External viewers relative path is broken!

[thims]

Previously (including TC 8.52a) I used relative paths for externals viewers (Configuration -> Operation -> Edit/View). In both "Default" and "Associations". I used the relative path in "Editor" field as well.

My paths look like this:
Hiew\view32.exe "%1"
IrfanView\i_view32.exe
or
Notepad++\notepad++.exe

I have "Hiew", "IfranView" and "Notepad++" as subfolders of TC's installation folder.

In the latest 9.0.RC2 only external editor works. None of viewers is working reporting "File not Found!" error.

[sqa_wizard]

Better use variables like this:
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Hiew\view32.exe "%1"
%COMMANDER_PATH%\IrfanView\i_view32.exe
or
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Notepad++\notepad++.exe

[thims]

I know that I can use variables. But it has to work without it. Now it works for editor but doesn't work for viewers. This is a regression.

[ghisler(Author)]

This has never been supported officially, it was just a coincidence if it worked. It's not clear relative to what these paths would be - to the viewed files? To TC? To Windows directory?

[Dalai]

2thims
Where's the difference between relative paths and env variables, when you already assume that the former are relative to TC's directory? I don't see any, and that's why I don't see any problem to use env variables.

BTW: Relative paths are ALWAYS a bad idea since you don't always know what they're relative to. It's always better to assemble the full path using some kind of variables.

Regards
Dalai

[thims]

It's not clear relative to what these paths would be - to the viewed files? To TC? To Windows directory?

At least relative paths have to behave the same way. For example, relative to TC (or any other dir of your choice, but the same way everywhere).