[Windows] Setting Default Editor to .exe within %appdata% / to sym link

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[Windows] Setting Default Editor to .exe within %appdata% / to sym link

#1 Post by qxtc » 2018-08-22 10:46

Hello,

Due to VSCode moving its install location from the programs folder towards user specific %appdata% folders and us sharing a configuration file accross multiple PCs (with different user names) we run into the issue of no longer being able to configure a default editor in Filezilla as it needs to be a user specific path.

What I've tried to circumvent this problem:

- Link directly to a soft link: "C:\vsc\code.exe.lnk" - does not work, filezilla seems not to be able to directly follow symlinks
- Creating a hard link in "C:\vsc\code.exe", unfortunately this does not work even if directly started from the file, regardless of using filezilla or not
- Trying to use windows paths in filezilla configuration: "%appdata%\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" - seems not to be supported or i'm failing to get the syntax right

Any Idea on how to resolve this issue would be very welcome.
Thank you.

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Re: [Windows] Setting Default Editor to .exe within %appdata% / to sym link

#2 Post by botg » 2018-08-22 18:29

Shortcut files aren't symbolic links. Please try an actual symbolic link.

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Re: [Windows] Setting Default Editor to .exe within %appdata% / to sym link

#3 Post by qxtc » 2018-08-23 10:16

Works! Thank you.

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