[TC 11.51] Virtual folders that are not saved in the directory history on XP/2003

[Fla$her]

I want to return to the old topic:

Thanks, but these also have the wrong GUID for the fonts folder:
{d20ea4e1-3957-11d2-a40b-0c5020524152}
cd ::{d20ea4e1-3957-11d2-a40b-0c5020524152} does not work here, and the Explorer can't open it either.

The following also seem to work on Vista and newer:
{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103} // Documents

Can you add these GUIDs for XP/2003?

This problem, of course, also applies to the virtual subfolders \\My Pictures, \\My Music and \\My Videos.

Added: also after cd ::{D20EA4E1-3957-11D2-A40B-0C5020524153} \\Administrative Tools is not saved.

[ghisler(Author)]

Can you explain what I should change? When I use
cd ::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
and then close TC and re-open it, the folder is restored.

[Fla$her]

On XP? In my case, it doesn't restored. Instead, "C:\" opens. The folder is opened this way on both sides.
wincmd.ini after cm_Exit 13:

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[RightHistory]
0=C:\
[LeftHistory]
0=C:\

This also happens if I go to the folder from the Desktop, but in the ini it will be different:

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[RightHistory]
0=::|\\Desktop\	#1,My Documents
[LeftHistory]
0=::|\\Desktop\	#1,My Documents

As you can see, the GUID entry is ignored, not saved.

At the same time, before restarting, the history navigation by Alt+Left/Right works with this folder.

[petermad]

I can confirm that virtual folders can not be loaded at startup in Windows XP

Some virtual folders cannot be seen in the history after restart like \\Documents, while \\My Network Places and \\Control Panel can be seen in the History after restart

[Fla$her]

2petermad
We are talking only about the specified two GUIDs and their virtual subfolders (added in the first post). The others were fine.

[ghisler(Author)]

On XP?

No, virtual folders can only be preserved like this on Windows Vista and newer. It doesn't work on XP because it uses the function
SHGetNameFromIDList which doesn't exist on XP. Restoring the Fonts folder works fine on Windows Vista and newer which have this function.

[Fla$her]

No, virtual folders can only be preserved like this on Windows Vista and newer.

Please look at the title, the quotes given, and my question. I have pointed specifically to XP/2003.
What do you mean by virtual folders? I wrote above that of all the ones I've tested, only the two (+ 3 subdirs) listed ones don't work. How do you explain this?

It doesn't work on XP because it uses the function SHGetNameFromIDList which doesn't exist on XP.

And you don't have any workarounds?
How is the directory history navigation (Alt+left/right, Alt+down + up/down + Enter) supported during the session? Why is there no problem with this, but with saving to ini?

[ghisler(Author)]

No, there are no workarounds on XP, sorry.

TC internally remembers the so-called item id list, which is a large binary object. To save to ini, it has to be saved as some kind of string.

[Fla$her]

You haven't answered my questions:

What do you mean by virtual folders?

How do you explain this?

TC internally remembers the so-called item id list, which is a large binary object. To save to ini, it has to be saved as some kind of string.

And how do you save other GUIDs to ini on XP? You are guided by these identifiers, right?

[ghisler(Author)]

What other GUIDs?

[Fla$her]

All the others:
{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
{48E7CAAB-B918-4E58-A94D-505519C795DC}
{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}
{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
{7BE9D83C-A729-4D97-B5A7-1B7313C39E0A}
{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
{AFDB1F70-2A4C-11D2-9039-00C04F8EEB3E}
{1F4DE370-D627-11D1-BA4F-00A0C91EEDBA}
{13E7F612-F261-4391-BEA2-39DF4F3FA311}

[ghisler(Author)]

I'm getting these from the item id list when I call GetDisplayNameOf with parameter SHGDN_FORPARSING.
However, for the Fonts folder, I just get c:\windows\fonts back instead of the GUID. Therefore I use SHGetNameFromIDList on Windows Vista and newer, but that function is missing on XP.

[Fla$her]

I'm getting these from the item id list when I call GetDisplayNameOf with parameter SHGDN_FORPARSING.

What prevents you from getting two GUIDs directly on XP/2003 this way?

[ghisler(Author)]

The item id list is a binary object, the data can vary between sessions. There is no way to know that a specific item id list represents the Fonts virtual folder. I need to ask the system, which does not work on XP (see my explanation above).

[Fla$her]

However, for the Fonts folder, I just get c:\windows\fonts back instead of the GUID.

And why do you do this if it harms saving in the ini?

There is no way to know that a specific item id list represents the Fonts virtual folder.

Are you talking about GetDisplayNameOf?

How about checking these two names directly by the values of registry key parameters?
Fonts: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved\{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524152}
My Documents: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\(Default)