Target for Directory Hotlist

[steviegt]

I recently reinstalled Win 7 and didn't save a current .ini file. I had Libraries in the directory hotlist. When I selected it from the hotlist each of the Library folders (dirs) were displayed in Total Commander. Now I am unable to figure out how I did that. I found what I thought was the right target (shown below) but now it shows as .library-ms file types and if you 2x click Win prompts for app to open file with. I know this is borderline TC or Win question so let me apologize and thank you.

c:\Users\Steve\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\

Steve

[petermad]

You can access libraries either via TC's breadcrumb bar (the triangle to the left) or by using cm_OpenDesktop

[steviegt]

Way to easy. Thank you very much.

[pwright2]

Pardon my barging in. Yes, your solutions open the overall library (folder?). But I would like to be able to create a link for the Documents library, thereby saving one click. (Yeah, I know, terribly lazy.) Anyhow, is that possible?

Actually, I want to assign the Documents library to a tab. I seem to be able to do that temporarily but it goes away on restart, leaving ^::Documents.library-ms

I'm using 7.56 under Win7.

-----Paul-----

[petermad]

To access the Libraries directly you can make a button or shorcut with the command:
cd ::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}

To access the Documents library you can use:
cd ::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\Documents.library-ms

[dissertations]

Pwright2,

Yes I was lazy too but good thing you CAN create a shortcut as Peter mentioned.

[Balderstrom]

Shouldn't this be supported in the Directory Hotlist?

[petermad]

2Balderstrom

Shouldn't this be supported in the Directory Hotlist?

cd ::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}
and
cd ::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\Documents.library-ms

are both supported by Directory Hotlist

[Balderstrom]

Doesn't here. Never has. From the Directory Hotlist "cd ::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\Documents.library-ms"

Opens the last tab that was active. If I switch to the locked tab of *My Computer* before clicking it.
If I don't switch to My Computer tab, the current Tab doesn't change path at all.

Now, it will work sporadically from the ButtonBar, maybe 1-5% of the time. Even disabling TwinKey has no effect nor change.

It never works from the Directory Hotlist in either x32 nor x64.

If I recall, it would work from the buttonbar in TC 7, but not from the Directory Hotlist.

Now what does work, is using cm_OpenDesktop, and clicking Libraries then Documents. And TC will display "\\Documents" in the AddressBar. Yet you can't "cd \\Documents".

So TC CAN understand those paths, but it wont let you go there except by starting at the Desktop -- which makes absolutely no sense.

[petermad]

2Balderstrom

I just tested it on Windows 7 x 64 with both 32bit and 64bit TC 8.01rc5 - it works from directory Hotlist but with some issues:

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"Command:" cd ::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\Documents.library-ms

will only work, if TC previously in the same session has been in the Libraries folder ::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}

If I use:

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"Command:" cd ::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\Documents.library-ms
"Target path:" ::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}

then the first time, only the target path is changed, but the second time I use the menu item, also the source path is changed.


Instead you can use

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"Command:" cd ::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}

to go to \\Documents - it works every time from Directory hotlist, Button bar, Start menu or Main menu.

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"Command:" cd ::::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}

works OK and brings you to the \\Libraries folder every time - and from here you can enter the Documents folder


So maybe it is a bug in TC that cd ::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\Documents.library-ms doesn't work, unless you first have done a cd to the parent directory ::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}


BTW cd ::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103} and cd ::{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\Documents.library-ms doesn't show quite the same content of \\Documents

[Balderstrom]

Interesting, thanks for taking a look