Why the system variable %username% does not work?

[PiotrMP6]

Hi

Why the system variable %username% does not work?

ex

[right]
path=C:\Users\%username%\Work

[Horst.Epp]

Works here in directory hotlist

[Stefan2]

Hi

Why the system variable %username% does not work?

ex

[right]
path=C:\Users\%username%\Work

What do you try to do?

Me think that setting is written by TC itself on saving the settings.



 

[norfie²]

It doesn't work because it is not implemented in [right] section of wincmd.ini.

[Horst.Epp]

It doesn't work because it is not implemented in [right] section of wincmd.ini.

Who edits the [Left] or [Right] entries by hand, for what reason ?

[norfie²]

Who edits the [Left] or [Right] entries by hand, for what reason ?

It could be useful if the option "Save on exit - Directories"is disabled and one prefer to start with the %username% folder.

[petermad]

You can use:

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[right]
path=::{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}

to start in the virtual folder \\Username\ which of course is not quite the same as the physical forder c:\Users\Username\

[Stefan2]

Who edits the [Left] or [Right] entries by hand, for what reason ?

For example for to copy a ready made wincmd.ini to other users for the very first start, or for a live-CD (Windows PE, like BartPE)

There are more possibilities one could suppose.





 

[Horst.Epp]

Who edits the [Left] or [Right] entries by hand, for what reason ?

For example for to copy a ready made wincmd.ini to other users for the very first start, or for a live-CD (Windows PE, like BartPE)
 

Only for the first start of a new user I see a usage.
I used BartPE bevor WinPE for years and there is no username or login necessary for both.
I just copy my portable TC installation onto the CD and use it without problems.
Now the same for WinPE with USB sticks as media.

[ghisler(Author)]

The reason is that a directory name like C:\Users\%username%\Work is perfectly allowed. So in path fields saved by TC, environment variables will not be replaced unless the path itself is invalid. For example, you can use
right=%userprofile%\Work
Because it's not a valid path with % at the start.

If Total Commander is installed on C, you can use somthing like this:
path=%commander_drive%\users\%username%\Work

[petermad]

2ghisler(Author)

For example, you can use
right=%userprofile%\Work

Except it will not work with IgnoreDirErrors=1

[petermad]

2ghisler(Author)

Except it will not work with IgnoreDirErrors=1

Can you confirm this finding?

[ghisler(Author)]

Yes, this happens because TC only tries to replace the environment variable when an error occurs. The problem here is that the function used also handles relative directories, which can contain the % character too.

[petermad]

2ghisler(Author)
Could that be fixed eventually with a third option:
2: As 1 but switch to directories that starts with (or better contains) an environment variable.

[ghisler(Author)]

"Starts with" should be possible, but "contains" will be a problem because a directory can actually be named %variablename%.