Use of Environment Variables in wincmd.ini

[WR]

Hi all,

I'm new to TC, so apologies if this is old material, but:

I am trying to set up a generic wincmd.ini that uses an environment variable to set the default location for one of the directory panes when TC opens.

In particular, I want to use %USERPROFILE% to open up the user's profile directory in the right pane when TC is launched.

I have tried this entry in the wincmd.ini file but to no avail:

[right]
path=%USERPROFILE%

and alternately

[right]
path=%$USERPROFILE%

But neither work. Actually I can't seem to get any Windows environment variable to work in this context.

Any suggestions/info?

Thanks!

[ZoSTeR]

TC writes the current path/tabs on exit so you have to edit the wincmd.ini while it's closed.

A safer and more permanent way is to use command line parameters.
See Help -> 4a Command line parameters

eg

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totalcmd.exe /L=%USERPROFILE%

[MVV]

You can try this plugin, it allows to execute different actions (e.g. change directories) on TC start, just install it correctly and add following line to its configuration file:

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CommandExec /CD "%USERPROFILE%"

[ZoSTeR]

Don't you mean Autorun? Your link points to F4Menu.

[MVV]

Sorry, of course. I tried to get link to topic from link to post and haven't checked it. Fixed.