How do I get a tree view for a drive other than C: ?

[robinsiebler]

I tried to do this for about 10 minutes. Any time I try to change the view for a pane to Tree View, it defaults to C:. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out how to display another drive.

[Clo]

2robinsiebler
Hello !
¤ You get always the tree of C: whether you have a network-drive in the active panel.
* If you have a real physical drive in the same workstation, you get the tree for that drive in the panel.
Example : in a PC, I've 3 drives in two hard-disks C: - D: - E: - I get alright the tree for each drive.
- On my Lan server, I've a single HD, and only C: as drive. If I ask to display the tree for U: (which is the D: of the other PC as a network-drive), I get always the tree of C: like you.
However, if I display U: in both panels, or in the inactive panel, I get alright the tree of U: ! Old feature (NC-like), you get in the active panel the tree of the drive set in the other (inactive) panel.
Both PCs under Win 98 SE

¤ In <wincmd.ini>, there is an entry :

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TreeDlg*= 
Option for the Tree view

but no more explanation…
- To display the tree of a network-drive, regardless of which drive is in the other panel, TC might read the <treeinfo.wc> of the real physical drive, which is known.
* Maybe the entry above does the trick ? We need infos from the Author.
- In anyway, whether the network-drive letter corresponds with a simple folder mounted as a drive letter, that shall never work, since there is no <treeinfo.wc> in that folder…

Kind regards,
Claude
Clo

[Sheepdog]

I tried to do this for about 10 minutes. Any time I try to change the view for a pane to Tree View, it defaults to C:. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out how to display another drive.

Do you [Ctrl]+[F8]? TC always shows the tree of the opposite pane in the current one. so:

Left pane is c:\ right pane is active and d:\. press [Ctrl]+[F8] you got still in the left c:\ and in the right the tree of c:\.

To get the tree of d:\ you have to activate first the left pane and then press [Ctrl]+[F8]. It's a bit confusing, but if you know how it works, it's still logical.

sheepdog[/b]

[robinsiebler]

I was trying to get the tree for an attached USB drive. I couldn't do it, even though it is a physical drive.

[Leif]

I was trying to get the tree for an attached USB drive. I couldn't do it, even though it is a physical drive.

Left panel, USB, right panel, same USB, then Ctrl+F8. Works OK for me.

[Sheepdog]

Sorry, I have no USB drive. Seems I can't help.

sheepdog

[ghisler(Author)]

I was trying to get the tree for an attached USB drive. I couldn't do it, even though it is a physical drive.

You have to change the drive on the side where the file list is, not where the tree is, otherwise TC will revert to file view.

[La Laucha]

Is it possible to have an option in the ini to change that behaviour. If I´m working in the right panel and just want to change the view to jump somewhere else, it´s more efficient if I don´t have to "match source" first.
Finally I´m working with one side and want to take the aktion from that one.

[petermad]

If you just want to jump somewhere else using a tree view, why don't you use Commands -> CD Tree or ALT-F10 - it opens a tree for the drive in the active panel in a separate window.