[BUG] autocomplete after .\

[roentgen]

Typing .\ breaks autocomplete. Steps to reproduce:

In C:\

• 1. If I type win in command line autocomplete comes in with WINDOWS as suggested path.
  2. If I type .\ autocomplete works again, but for the next commands is broken
  3. Typing win again: autocomplete does not offer suggestions.
  4. Typing paths with \ (ex: windows\) still works though.

[Lefteous]

Confirmed

[ghisler(Author)]

This is a known restriction of the Microsoft auto-complete interfaces: They only refresh their content when a backslash is typed. So to get files from other locations, you must enter that location, e.g. c:\

[roentgen]

I don't know about refreshing autocomplete content but the thing is that typing win (note: without any \) is working just fine until something like .\ or ..\ is used in command line. After that autocomplete does react only after a \.

This can't really be tested on Microsoft products as they (explorer) don't seem to understand .\ (they treat it like a web address actually).

[stuntstein]

Ghisler are you using MS auto-complete interfaces for you implementation?
Just be aware that the the key for autocompletion is defined in the reg database (but you probably already know).

Auto complete doesn't work if you type any dos cmd first.
ex: "cd windows"
No suggestion for windows is popping up.
I use cmd line alot and it would be nice with auto complete for files and folders.

Thanks for keep up the good work.

/Peter

[ghisler(Author)]

Auto-complete will be improved in beta 3 - I found a new interface (CLSID_ACLMulti) which allows to combine name suggestions from multiple sources!

Auto complete doesn't work if you type any dos cmd first.
ex: "cd windows"

Actually it does, but only if you use complete paths, e.g.
cd c:\windows

This is a limitation of autocomplete - it asks for new name suggestions only when the user types a backslash or forward slash.

[roentgen]

Seems fixed in beta 3. Thank you.