Add navigation pane entry on the Windows Explorer for the "wktree"

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Some private cloud services like MEGA and Sync let you add an entry to the windows explorer navigation pane for easy/quick access to the synchronized folders when installing their desktop clients. Could this be implemented on the future? Like this:

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I did this using a python script that does basically this (but wraps the keys into a class):

reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{{guid}} /ve /t REG_SZ /d "{name}" /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{{guid}}\DefaultIcon /ve /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d {icon} /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{{guid}} /v System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree /t REG_DWORD /d 0x1 /f 
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{{guid}} /v SortOrderIndex /t REG_DWORD /d 0x42 /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{{guid}}\InProcServer32 /ve /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d %%systemroot%%\system32\shell32.dll /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{{guid}}\Instance /v CLSID /t REG_SZ /d {0E5AAE11-A475-4c5b-AB00-C66DE400274E} /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{{guid}}\Instance\InitPropertyBag /v Attributes /t REG_DWORD /d 0x11 /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{{guid}}\Instance\InitPropertyBag /v TargetFolderPath /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "{folder}" /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{{guid}}\ShellFolder /v FolderValueFlags /t REG_DWORD /d 0x28 /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{{guid}}\ShellFolder /v Attributes /t REG_DWORD /d 0xF080004D /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{{guid}} /ve /t REG_SZ /d "{name}" /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel /v {{guid}} /t REG_DWORD /d 0x1 /f

Replace {guid} by any unique uuid, {name} with ā€œSeafileā€, {icon} by "C:\Program Files (x86)\Seafile\bin\seafile-applet.exe,-2" and {folder} by the folder where you have your local libraries (or ā€œwktreeā€ as defined on config.db).

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This is already possible on initial setup.

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How do you do it?

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There is a dialog where one can enable the virtual drive. Afaik it is only shown once on first setup and there is also no option to disable / enable it afterwards.

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The ā€œvirtual driveā€ is a shortcut to only one library and lives inside of ā€œThis PCā€. I am talking about a navigation pane entry, like shown in the picture.

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What about using the Drive-Letter S:\ that is used with seadrive or give Seadrive the option to be shown only as this?

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The Integrate a Cloud Storage Provider article on MSDN explains how to set this up.

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After reading the article I immediately wanted to make a feature request :slight_smile:
Then I stumbled on this thread. Do you still have the python script?
A easy to use script would be very nice for all the people who are not very familiar with windows.

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Download the bat file and run it, you will get errors if you run it from an interactive session.

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Thank you, can you make a pull request for this? I really think it should be included in the client.
Onedrive, Dropbox and Nextcloud all have this feature. (Even though they are inferior compared to Seafile :slightly_smiling_face:)

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The provided script worked perfectly for me, thanks (please note you might have to change the ā€˜folderā€™ variable to your seafile location).

Would be great if this were added for default install! (I use non-virtual disk)
Seems simple enough to add.