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I search for an answer:

i use XYplorer portable on different pc's.

But i always have pane-tabs and history from one pc on the other pc too, where this info is useless.


Question:
How can i share all settings/CTB/UDC/KS/Layout/POM/etc. on all computers
but chose for every pc which history/tab/recent MRU/pane folders/etc. i wanna use?

I think save/load configuration didn't helps here? since the PFA, CustomButtons and ColorFilter are there stored too in the XYplorer.ini.

I mean all MRUs should be independent stored from all settings so we can load them separate at wish.
I imaging an XY.ini whit redirections to refer to user.ini's and *.dat files.

i.e.:
XYplorer_Laptop.ini
KBShortcuts=Work\ks.dat
MRU=mru.ini
Catalog=catalog.dat
Tag=tag_home.dat

Then i could understand how "save/load configuration" should work.

How is this implemented/meant to use with XYplorer?

I posted a related wish here: http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4026

Firefox has a tool called MozBackup that allows you to transfer different settings from one installation to another. Something similar to that, but in XYplorer context, would be nice.

Yes, separating History and MRUs from other settings is on my list.

admin wrote:Yes, separating History and MRUs from other settings is on my list.

Fine, thanks.

Just an idea before you gonna add this...

How about to add an option like "[ ] auto load hostname.ini" too ?

Explanation of the idea:
- if i would provide xy.ini's named referring to Hostname or %ComputerName% like HomePC.ini and CompPC.ini
AND
- if i had this option checked
then XY will check for the current hostname and auto load the right ini for me

Additional:
Perhaps this is interesting enough to do the same with %UserName%?

Stefan wrote:How about to add an option like "[ ] auto load hostname.ini" too ?

Explanation of the idea:
- if i would provide xy.ini's named referring to Hostname or %ComputerName% like HomePC.ini and CompPC.ini
AND
- if i had this option checked
then XY will check for the current hostname and auto load the right ini for me

Couldn't you just use the environment variable in a shortcut or batch file that launches XY?

TheQwerty wrote:

Stefan wrote:How about to add an option like "[ ] auto load hostname.ini" too ?

Explanation of the idea:
- if i would provide xy.ini's named referring to Hostname or %ComputerName% like HomePC.ini and CompPC.ini
AND
- if i had this option checked
then XY will check for the current hostname and auto load the right ini for me

Couldn't you just use the environment variable in a shortcut or batch file that launches XY?

killjoy

Sure, i could. But should i? Is this the proper way to work with XY in an company environment?

Let's say i would use XY on an Thump-Drive on PC like myWorkstation and WebServer1 and FileServer2
should i buy XY and handle then again with CMDs files? Come on...

Other thing would be using XY-event OnLoad and script-command LoadConfig...