TC 8.0 x32 new plugins default dir is always the same

[Helix751]

Since installing v8, the suggested folder for new plugins is always the same (\totalcmd\plugins\WCX\<plugin> in my system).

I recall that previous versions did differentiate paths between WLX, WFX, WCX or WDX based on the plugin 'type' value in the 'pluginst.inf' file.

Is this normal behaviour? Thanks in advance

[sqa_wizard]

Well, TC does differentiate the plugin types indeed.
TC just reuses the path of the last entry at wincmd.ini for each type.
By chance you have recently installed
- a plugin to the wrong folder
- a dual plugin like imagine (wcx and wlx) or Total7zip (wcx and wdx)

[Helix751]

wincmd.ini
pluginbasedir=C:\totalcmd\Plugins

I have used Imagine since the beginning of time, without this behavior.

Yesterday I installed SynWrite (updated previous version) and a new WFX plugin. I had to manually edit proposed path from \plugins\WCX\xx to \plugins\WFX\xx but after trying again with another WLX plugin, TCmd still displayed \plugins\WCX\zz as the proposed path.

[ghisler(Author)]

The troublemaker is imagine: It comes with both a wlx and a wcx in the same package, but it's installed both in the same dir (under Lister plugins). When installing a plugin of a certain type, TC searches through the subdirs of the plugin base directory to find the right branch. This cannot work when plugins are installed mixed up.