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Christian.Eitner

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Directory Search Order
« on: March 25, 2008, 07:14 AM »
Hello,

What exactly is the order in which FARR searches directories?

Is there some weighing taking the assigned points into account?

I ask this because I have the feeling that this is not the case. I have a special directory (e.g., D:\bin) which contains scripts which I write, but if I input the name of a newly added one, it seems as if FARR starts to search in specified folders on C:\, like Program Files or WINNT.

For me, it would seem logical that the points assigned to directories would result in an according ordering of search paths.

Cheers,

Christian

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Re: Directory Search Order
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2008, 08:34 AM »
Search order is determined by the order listed in the "Search Folders" tab -- you can drag and drop to re-order them.
You specify the points to bias items found in each folder in that tab as well.

Christian.Eitner

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Re: Directory Search Order
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2008, 04:00 PM »
Dear mouser,

Ah, ok. My heart is bleeding to use drag and drop in such a keyboard-centric application though...  ;)

Cheers,

Christian

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