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Re: Re: No right drag menu items

From: Robin Guest <robin.guest_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 19:34:01 +0100

On 4 June 2011 18:58, Jeff Mott <Jeff.Mott.OR_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> > On 03.06.2011 22:25, Jeff Mott wrote:
> >
> > > I'm happy to say, however, that I discovered the problem, and the
> > > thread you linked me too helped. It turns out that Libraries are only
> > > peripherally involved. The real issue is that any given explorer
> > > window has its own notion of what the "root" is. Anything in
> > > Libraries doesn't work because the root is "Libraries", rather than
> > > the C drive. In my case, the explorer windows were treating my user
> > > folder -- C:\Users\Jeff -- as the root. But if I navigated from
> > > Computer through the C drive to my folder, then all the TSVN starts
> > > working normally again.
> >
> > If your 'root' folder is a virtual folder (like "libraries" or "my
> > documents"), then most things in TSVN won't work. Because those virtual
> > folders don't have a real path, and TSVN can only work on paths.
> > That's not a bug in TSVN but expected behavior and can't be fixed or
> > changed.
>
> In this case, the root is a real folder with a real path -- C:\Users\Jeff
>
> You can test it by opening the command prompt and typing
> %windir%\explorer.exe /root,C:\Users\YourUser
> Then from the explorer window, navigate to a checkout, and try to
> right-drag.
>

I confirm I can reproduce this too, doing it as you describe above. On
Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, TortoiseSVN 1.6.99, Build 19540 - 64 Bit -dev,
2010/05/14 18:18:25.

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