might need to add the feed, see this) or download the latest CI build as a VSIX package and install it manually.

• Note that the releases tab at GitHub will either be empty or have out-of-date releases.

Getting Started

• Once installed, the Extensions menu will show the entry Open output folder, as shown below:

• A quick way to get to OpenOutputFolder is to add the extension to the toolbar, as shown in the image below (bottom right below) or to manually assign a shortcut to it via Options -> Keyboard -> Openoutputfolder.

• Note that the first time ConEmu or Total Commander are invoked, the user will be prompted for the location of the corresponding executable. Were this location to change, the user will be prompted again. Otherwise, OpenOutputFolder remembers these locations once first set.

• On running OpenOutputFolder, it will find the selected item in the Solution Explorer window, proceed to list all projects and their configurations in its solution, and highlight the one that corresponds to the selected item in the configurations listbox, as shown below.

• The default button is TC, which will take the selected folder from the configurations listbox and open it in a new tab in the right panel (per the appropriate checkbox) of Total Commander and bring it to the foreground. Thus, in general, pressing 'Enter' upon invoking OpenOutputFolder is sufficient.

• If the button clicked on is ConEmu, the selected folder from the listbox will be opened in a new tab in the ConEmu.

• In both cases, running instances of ConEmu/Total Commander will be used, if available.

• If the checkbox Active item is checked, ConEmu/Total Commander will open the folder containing the selected item in the Solution Explorer window instead of the selection in the configurations listbox. Note that Active item will "stick" and, if checked, will pop up checked next time OpenOutputFolder in run.

• Double-clicking on a configuration opens it in Total Commander without further ado, ignoring the state of the Active Item checkbox.

• If by any chance there are no items selected in the Solution Explorer window, OpenOutputFolder will try to use the currently active document in the IDE. Failing that, OpenOutputFolder will give up quietly and not even open.

Limitations

It is safe to assume that OpenOutputFolder has some limitations since it has only been tested with c# solutions and on just a few of machines.