How is Plugins default installation path determined?

[Damel]

Plugins are installed automatically just by double clicking the plugin ZIP file. You are asked where to put the plugin, but sometimes is not path right. I get:

%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\WCX\pluginname for an WFX plugin
registry.wfx, pluginst.inf: defaultdir=FileSystem\Registry
hp200lx.wfx, pluginst.inf: defaultdir=hplx
UnInstTC.wfx, pluginst.inf: defaultdir=Uninstall

%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\Lister\pluginname for an WCX plugin
dircpy.wcx, pluginst.inf: defaultdir=wcx\dircpy
gaup.wcx, pluginst.inf: DefaultDir=GAUP
TotalISO.wcx, pluginst.inf: DefaultDir=TotalISO

For W?X plugin I would expect that will be always offered path:
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\W?X\Pluginname (W?X always in UPPERCASE)

And request: Please WLX for WLX plugins, no "Lister" dir.

And one Q: Why is offered path %COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\Lister\pluginname for all already instaled plugins (not only for WLX)?

[MVV]

I prefer the other way: Packer, Lister, FileSystem and Content instead of faceless W?X.

Someone else prefers some another way too...

That's why TC suggests base dir that is used for other plugins of that type if possible (otherwise path suggested by plugin author used). But there is a problem when some plugin realizez more than one plugin interface (e.g. Total7zip registers as WCX and WDX, or Imagine provides WLX and WCX).

If you only have WCX files in your WCX folder and no one other plugin type, and TC still suggests WCX folder for a WFX plugin you can report it as a bug. Contents of your [PackerPlugins], [ListerPlugins], [ContentPlugins] and [FileSystemPlugins] sections would help.

[Damel]

Thank you MVV! You threw light on this problem. I purify plugins and test that again.

[milo1012]

That's why TC suggests base dir that is used for other plugins of that type if possible (otherwise path suggested by plugin author used).

To clarify:
In a pure TC install, w/o any plug-ins at all, TC always suggests:

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TC-dir\plugins\<"type" name from pluginst.inf>\<"defaultdir" name from pluginst.inf>

So TC will prefix plugins (lower case) and "type" is expected to hold w?x.

But true, if you already have a plug-in of that type installed, TC will suggest that very base path.

2Damel
I also have the "Lister" dir, but it results from some plug-in installations that were ages ago.
From what I can see TC works exactly as you would expect (on a clean install),
at least when the plug-in author filled the pluginst.inf correctly.

[ghisler(Author)]

Yes, TC tries to detect when the user has changed the plugin install location, and also tries to group plugins of a specific type together. And yes, this function can get confused when a plugin contains multiple plugin types. However, the plugins will still work, even if put in the wrong subfolder.