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Changing Hard Coded Link "Documents"

Posted: 08 Oct 2011, 04:45
by vld
Is there a way to change where the link Documents points to? My Documents reside on drive D vs C and would like to open that specific folder.

Re: Changing Hard Coded Link "Documents"

Posted: 08 Oct 2011, 09:05
by SelfMan
On which operating system? AFAIK Salamander takes this location from registry. Its not hardcoded.
Verify that this registry key points to your location:

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

 Value Name: Personal
 Value Type: REG_SZ
 Value Data: path

Re: Changing Hard Coded Link "Documents"

Posted: 08 Oct 2011, 13:51
by SvA
SelfMan wrote:Verify that this registry key points to your location:
You should not modify the registry key directly, though. Rather use the Path tab on the documents folder's property dialog.

Re: Changing Hard Coded Link "Documents"

Posted: 10 Oct 2011, 21:36
by therube
> Rather use the Path tab on the documents folder's property dialog.

Appears you must do that from within Windows Explorer (as "the magic path" <Target> does not display when the folder Properties is opened from within Salamander).


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