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Upload folder selection

Post by gourmet » 2003-07-27 08:22

Not always accessible folder can be selected using dialogue in current DC++ (Fils/Settings/Sharing/Add folder). I've got some drives "hidden" in some manner and they dont' appear in this tree. I successfully added them into DCPlusPlus.xml file but it would be more useful have another dialogue.

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Post by TheParanoidOne » 2003-07-27 08:38

What do you mean you have drives "hidden"? And how exactly have you hidden them?

I may have misunderstood you request, but it seems that you want the drives hidden yet to still be visible. Seems a contradiction to me.
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Post by gourmet » 2003-07-27 09:34

Drives are not visible in common manner. This is a kinda of bug in Windows XP. I set CD-ROM drive letter always K: (cause of some reasons) and other removable (in mobile rack) drives got letters after CD-ROM. Obviously theay are not visible in Explorer or some other software. But they can be accessed when I type their names in Explorer line or if software openes files on'em. But they are not present in folder selection tree in DC++.

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Post by TheParanoidOne » 2003-07-27 09:57

If they are not visible in Explorer, why should they be visible to DC++? As far as I know, DC++ uses a standard dialog to select folders. Why should it have to care about the specifics of the file system?

I'm still unclear as to *how* they are invisible. You say that removable drives get drive letters after K:. Fine. That's clear. Then you say
gourmet wrote:Obviously theay are not visible in Explorer
It's not obvious to me. Why should these drives be any different, so that they don't appear in explorer?

You ended the sentence by saying:
gourmet wrote:or some other software
So you are saying that these drive are invisible to Explorer and other applications yet you somehow want DC++ to be able to see them?

I'm sorry but this is still really unclear. Maybe if you explain how they are hidden and how exactly you access them (especially if you can't see them!) then things might become clearer.
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Post by gourmet » 2003-07-27 10:22

how exactly you access them (especially if you can't see them!) then things might become clearer.
I just type their names in Explorer line or in file dialogue (if it is possiblt). Then these drives appear in Eхplorer or else. If there could be a line to edit folder name in DC++ dialogue - problem solved. Again - for me that is not exactly a problem - I shared those drives in DC++ .xml settings file.

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Post by TheParanoidOne » 2003-07-27 10:40

TheParanoidOne wrote:I'm still unclear as to *how* they are invisible. You say that removable drives get drive letters after K:. Fine. That's clear. Then you say
gourmet wrote:Obviously theay are not visible in Explorer
It's not obvious to me. Why should these drives be any different, so that they don't appear in explorer?

You ended the sentence by saying:
gourmet wrote:or some other software
So you are saying that these drive are invisible to Explorer and other applications yet you somehow want DC++ to be able to see them?
You seem to have ignored all of that.
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Post by gourmet » 2003-07-27 11:42

You seem to have ignored all of that.
Nope. My answer includes it all.

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Post by TheNOP » 2003-07-27 11:53

go in Administrative tool / Computer Management / Disk Management
and see if drive letter are assigne to your hd.
if not do it or rearrange the order of the drive.
also see if the service that is needed to read your hd partition is started manualy or automatic,make it auto.
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Post by TheNOP » 2003-07-27 11:57

i forgot if it is only hidden folders go in explorer tool / folders option / view and set any the hide option to show
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Post by GargoyleMT » 2003-07-27 12:05

gourmet wrote:
You seem to have ignored all of that.
Nope. My answer includes it all.
I think you're mistaken, your post is still extremely unclear to me.

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Post by gourmet » 2003-07-27 12:24

Proper service started auto, drives geometry scheme is following:

D0: C, E, F, D (fixed assignment)
D1: G, H, I, J, M (fixed assignment)
D2: L (removable drive)
CD-ROM: K (historically)

Thise scheme cannot be changed. Some of drives are NTFS, some FAT.

Drives M (NTFS) and L (FAT) aren't visible in Explorer. But if I type in Explorer line Address: m:<enter> - drive m: and it's tree appeares in Explorer tree. Same for L: But even if they become visible in Explorer - they aren't visible in DC++ folder selection.

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Post by TheNOP » 2003-07-27 12:35

m & l are compress drive ?
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Post by gourmet » 2003-07-27 12:54

No conpressed drives at all.

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Post by TheNOP » 2003-07-27 13:03

this seem to be explorer problem.
unless your have odd partition or hiden partition i recommend updateing IE or reinstall IE.
if you can't or it doesn't work reinstalling winxp is all i can suggest.
take a closer look at your partition first tho.
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Post by TheParanoidOne » 2003-07-27 13:04

Have you hidden the drives using a tool such as TweakUI?

If you don't say *how* they are hidden, then how can anyone even begin to modify DC++ to see them?
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Post by gourmet » 2003-07-27 13:20

TheNOP told right thing - it's a problem of Explorer. This is an answer to *how* they are hidden. The best modification to DC++ can be - add folder name editing line - like in general Windows dialogues.

This ia very rare appearing bug of Explorer and I suppose it is not fixed in SPs. But may be fixed. I have no plans install SP right now.

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Post by GargoyleMT » 2003-07-27 13:44

gourmet wrote:This ia very rare appearing bug of Explorer and I suppose it is not fixed in SPs. But may be fixed. I have no plans install SP right now.
If your system is buggy, it's very much in your self-interest to fix it...

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Post by gourmet » 2003-07-27 14:10

If your system is buggy
Of course! It containes Windows! :lol:

BTW: When I open Folders tab in Internet Explorer (not in Windows Explorer) - I see all drives... :wink:

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Post by GargoyleMT » 2003-07-27 14:26

gourmet wrote:Of course! It containes Windows!
Windows bashing gets you nowhere. It's not perfect, but it doesn't crash or hide drives arbitrarily.
BTW: When I open Folders tab in Internet Explorer (not in Windows Explorer) - I see all drives...
So? Until you can see them in Windows Explorer, don't expect them to show up in DC++. Did you try getting TweakUI to see if they're hidden that way?

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Post by cyberal » 2003-07-27 14:37

TheParanoidOne mentioned TweakUI, have you taken a look in the TweakUI drive tab to see if your m: & l: are selected... maybe you can make them visible somehow with that tool... uncheck and then check... if it is a weird windows bug.. it might just work?
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Post by gourmet » 2003-07-27 15:00

Heck... In TweakUI both drives were marked on. I dropped and then set marks - and both drives appeared in DC++. Looks like a little bug in Explorer anywhere.

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Post by TheParanoidOne » 2003-07-27 15:06

So does that mean your problem is solved? Your post is again, unclear.
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Post by gourmet » 2003-07-27 15:19

Think this is solved.

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