How to set WipeDir key in wincmd.ini

[xxxxxx]

I'd like to set custom temp folder to be used by TC to C:\TEMP\_TC instead of default c:\DOCUME~1\UserName~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\_tc\ with WipeDir key.

However, TC removes the key from wincmd.ini.

I tried all possible variants of WipeDir:
C:\TEMP\_TC\
C:\TEMP\_TC
C:\TEMP\
C:\TEMP

I also tried to modify wincmd.ini before running TC but without success.

Anybody knows what is the procedure to modify wincmd.ini to set WipeDir key?

Maybe an answer exists in German forum but I do not understand German to such extent:(

[Horst.Epp]

I don't know what a Wipedir Key should be for TC, never heard that.
I you want to set the temp dir, just define the user environment variable temp outside of TC.

[DrShark]

You cannot set this location, Total Commander always use %temp%\_tc location. However, you can create shortcut to bat or vbs script file which set %temp% to any another folder and starts Total Commander.
Example of batch file:

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setlocal
set temp=c:\WINDOWS\Temp
set tmp=c:\WINDOWS\Temp
totalcmd.exe
endlocal

[xxxxxx]

I don't know what a Wipedir Key should be for TC, never heard that.

A piece of totalcmd.hlp (item 4.a of Total Commander Help Index)

WipeDir= Path to the temp directory used by TC (and to wipe when re-opening TC)

Ignored if not containing $wc or (in TC7) \_tc

I need separate system and TC temp folders.

[DrShark]

In my above bat file temp folder applies only to Total Commander.

[m^2]

In my above bat file temp folder applies only to Total Commander.

And all programs TC started.

[xxxxxx]

In my above bat file temp folder applies only to Total Commander.

Tnx, I inderstood an idea, nonetheless how to use the built-in feature is also interesting.

[petermad]

2xxxxxx

In the Total Commander Beta board forum I found this:

This option (WipeDir) is not meant for the end user. It is used during installation only.

So it is not intended for what you thought.

[xxxxxx]

2 petermad
Could you please provide a direct link to that post. I didn't meet it when searched through the forum.

[petermad]

2xxxxxx
Sorry - as I wrote - it is from the Total Commander Beta board forum, to where there is only access for TC alpha and beta testers.

You have to take my word for it.

[StatusQuo]

ghisler(Author) hat folgendes geschrieben::

This option (WipeDir) is not meant for the end user. It is used during installation only.

So it is not intended for what you thought.

Interesting, thanks for the info.
Shouldn't it be removed or explained more detailed in the (end user-)help then?

[xxxxxx]

Shouldn't it be removed or explained more detailed in the (end user-)help then?

Sure!

[petermad]

Shouldn't it be removed or explained more detailed in the (end user-)help then?

Might be a good idea

[ghisler(Author)]

Indeed it was only used when the user opened a ZIP file and run the TC installer - this way the installation files remained in TEMP, so TC had to remove them after installation. Fortunately this is no longer necessary now that we have a self-extracting installer and not a ZIP file...

[xxxxxx]

My intention was avoiding situations when after viewing content of packed files, paths in the system temp folder
"C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temp\"
appear in directory tree treeinfo.wc as
C:\DOCUME~1\Username~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\_tc
C:\DOCUME~1\Username~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\_tc0
and remain forever until comlete re-scanning (F2).
Now I see WipeDir key is useless for that
Is there another way to solve this problem?