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Suggestions - My Computer Links

Postby gypsycomp » 30 Apr 2015 22:52

In the My Computer links you seem to be using the standard Microsoft locations for My Music, My Videos, My Pictures. Like many, I have moved these other locations.
SUGGESTION - Could you make it possible to choose custom folders to download Music, Videos, Pictures?

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Re: Suggestions - My Computer Links

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 04 May 2015 15:18

It's weird, we call the Windows API for this.
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Re: Suggestions - My Computer Links

Postby gypsycomp » 11 May 2015 03:58

I don't understand your reply?

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Re: Suggestions - My Computer Links

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 11 May 2015 09:57

Windows should give us the correct folder, so we can't do much, I'm afraid.
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Re: Suggestions - My Computer Links

Postby gypsycomp » 11 May 2015 15:14

I now understand your API msg. I changed the My Documents and My Videos files to point to another location, but I guess for some reason it did not change the Windows API? Which API function do you read?

I can try to go through the discovery process, but as an average user that seems like a lot of trouble. It would be helpful if you placed a SEARCH button to allow thew user to search their drives for a location to store or read files? Currently, DEVICES/DISCS only points to A:, while I have 4 hd's and 7 partitions for data sources.
Thank you for your help.

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Re: Suggestions - My Computer Links

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 11 May 2015 15:30

The CLSID API
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