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variable and relative paths

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Bithur:
I have to say I like Multi commander :) Thanks for sharing it!

But there are a few things I'd like to be able to do:
-Using environement variables as paths and bookmarks (%USERPROFILE%, %WINDIR%, etc) as I use it a lot as portable
-->Already exists, my bad :) -I'd like some sort of relative path to easily find things on USB stick and use as bookmark. let's say Multi Commander is on my USB stick in E:\MC folder and I want to be able to bookmark E:\Cleaning\spywares\ and use it even if i plug it on another computer on F: (sort of \..\Cleaning\spywares\ path relative to MultiCommander.exe).
- Add the "R" button (for relative path) in bookmarks

Thanks for thinking about it :)

Jungle:

--- Quote from: Bithur on October 18, 2013, 13:46:26 ----I'd like some sort of relative path to easily find things on USB stick and use as bookmark. let's say Multi Commander is on my USB stick in E:\MC folder and I want to be able to bookmark E:\Cleaning\spywares\ and use it even if i plug it on another computer on F: (sort of \..\Cleaning\spywares\ path relative to MultiCommander.exe).

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Actually you can. E.g. quicklaunch bar items support relative paths. I.e. you can drag program to the QL bar, then customize it and use [R] button at the right of the program path.
You may also use ${mcpath} tag.
Internal file associations also support relative paths.

Bithur:
Thx!! It's working as path in bookmarks too. This will make my work easier!!
btw, can I create a folder/container for quicklaunch? (sort of menu with shortcuts)

Jungle:

--- Quote from: Bithur on October 18, 2013, 15:18:58 ---btw, can I create a folder/container for quicklaunch? (sort of menu with shortcuts)
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There's no quick way. But you may create custom commands which will launch your progs, then compose menu via Configuration>Menu Customization.

Bithur:
Thx Jungle, I'll check this.
I think there's a way to use environment variables in bookmarks because desktop, my docs and downloads are in Favorites but the path is the real path (C:\Users\XYZ\Desktop) not the %UserProfile%\Desktop.
It keeps the 1st run path, so if u plug it to another computer or change user, it won't open the good folder (or won't do anything at all).
This should be fixed imho.

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