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XYplorer follows junction target

Posted: 07 Nov 2014 22:41
by Chris21
XYplorer follows the junction target.
When opening "C:\Programme", all is fine. But navigating into another subdirectory redirects to "C:\Program Files". I tried all junction related settings but without success. I'm using XYplorer 14.50.0200 Portable on Win 7 x64.
It would be nice if this behaviour could be set through the settings.

Re: XYplorer follows junction target

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 22:58
by Chris21
Junctions created through "Edit > Paste Special > Paste as Junction" are handled correctly. When browsing them XYplorer doesn't resolve the path to the source path but stays within the junction path.

Re: XYplorer follows junction target

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 10:12
by admin
Untick this: Configuration | Controls and More | Miscellaneous | Resolve junctions

Re: XYplorer follows junction target

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 20:05
by Chris21
No, that doesn't help when browsing folders like "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen" or "C:\Programme". I still get redirected to "C:\Users\[USERNAME]" or "C:\Program Files".

Re: XYplorer follows junction target

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 21:01
by admin
Hm, confirmed. I'll check that later...

Re: XYplorer follows junction target

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 21:13
by Chris21
Great, thanks!

Re: XYplorer follows junction target

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 22:50
by Marco
http://pherricoxide.wordpress.com/2009/ ... d-problem/ from http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 696#p68696 has the explanation. In short, there's nothing you can do about that, unless you're willing to screw with the ACLs of C:\Programme.

Re: XYplorer follows junction target

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 10:04
by admin
Thanks for the link. Yes, it's an ugly mess.

But there is a way to show "Programme" (in German Windows) instead of "Program Files" in the tree. Tick this:
Configuration | Tree and List | Tree | Show localized folder names

Re: XYplorer follows junction target

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 11:29
by PeterH
admin wrote:Thanks for the link. Yes, it's an ugly mess.

But there is a way to show "Programme" (in German Windows) instead of "Program Files" in the tree. Tick this:
Configuration | Tree and List | Tree | Show localized folder names
:shock: The Junction "Programme" remains in Tree (shown with arrow), while "Program Files" now also is shown as "Programme". I think this looks rather strange :veryconfused:

Edit: ...but "Programme" is sorted as if it would be named "Program Files" :?:

Re: XYplorer follows junction target

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 12:01
by admin
It just shows the weirdness of post-XP Windows. In Explorer the junction is hidden so you don't see it. In XY untick Configuration | Tree and List | Items in Tree and List | Show hidden files and folders and it will look less strange... :)

Re: XYplorer follows junction target

Posted: 16 Nov 2014 18:04
by Chris21
Thanks for the explanations!