Column definition in Vista

[mterwoord]

Hi,

I recently switched to TC7 and to Vista. After switching to vista, TC looses the information regarding the column widths. It looses the information between TC sessions, and also when hitting ctrl+r.

Any tips to work around this or is this a real bug?

Regards,

Matthijs ter Woord

[petermad]

Maybe you don't have write permission to your wincmd.ini file?

[mterwoord]

Don't think it has to do with that. Other settings (ZIP compression level, language, folder tabs, etc) are remembered correctly. Btw, i just found out the ctrl+r occassion is not always occurring...

Regards,

Matthijs ter Woord

[petermad]

Have you any kind of ini file redirection enabled - eg:

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[1024x768 (8x16)]
RedirectSection=user.ini

Or could you perhaps have changed your screen resolution in between - the tabstop settings are resolution dependant.

[mterwoord]

No, i don't have any redirections. I use c:\windows\wincmd.ini. I see the changes i made before using the same permissions setup and same installation. I also see the tabstops, the first one is 90, which is (assuming it's pixels) far too small.

[roentgen]

2mterwoord
Vista uses virtualization to maintain compatibility with "disoriented" programs and users that try to write in machine restricted areas.

Virtualization means among other things that if a program tries to write in "c:\windows\wincmd.ini" it is instead redirected into "c:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Windows\wincmd.ini"

If I may express a personal opinion: the windows directory should not be confounded with recycle bin. Write settings and other personal data in user designated directories. The same policy is in force in Windows XP too, but still, after more than 5 years since its release, there are programs which behave in MSDOS style.

[petermad]

I also see the tabstops, the first one is 90,

The [Tabstops] section is ONLY used if not stored for current display resolution!

Otherwise the tabstops are read from either the resolution section that matches your current screen resolution eg: [1024x768 (8x16)], [1152x864 (8x16)], [1280x960 (8x16)], [1280x1024 (8x16)], [1400x1050 (8x16)] and so forth - or it is read from the [AllResolutions] section, which you have to manually put in wincmd.ini.

I use c:\windows\wincmd.ini

Under Windows Vista you usually don't have write permission to c:\windows AFAIK - se also roentgen's answer.

[mterwoord]

I modified the permissions on wincmd.ini so that it is writable. As i said, i also changed other settings (F4 editor, zip compression level, etc) all these settings are saved fine, except the tabstops. How can i change where TotalCmd stores the ini file?

[petermad]

2mterwoord

How can i change where TotalCmd stores the ini file?

You could use the Inireloc tool: https://plugins.ghisler.com/addons/inireloc.zip

[mterwoord]

It looks like it's a real bug. I relocated the ini files to my user directory, but when i then the problem doesn't change a thing.

[roentgen]

2mterwoord
Did you save settings after changing column widths? Configuration / Save settings or cm_ConfigSaveSettings in TC command line.

[mterwoord]

I didn't explicitly save settings, but in the past these settings were saved, afaik. This does the trick however.

[StatusQuo]

but in the past these settings were saved, afaik.

Have you checked
Configuration / Operation: "Save on exit" (expecially "Panels (brief, full, etc.)")?

[mterwoord]

Yes, all the Save On Exit settings are checked.

[ghisler(Author)]

Columns widths and window size are ONLY saved when you choose "Save position" or "Save settings". They have never been saved automatically. The idea behind this is that you can just restart TC if you have mixed up the widths or the program size.