Two questions about \\Downloads\

[jslegers]

Hello,

If I open the triangle net to C:\*.* I can go to This PC and then to Downloads. It will open the location \\Downloads\*.*. Why can I not op this location manually? I want to create a tab that goes to \\Downloads\

Second question. Why are zip files shown as directories in the \\Downloads\ view. See screenshot.

Image: https://i.imgur.com/uNJPrPQ.png

[tuska]

Hello,
If I open the triangle net to C:\*.* I can go to This PC and then to Downloads.
It will open the location \\Downloads\*.*. Why can I not op this location manually?
I want to create a tab that goes to \\Downloads\

If you are in \\Downloads\*.* simply press Ctrl+T (New Folder Tab)
OR
cd C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\
Ctrl+T (New Folder Tab)

[Stefan2]

OR
cd C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\

or more common
CD "%UserProfile%\Downloads"



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Is there really some string like '\\Downloads\'? Never seen, I think.



 

[tuska]

Is there really some string like '\\Downloads\'? Never seen, I think.

If I open the triangle net to C:\*.* I can go to This PC and then to Downloads. It will open the location \\Downloads\*.*

If you press Ctrl+P (Copy current path to command line) then you will get: \\Downloads\

[petermad]

You can use this button:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cd ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}

%COMMANDER_EXE%,6
Downloads (virtual folder and real folder)
%UserProfile%\Downloads\

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It will work for the virtual folder only in Windows 8.x and 10 - not for Windows 7.

Copy the code here above (Ctrl+C) - right click on TC's button bar and choose "Paste"

Second question. Why are zip files shown as directories in the \\Downloads\ view. See screenshot.

It is because \\Downloads\ is a virtual folder - so TC get the information from Explorer, which considers zip files as folders - you will see that in other virtual folders like \\Documents\