I'm wondering if there is a reason for this:
when you browse to the Network Neighborhood level, you get all the computer names like so "\\Computer1".
But when you browse into \\Computer1 's folders, it retains the computer name for the first share level. For example if Computer1 has a folder called "Music" shared, if you browse under Computer1, you will see "\\Computer1\Music".
Why would you want to retain the computer name here? This is not done on sublevels of \\Compute1\Music, nor is it done on local folders. For example if \\Computer1\Music has a folder called "HardRock" in it, and you browse into "\\Computer1\Music", it will display "HardRock" without the computer name and share folder name.
The reason this is annoying, is that one of the features of Xplorer2 (and Windoz Explorer) is to be able to jump to a folder/file name by typing in the first few letters of that folder/file name.
With the "\\Computer1\Music" being displayed, you can not do this easily. If you type "M" it will not jump to highlight that folder. You would have to type in 13 characters "\\Computer1\M" to it in this case.
Secondary to this is why it's necessary to even display the "\\" before the computer names in Network Neighborhood. This way you'd be able to easily get to \\Computer1 by typing in "C". Or maybe alter the type-jump function to ignore the "\\".
Also exceptable is to give these items as options or registry hacks.
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Network Folder Names - Change Request
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I understand that the network computer name slashes "\\" come directly from Windoz... but I don't think that the retaining of the computer name is.
This doesn't happen in Windoz explorer.
See this example from Xplorer2:
http://www.singlemaltcheese.com/misc/Xp ... xample.jpg
Versus same thing from Windoz Explorer:
http://www.singlemaltcheese.com/misc/Xp ... ample2.jpg
This doesn't happen in Windoz explorer.
See this example from Xplorer2:
http://www.singlemaltcheese.com/misc/Xp ... xample.jpg
Versus same thing from Windoz Explorer:
http://www.singlemaltcheese.com/misc/Xp ... ample2.jpg