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AStroP

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%MYRECENTDOCS% not working?
« on: August 10, 2011, 01:01 AM »
Here on my PC (Win7Pro 32Bit, FARR 2.99.02) the virtual folder/variable replacement %MYRECENTDOCS% in "Options > Lists > Search Folders" doesn't seem to work. When I specify the absolute path C:\Users\<MyUsername>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent everything works ok. Does anybody have the same problem?

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Re: %MYRECENTDOCS% not working?
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2011, 03:56 AM »
Well you can check and change the various Environment Variables (that's what those %whatever% are) through "Control Panel" > "System" > "Advanced System Setting" > "Environment Variables". With that you can see what it's currently set to and change it accordingly.

To make the job easier I'd recommend Rapid Environment Editor. Personally I use it whenever I need to mess those variables.
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Re: %MYRECENTDOCS% not working?
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2011, 04:10 AM »
You are right, the code to use it was missing from FARR; i've fixed it in my version, it will be in the next update.  Thanks for the report.

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Re: %MYRECENTDOCS% not working?
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2011, 05:00 AM »
[...] Thanks for the report.

It's just the other way round - I have to thank you!  :)

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Re: %MYRECENTDOCS% not working?
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2011, 12:23 PM »
Oops, my bad, didn't realise this was a FARR specific question :-[
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Re: %MYRECENTDOCS% not working?
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2011, 02:59 PM »
Well you can check and change the various Environment Variables (that's what those %whatever% are) through "Control Panel" > "System" > "Advanced System Setting" > "Environment Variables". With that you can see what it's currently set to and change it accordingly.

To make the job easier I'd recommend Rapid Environment Editor. Personally I use it whenever I need to mess those variables.

Seems like a useful tool to have. Thanks for mentioning it :)

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Re: %MYRECENTDOCS% not working?
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2011, 02:09 AM »
You are right, the code to use it was missing from FARR; i've fixed it in my version, it will be in the next update.  Thanks for the report.

Many thanks for the fix!  :Thmbsup:

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