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shell:Downloads in Folder Path?
megamorphg > 2026-07-07 15:20
I have a shared INI file between two machines.
One machine has the download directory in N drive while the other has it on the standard C drive.
I'd like to be able to have the Downloads directory be a "live" folder.
Unfortunately, the "special" folder type of Downloads doesn't have that feature available. Only the normal Folder type does.
However, this normal folder type doesn't support shell
ownloads as a path. Any suggestions or workarounds to get a shared setting that would work fine?
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RE: shell:Downloads in Folder Path?
LaurentG > 2026-07-08 04:55
A solution (that works, I tested it) could be the following :
In all machines that need to share the same QuickAccessPopup.ini file, create an environment variable (eg. name it DOWNLOAD or anything else you want) that value is the download folder (or any other folder you want to be common in QAP parameters, while they are different on the different machines).
On one machine, this DOWNLOAD variable is assigned "C:\...." and on the other "N:\...."
In QAP, create a shortcut, named as you want, but having %DOWNLOAD% as target. You can activate "Live" folder option for this shortcut, or any oher QAP option.
As result, with the same shortcut defined in QAP parameters (ie. with the same .INI file), it will open "C:\...." on one Pc, and "N:\..." on the other.
PS : To have this new variable correctly taken into account by QAP, you need to reboot your Pc after creating it. It seems that restarting QAP is not enough. -
RE: shell:Downloads in Folder Path?
megamorphg > 2026-07-08 09:53
(2026-07-08 04:55)LaurentG Wrote: A solution (that works, I tested it) could be the following :
In all machines that need to share the same QuickAccessPopup.ini file, create an environment variable (eg. name it DOWNLOAD or anything else you want) that value is the download folder (or any other folder you want to be common in QAP parameters, while they are different on the different machines).
On one machine, this DOWNLOAD variable is assigned "C:\...." and on the other "N:\...."
In QAP, create a shortcut, named as you want, but having %DOWNLOAD% as target. You can activate "Live" folder option for this shortcut, or any oher QAP option.
As result, with the same shortcut defined in QAP parameters (ie. with the same .INI file), it will open "C:\...." on one Pc, and "N:\..." on the other.
PS : To have this new variable correctly taken into account by QAP, you need to reboot your Pc after creating it. It seems that restarting QAP is not enough.
Thanks, I did end up using a User Environment Variable on my machines. Only needed to restart QAP. This is a well enough solution since there are many other scenarios QAP needs the variables--could just create a script to create it on each new machine to automate before.