%COMMANDER_PATH% absent on installing a newer plugin version

[Flint]

I have the INI setting PluginBaseDir=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins; all my plugins are installed in the following folders (depending of the type):

%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\Content Plugins\
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\FileSystem Plugins\
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\Lister Plugins\
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\Packer Plugins\

And all the paths in wincmd.ini are written using %COMMANDER_PATH% variable (my TC is installed into C:\Program Files\TotalCmd\ folder).

However, when I install a newer version of an already installed plugin, I've got the following question:

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Imagine.wlx
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A plugin with this name is already installed in the following directory:

C:\Program Files\TotalCmd\Plugins\Lister Plugins\Imagine\

Do you want to overwrite it?
Choose 'No' to select a different location.
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Yes   No   Cancel   
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So, you can see that TC allows to install the plugin in the correct folder, but written without the %COMMANDER_PATH% variable. This is inconvenient, because in wincmd.ini file the path to the plugin also becomes written without this variable.

PS: I'm using TC 6.55pb2 on WinXP SP2.

[XPEHOPE3KA]

I can't confirm that it changes anything in wincmd.ini. The only thing - the corresponding wincmd.ini section moves to the end, but %COMMANDER_PATH% is still there unchanged. You can see this right after the plugin gets installed: TC pops up a dialog.

[Flint]

XPEHOPE3KA

You can see this right after the plugin gets installed: TC pops up a dialog.

This was exaclty what I meant: in this very dialog the path was already without the %COMMANDER_PATH% variable.

But strangely, I cannot reproduce the problem by myself now... Now it still shows the path without this variable in the confirmation dialog, but in wincmd.ini the variable remains. Very strange...

PS: I'll try to reproduce it at my home computer; if I'm not mistaken, I found it there, but decided to report only now, from my work.

[ghisler(Author)]

It shouldn't replace the variable by the full path when saving the plugin settings, just in the displayed dialog. Please let me know if you find a way to get such an unwanted behaviour.

[Flint]

Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce this problem any more. I tried different TC versions with different types of plugins, but the only problem I noticed is that installing some of the plugin shows the full path, while installing the others shows the %COMMANDER_PATH% variable in the confirmation dialog (I could not find any criterium for distinguishing them, it definitely not the type of the plugin as even different plugins of one type may behave different). But in both cases the record in wincmd.ini remains correct, with the %COMMANDER_PATH% variable.

Sorry for my post, I should have checked this once more before posting...