How change path for wcx_ftp.ini if I move it ?

[Zoorg]

Hi,

If I want to move wcx_ftp.ini to a different folder,
how do I change the path for it ?
And will it work to have it on a network drive ?

[Sam York]

Read the Help File !

[djk]

Use inireloc from TC addons page to define a different location for the ini files or change it in the registry:
"\\\Rejestr\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ghisler\Total Commander\FtpIniName"

[Zoorg]

I used inireloc to change location for wcx_ftp.ini .
New location is on a network drive u:\TC_ini\wcx_ftp.ini

Before I used inireloc there was no key at all for path's
But after using inireloc it was.

I checked i registry after using inireloc and noticed that the path
was wrong for wcx_ftp.ini .
Im not sure if I mixed the wcx_ftp.ini and wincmd.ini ,
but the path to FtpIniName was wincmd.ini,
so I changed that to wcx_ftp.ini .

But its not working anyway ..
Now I dont know what to do.

[Sam York]

You can run TC with some parameters pointing the location of the ini files both ftp & general ...

Read the help file!

[djk]

Press in menu Help and About TC - there you will see location of the ini files which are used by TC.

[Zoorg]

Yes I have read the helpfile !
And the command "/F=ftpname.ini" will not help me in this case.
Its for using multiple files for different users.
NOT for changing location of the wcx_ftp.ini file

Or if i missed it, please tell me where in the helpfile can I find the solution ?

Now I tried an easier location for wcx_ftp.ini, C:\
But that doesnt work eather.

There are three (3) keys that have "wcx_ftp.ini" in them.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ghisler\Total Commander
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ghisler\Total Commander
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1644491937-1580436667-854245398-1003\Software\Ghisler\Total Commander


I checked that all three are the same, they point to C:\wcx_ftp.ini
But its still not working

And if I look at the information if "Help > About" is klicked, its the default settings, C:\Windows\wcx_ftp.ini

How can this be ?

PS I also rebooted the computer after changing settings !

[Sam York]

Yes I have read the helpfile !
And the command "/F=ftpname.ini" will not help me in this case.
Its for using multiple files for different users.
NOT for changing location of the wcx_ftp.ini file

???

Are you sure about that "NOT"?

I'm using BOTH general ini file & ftp file from different locations other than the default one C:\Windows.

More than that when you see the location in About section of Help that is the TRUE one ...

I suggest reading again the help file section "Command line parameters" and after that you should create a batch file for running TC.

I must say that with a few exceptions(not covering all TC's functions) TC's help is one of the best software's help I have ever encountered.

It's more useful for you to find the command line parameters on your own so that you could customize them on your will rather than a forum user to come with "the solution".

Good luck!

[Zoorg]

I also wrote "Or if i missed it..."
Or if I frankly cant figure out how to write a batchfile for this.

I read "Command line parameters"
And I tried this: " wincmd32.exe /F=x:\tcinifiles\wcx_ftp.ini"
It does not work !

Maybee its because its an older version (4.51) ??

I made two shortcuts on my desktop that refers to two different wcx_ftp.ini files. (Using F=wcx_ftp.ini and F=wcx_ftp2.ini )
And that works fine.
But not if i put the wcx_ftp.ini files in any other dir than C:\Windows

Why I asked for a "solution" was because I dont seem to solve this myself, and a forums purpose is mostly that the members help eachother.

If you have a working solution, why cant you just email me a copy of your command line and/or batchfile ?

[Zoorg]

Finally I found out why it didnt work.
There was a few errors...

1/ In my program folder there is one Wincmd32.exe and one Totalcmd.exe
I dont know if the Wincmd32.exe is from an older version,
and remains after I upgraded, I guess its the case.
So using Wincmd32.exe in a command line will not do any good of course, because I my shortcut refers to Totalcmd.exe
In the helpfile the example is using Wincmd32.exe , so thats what I used.
Obviously it will not work !

2/ The tool "Inireloc" does not make the right changes !
Using the tool, I choosed to keep the wincmd.ini file as default (in C:\windows) ,
and the wcx_ftp.ini file on a different drive (d:\tc_infile).
Still did not work....
So I checked the registry and found out that booth the key for FtpIniName AND the key for IniFileName refered to wincmd.ini !
So I changed this on the three places i registry mentioned earlier, and now it works fine

[Sam York]

Why I asked for a "solution" was because I dont seem to solve this myself, and a forums purpose is mostly that the members help eachother.

Sorry, I didn't want to torment you like this!

I was going to give you "the solution" on my next post if you wouldn't find out for yourself!

[Zoorg]

Thanks for listening anyway.
Its always good to have response.
Even if I this time found the solution myself.

Now I just have to figure out how to sync the wcx_ftp.ini file
to an FTP server.....
Because I want to use the same file (or autoupdated copy) at home and at work.

Do you have any suggestions ?