Do you open files with File > Open or via Windows Explorer?

[Suvek]

Voted for Explorer although strictly speaking i use Total Commander almost exclusively with Xtreme files folder permanently open in one tab.

[dogbertbh]

I use File > Recent and my recent is set for 20, so I'm usually OK.

For less than recent files I do use File > Open because all of my Xara files are in the same directory

[HayTay]

I answered File -> Open or File -> Import to open files (or keyboard shortcuts) as I open files that way an estimated 40% of the time. The other 60% of the time I use a variety of methods including Double-click, Drag-n-drop, Alt-click > Open With, File > Open recent, Copy and Paste, File > Import graphics from web, and probably a few other methods that have slipped my mind at the moment.

How about this one...

Did you know that with a bit of determination you can even open Xara Xtreme (XAR) files from a Windows command line (DOS prompt)?

You sure can! I've even done it a time or two!!! Hmmm, I wonder why that way never made it into the poll.

Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks, I guess,
Harry

[a4hire]

Most of the time I use explorer to navigate to the file and then double click. If we are talking about .xar files , I mostly open those directly from Xtreme.

[masque]

I voted for the double click option to open files, but the truth is I use the open recent from within Xtreme almost, if not as much. It depends on if Xtreme is already open when I start.

[cbutton69]

I almost always use Windows Explorer, but there are exceptions.

[ginger44]

Contol O or the open doc icon and file menu if a recent file, would never use explorer to open files

[bshand1]

It's a bit of a non-issue really. I suppose it's always possible to develop something like this into a "religious war"

I just do what's most convenient at that moment; explorer (I use Xplorer), file/recent. file/open or their shortcuts. [shrug!] But I suppose on balance I'm a file/open person.

Brett

[Lafnsu]

I couldn't vote because I don't use any of these methods usually. For most programs I use an icon shortcut on my toolbar that's on auto-hide. Call me lazy

[Spinny]

I keep a folder on my desktop containing my most recent work files, and just double-click the file I want to work on to open XX. Sometimes to start something new it's faster to double-click an existing file and then the "new document" icon within XX once it opens, rather than doing the Windows app shortcut dance. I tend to keep my work files more handy than I do app shortcuts.