"Change to host" shortcut

[exire]

Hi there!

I would like to propose a suggestion that I believe many would benefit from. It's about file-dialogs when running programs from Ceedo.

Currently, if I open Internet Explorer through Ceedo, then navigate to my hotmail account and choose "New Email"->"Attach file"->"Browse for file" then the file dialog that appears will navigate in the ceedo environment.

This is fine if the file I want to attach actually is on the Ceedo device, but mostly I don't have them on the Ceedo, but rather on the host computer I'm using together with my Ceedo (work computer for example).

This then means I would have to goto "My computer"->"C:\"->"Documents and settings"->"My username"->My documents" or whatever else folder I may have the file(s) stored in.

Therefore, could there be added a button in the future that would say something like "Change to host computer" so that I wouldn't have to go this long path in order to add files through f. ex webpage dialogs?

Hope you understand what I mean! :D

Regards
- Kristoffer

[frizzlebiscuit]

You can modify the default places in the Places Bar that appears on the left side of most file selection dialogs, replacing them with some choice environment variables set by Ceedo.

Examples (that work for me):
%MACHINE_USERPROFILE_CEEDO%\Desktop = the host desktop
%HOMESHARE% = the host My Documents

There are some utilities (e.g., TweakUI or Places Bar Editor) that will help you do this. You can also manually edit the "Place" values in the following registry key (as viewed from the host computer):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ceedo\SmartPlay\SmartPl ayer\Apps\000002\ceedo\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Win dows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar

I haven't been home yet to try this on a second machine and verify portability.

[Shy Morag]

This is a great idea!
I will bring the issue up on our next R&D meeting.

[frizzlebiscuit]

Cool!

A brief update:
The %HOMESHARE% variable did not appear to be present on my home computer, so it may not be a reliable choice.

"%MACHINE_USERPROFILE_CEEDO%\My Documents" sort of works, but does not honor folder redirects. The My Documents folder on my home computer is redirected to another drive, as configured through the Properties dialog of the My Documents icon on the desktop. Using this variable, the Places Bar only took me to the empty original My Documents folder, not the redirected one.

Maybe there is another, more accurate My Documents variable in the host environment that Ceedo could preserve, like it does the userprofile, appdata, program files, and other dirs?