'My Documents' will not expand in tree

[david111]

The 'Local site' pane shows 'My Documents' but there is no '+' to expand it. If I double click, nothing happens. I need to use the drive letter ('D:' in my case) to access the local files.

Windows XP SP3 / Filezilla 3.10 (also tried 3.11RC1 + nightly)

[Tim Kosse]

Having "My Documents" in D: is unusual. Did you change the location after installing Windows?

[david111]

I've never seen any studies of how many people keep their data on drives separate to the OS, but it's certainly not unusual. Microsoft use D: in their example - ​http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147

I've always relocated My Documents to a separate drive (virtual / partition in this case) and this is the first time an app has experienced an issue with it. FileZilla 2 has no problem.

I'm not being sarcastic, but when else would I change the location other than after Windows was installed?

[Tim Kosse]

Could have been that Windows itself was installed on D:

How exactly did you change the location? FileZilla asks Windows for the location of "My Documents", so it's possible you missed one place.

Check the registry, what's the 'Personal' key in the registry under 'HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Shell Folders' set to?

[david111]

I think I used the method outlined in the MS kb article I linked to. Or I may have used TweakUI. Not certain - it's been a while since I last installed.

Personal = 'D:\'

[Tim Kosse]

Please try this special build: ​http://filezilla-project.org/nightlies2/2008-06-12/i586-mingw32msvc/FileZilla_3_setup.exe

If you click "My Documents" it'll show you where FileZilla thinks where the "My Document" link leads to.

[david111]

D:\

[david111]

...I should also add that when I click 'My Documents', the focus indicator (grey background) jumps to 'D:' in the tree.

[Tim Kosse]

Yes, that's the intended behavior.

[david111]

It's the intended behaviour that 'My Documents' appears in the tree but cannot be expanded? That makes no sense - it would run counter to every other Windows application that provides tree navigation (including FZ 2).

[david111]

This is not fixed. Re-opening.

[Tim Kosse]

"My Documents" is a virtual directory, it does not exist. FileZilla takes you to the place where it is actually stored. This is by design.

[david111]

Yes, it's a virtual folder which *every* other Windows app, including FZ2, treats as a physical folder and allows browsing.

I'm now curious why you did not say that you had redefined Windows functionality at the beginning of this thread? If it really is by design, I'd say the design is broken.