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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Default Startup Folder

« on: 2015-04-05 00:25:15 »

Thanks for the quick response, and in the middle of the Easter long weekend no less!

Too bad about the loss of that functionality, I found it quite useful.

Your suggestion of modifying the INI file via a script should work.   I can create a PowerShell script that will modify the INI file based on the default Windows folder and then either put shortcuts to the script in my image folders or perhaps change the '.TPDB8' file association to point to the script instead.

Can I assume that the INI file is only read once at startup?   So for example if I modify the INI one way and open a database, and then modify the INI to point to a different folder and open a second database then the two won't work at cross purposes?

Of course I expect that if I make a preference change the copy I make it from will re-save it's version of the INI info back into the file.

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Default Startup Folder

« on: 2015-04-04 19:54:38 »

I've just upgraded from TPV7 to V9.  I installed TP using the "separate settings for each user" option.

I have several directory trees full of images that each have their own TP database in the topmost folder of the tree (which is not the root of the disk).  Under TP7, when I double-click the ".TD4" database file to open it, the TP window opens with the database folder highlighted (i.e., the topmost folder of my directory tree).

Under TP9, I can't find a way to do this - when I double-click on the ".TPDB8" file it seems that it always tries to open whatever folder was open the last time TP ran or, if I set the Preferences -> Startup -> Initial Folder -> Specific Folder option, that folder is always used no matter what database I open (i.e., that preference is stored as a per-user setting rather than a per-database setting).

Is there a way to have TP open so that it defaults to the same folder that the database is in, or so that it defaults to the Windows default folder for the process, or to configure the startup folder on a per-database basis?

Thanks!