Relative paths for color labels

[John_C]

Please, could somebody explain where and how color labels are stored?

Here is what I mean:

Click "Tools > Configuration > Tags" and select "Relative to tags databse" as "Storage" option.

Then, add green color label to some file.

And then, open your tag.dat file. It will look something like this:

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Storage: 3 (Relative to tags database)

Data:
C:\Foo\Bar\Test.txt|4|||||||

Hm. As I understand, it should be relative path stored in tag.dat file, but currently, it is stored as absolute. Why?

[highend]

And your tag.dat is located where?
Probably not on the C: drive...

[John_C]

And your tag.dat is located where?
Probably not on the C: drive...

Hm. Yes, you are correct! But why it doesn't store relative paths for files located on another drives?

[highend]

Seriously? Think!!!

[John_C]

Seriously? Think!!!

Ok, I understand

If we want to have relative paths, we should keep XYplorer database and all labeled files on the same drive?

There are no workarounds?

[highend]

Workarounds that keep the entries "portable"? Switch to "Use volume serials"^^ Apart from that: no