Inspired by
System variables in favorite paths I tried user variables in favorite paths with the goal to make my favorite definitions more portable.
Idea was to just change only a couple of user variables when I move to a new PC.
But either I am doing something wrong or QAP is not designed to support this.
Here is what I tried.
Plan A
User variable: {MyPortableProgs}="C:\Prog\Portable"
Set my favorite application path to "
{MyPortableProgs}\MyProg\MyProg.exe".
The favorite launches as it should.
However, the application icon is still pulled from "C:\Prog\Portable\MyProg.exe,1" with no option to insert my user variable.
On a new PC the favorite app could be launched but the icon is lost if the path changes.
Plan B
Do not use user variables in favorite paths and in case of PC migration adapt all paths with Editor search/replace.
What would be the best way to go?