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kmonkey · Post by **kmonkey** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:33 am

Why zebra patch explorer doesn't support standard windows folder shortcuts ? (or is it a demo limitation)

I've seen this supported in many other instruments. You just put shortcut in instrument preset folder and instrument see it. There are various different situations why this is preferred for some users.

Example: You have your own repository of your own patches somewhere on HDD where all your patches are (even for other instruments), named accordingly. You just create shortcut and paste it in instrument default preset folder (in this example it will be that Zebra data/presets/zebra folder). That way (if instrument support it) you don't need to copy anything in to instrument folder, it is not messed up with other presets and especially if something happens to system partition (which isn't anything rare these days) your patches will stay intact if they are stored somewhere else. Even better if they are stored on partition which is sheduled for regular backup etc..

Note that this isn't feature request or whining. Just a question..

trance_lucent · Post by **trance_lucent** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:57 am

May be it would be good to have option to define custom location of the user folder?

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:31 pm

ZebraHZ already supporst shortcuts. Zebra 2.5.4 (out soon) will do so too

kmonkey · Post by **kmonkey** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:30 pm

Then that's what i call perfectly timed question...anyway thanks..

Versia Nova · Post by **Versia Nova** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:17 pm

@kmonkey, for now you can use junctions or symlinks instead of shortcuts. It's a native feature since Windows Vista.

kmonkey · Post by **kmonkey** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:23 pm

Versia Nova wrote:@kmonkey, for now you can use junctions or symlinks instead of shortcuts. It's a native feature since Windows Vista.

Ummm i don't even know what that is..is use shortcuts all the time. They seems to be perfect for what i need..

edit: found it..i am still going to prefer simple shortcuts..thanks anyway

Versia Nova · Post by **Versia Nova** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:07 pm

kmonkey wrote:
Versia Nova wrote:@kmonkey, for now you can use junctions or symlinks instead of shortcuts. It's a native feature since Windows Vista.
Ummm i don't even know what that is..is use shortcuts all the time. They seems to be perfect for what i need..

edit: found it..i am still going to prefer simple shortcuts..thanks anyway

Junctions are like real folders except when you open them they show the contents of a different folder. They are like... portals

For example you have a folder where you keep your favorite Zebra presets:

D:\Dropbox\Favorite_Presets

But Zebra only scans for presets in:

C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\u-he\Zebra2.data\Presets\Zebra2

Instead of copying your Favorite_Presets folder there, you can just create a junction, a "portal" to that folder. In command line it goes like this:

mklink /j C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\u-he\Zebra2.data\Presets\Zebra2\Favorite_Presets D:\Dropbox\Favorite_Presets

This may look complicated but the possibilities are really endless.

If you're still interested here's a useful 3rd-party app that allows to avoid using command line:
http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshel ... llext.html

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