how to create a direct access to a folder

[Yo230]

Hello,

Actually at the top left of TC we have a drop down menu with "C".
At the right of this drop down menu ("C"), I would like to add a button to access directly to the "Download" folder.
How to do it ?

[Sir_SiLvA]

Thats what the Directory Menu is for which is opened by pressing CTRL+D.

Press CTRL+D -> Config -> press Add -> use "&Download" as title, press ok and then enter "cd <path to download>" (normaly C:\Users\<your username>\Downloads\ if you havent moved it) in the command field and press ok again.

Now you can access the Download folder by pressing CTRL+D and presssing D.

HTH

[Horst.Epp]

Drag and drop a folder to the button bar.

[Yo230]

and then enter "cd <path to download>" (normaly C:\Users\<your username>\Downloads\ if you havent moved it)

About the "download" folder path, you are talking about a path like this : "C:\Users\<your username>\Downloads\".
But in TC main window, the path for "downloads" is : "\\Téléchargements\". Why it is not begining by "C\Users ..." ?

[petermad]

But in TC main window, the path for "downloads" is : "\\Téléchargements\". Why it is not begining by "C\Users ..." ?

Because "\\Téléchargements\" is a virtual folder
You can go directly to the virtual folder with the command

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

You can go directly to the physical folder "C:\Users\<your username>\Downloads\" with the command:

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cd %$Downloads%

I recommend not using the virtual folder -TC have very limited rights in virtual folders.

[Yo230]

I recommend not using the virtual folder -TC have very limited rights in virtual folders.

I have seen that I had saved several virtual folders inside TC/Hotlist. So in order to use physical folders only in the hotlist, I tried to find their path.
My goal was to find something begining by : " C\Users\[username]\ ... ". So I have found it for :
— Downloads : C\Users\[username]\Downloads
— But for the Desktop I have tried to write C\Users\[username]\Desktop, but it does not works. Why ? I have only found : C\Users\[username]\OneDrive\Desktop that is working.
— Idem for Documents : I have found only : C\Users\[username]\OneDrive\Documents

[beb]

2Yo230
Open Windows registry (regedit.exe),
Follow these paths:

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]

There, you will see where all the user folders actually reside (Shell Folders uses literal paths syntax; User Shell Folders uses variable-based paths syntax).
For the folders in question, regarding usage frequency, it may be worth adding their dedicated buttons right to the main toolbar:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cd %$Desktop%

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Desktop

0
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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cd %$Documents%

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Documents

0
-1

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cd %$Downloads%

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Downloads

0
-1

Total Commander has special variables for said folders: %$Desktop%, %$Documents%, %$Downloads% (the naming is self-explanatory).
Note regarding Desktop:
Usually, what you see on your desktop is a combination of two folders' contents: your personal user desktop folder and a common all-users desktop folder. The latter contains nothing useful (if anything at all, except maybe a couple of the common apps shortcuts), so we can ignore it and use the former one (your personal) that is returned by the %$Desktop% variable.

...\OneDrive\Documents

That it because you have opted for (knowingly or not) the backup of some basic folders like that in the cloud (Microsoft dubbed them as 'important' in the OneDrive settings [see 'OneDrive - Settings - Sync and backup' or 'Start - Settings - Update & Security - Files backup - Backup files to OneDrive']) (then such folders are physically moved to the cloud folder).

[petermad]

2Yo230

— But for the Desktop I have tried to write C\Users\[username]\Desktop, but it does not works

You are missing the colon after C so try C:\Users\[username]\Desktop

These should all work too:

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cd %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
cd C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Desktop
cd C:\%HOMEPATH%\Desktop
cd %HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\Desktop
cd %HOMEDRIVE%\Users\%USERNAME%\Desktop
cd %SYSTEMDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\Desktop
cd %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\%USERNAME%\Desktop

cd %$DESKTOP% (in TC only)
cd %${B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}% (TC only)

You can run this command (from TC's command line):

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hh.exe %COMMANDER_PATH%\TOTALCMD.CHM::env_vars.htm

to read more about environment variables

[beb]

These should all work too:
...

That's a pretty brave suggestion. None of them would ever work for me (except the TC ones). Not all users are the same
They would work for most users most of the time, though.

Note. E.g. if their personal Desktop is in their personal cloud, "%OneDrive%\Desktop" might work.

[petermad]

None of them would ever work for me

How come? Maybe not the ones starting with C:\ if your Windows is not installed on C:
And the ones with \Users would not work on Windows XP.

But:

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cd %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
cd %HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\Desktop
cd %SYSTEMDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\Desktop

should work for all - at least from Windows XP and forward.

Not all users are the same

This was an answer to Yo230 who obviously has his Windows installed on C: and is not Using XP (mentioning "\Users" and not "\Documents and Settings")

[Yo230]

You are missing the colon after C so try C:\Users\[username]\Desktop

I have tried 2 things for desktop :
1) under the button C, in the address bar I entered "C:\Users\[username]\Desktop" and clicked Enter key.
Result : nothing happens (the desktop is not displayed).

2) As I had saved in Hotlist the "desktop" like that : "C:\Users\[username]\OneDrive\Desktop", I gone in Hotlist/Config/Desktop and put in the setting :
— cd C:\Users\[username]\Desktop : result : in the address bar it gives me "C:\Users\[username]\"
— cd %$Desktop% : result : in the address bar it gives me "C:\Users\[username]\OneDrive\Desktop"

[petermad]

2Yo230

cd %$Desktop% : result : in the address bar it gives me "C:\Users\[username]\OneDrive\Desktop"

It looks like there is something really wrong with you Windows installation.

How about if you navigate to your user profile folder. In TC go to the root of drive C: - then double click on Users - and thereafter double-click on your username. Do you not see a folder named Desktop there?

[Dalai]

Is it possible that using a Microsoft account causes this so that the usual locations for system directories are redirected to OneDrive and every change to the profile (e.g. desktop, start menu, %AppData%) is synched via OneDrive to the MS account? I have no idea really how Microsoft accounts work, or OneDrive for that matter. It's just a guess.

[petermad]

Maybe it is a Window 11 thing??

[Yo230]

How about if you navigate to your user profile folder. In TC go to the root of drive C: - then double click on Users - and thereafter double-click on your username. Do you not see a folder named Desktop there?

If I go to C:\Users\[username]\, I don't see any "Desktop" here.
Is it possible to force Windows to do not use OneDrive for the desktop, in order to have something like "C:\Users\[username]\Desktop" ?