Saved group

As noted saved groups will only save the file for word, excel and PowerPoint.  Explorer paths are also saved.  Other applications do not have a way to get the file from a given window as titlebar text is usually just a name without path.

That said you can edit your groupy file to have a command line entry which tells it which document to open.  These are saved in c:\users\username\appdata\roaming\groupy.  They are in a text format.

Regarding opening saved groups, you can open them from the saved groups startmenu folder.  It does mention this on the save dialog but it may not stand out.

When I restore saved a saved group, the applications come up as separate apps, not grouped with tabs.  Is there a way to change that behavior so that the restored group looks like the one I saved (all groupy’d together)?

Did you have a chance to review what Neil wrote in reply #1?

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager

Yes.  It doesn’t matter how I open a saved group, whether from the start menu or otherwise, they always appear as separate windows, not “grouped.”  I then have to manually re-group them.  not sure why.  Also, I am working with Windows Word documents, so that should not be an issue.

Post the save group file text, please.

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager

I replaced some private file path/names with "~~~".  These files contain tracking charts that I access and update several times a week.  Groupy is great for this use, but it is annoying regrouping them.  I can hold the control key down to cause new windows to auto-group, but Word thinks I want to open in safe mode when I do that, which is also annoying.  Thanks very much for your help!!!!!

[GroupyEntry1]
OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
RunElevated=0
Target="https://onevmw-my.sharepoint.com/personal/~~~.docx"
NoPatternMatching=1
OneDriveFile=1
MatchingClass=OpusApp
[GroupyEntry2]
OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
RunElevated=0
Target="https://onevmw-my.sharepoint.com/personal/~~~.docx"
NoPatternMatching=1
OneDriveFile=1
MatchingClass=OpusApp
[GroupyEntry3]
OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
RunElevated=0
Target="https://onevmw-my.sharepoint.com/personal/~~~.docx"
NoPatternMatching=1
OneDriveFile=1
MatchingClass=OpusApp
[GroupyEntry4]
OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
RunElevated=0
Target="https://onevmw-my.sharepoint.com/personal/~~~.docx"
NoPatternMatching=1
OneDriveFile=1
MatchingClass=OpusApp
[GroupyEntry5]
OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
RunElevated=0
Target="https://onevmw-my.sharepoint.com/personal/~~~.docx"
NoPatternMatching=1
OneDriveFile=1
MatchingClass=OpusApp
[GroupyEntry6]
OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
RunElevated=0
Target="https://onevmw-my.sharepoint.com/personal/~~~.docx"
NoPatternMatching=1
OneDriveFile=1
MatchingClass=OpusApp
[GroupyEntry7]
OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
RunElevated=0
Target="https://onevmw-my.sharepoint.com/~~~.docx"
NoPatternMatching=1
OneDriveFile=1
MatchingClass=OpusApp
[Group]
GroupCount=7
GroupLeft=1532
GroupTop=7
GroupRight=3511
GroupBottom=2150
GroupMax=0

lenehey2,

Has this ever worked as I am not sure how Groupy handle the TARGET being a OneDrive HTTP address?  If you group local files, and save, do they all open as a group then?

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager

Maybe that's the problem.  It's never worked.  I assumed that what was happening was expected behavior.  BUUUUTTTT  when I tried grouping some local Word files, saving the group, and restoring, VIOLA!  they were grouped. 

So, I think you're right that the problem is that the files are on my OneDrive.  Can you think of any work-around?

Edit:  I should add that I really need to keep those files on OneDrive, so storing locally is not an option for me.

Well they, technically, can be local and sync'd - is that not an option?

They are synched locally and mapped to C:\Users\lheyman\OneDrive - ~~~.docx.  I will try manually editing the Groupy text file to see if that works.

OK, I changed all the web URLs for OneDrive docs to C:\ file paths, including changing the forward slash delimiting subfolders to backslashes.  All the files opened normally but still did not group.  UGH!

It was worth a try, for sure.

I have the same issue but I am only trying to open vlc media player with videos folder as group. I created the group but when I open it they all open separately. what can I do?

What opens separately, VLC or Windows Explorer?

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Both

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having trouble.

This is me opening VLC, grouped, from a saved group:

https://cdn.stardock.us/support/uploads/2021-05-24_09-51-43.mp4

What wont work is Skinned VLC.

And again, there is not option to have Groupy open specific files with VLC.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Hello.   I'm a new user of Groupy and am loving it.   I know this is an old thread, but I'm having the same issue as the original poster.  When I open a saved group it opens each of the grouped programs separately.   They are not grouped together.   I must regroup them.  I have not been able to make this work as intended with any grouped programs.   Am I missing something?  Thanks.   Kevin 

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. There are known issue on Groupy for some applications. What applications you're trying to open in a group that won't group?

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Thanks for your reply, Basj.  I have done some more research and see that it's hit or miss depending on application.  It's not a huge deal for me so I'll live with it.   Best, Kevin