QTTabBar and USB drives

[MilesAhead]

Anyone know if there's a setting to keep QTTabBar from dropping USB drives that are removed or powered down? They assume the same drive letter when powered up. Seems like it should be possible to avoid manually creating and locking the tab every time.

I have Restore Locked Tabs set and of course I've locked the Tabs. But when you power down the docking station the game is over.

I've posted a question on SourceForge in the meantime. Just thought I'd ask if anyone here knows an Easter Egg that fixes it.

edit: I got it to work. Just had to add all my drives to a Group and set it to load on Startup.

 

[JerometheGiraff]

I don't like that QTTabBar doesn't remember the tabs I had open when I close explorer.

 

[MilesAhead]

You need to set up Groups to get sets you use together. Kind of like FreeCommander Layouts. I'm surprised there isn't an option to start with whatever was there on close though.

edit: Go into Options => Window and check Restore Tabs.

 

[JerometheGiraff]

I have restore tabs enabled, it doesn't remember the stored tabs when I open explorer again.

 

[MilesAhead]

Hmm, it does on my system. In fact I turned it off because every time I opened a folder using something else it was added on. I just keep tabs for all my drives.

 

[JerometheGiraff]

Maybe a bug of some sorts.

 

[MilesAhead]

I just had the same thing. When you are in Groups Tab and set the group to Start Up, make sure the button reacts and also the Apply Button. I just had to do it 2 or 3 times to get it to "stick".

Also sometimes on power up it seems to lose the setting.

 

[JerometheGiraff]

I just had the same thing. When you are in Groups Tab and set the group to Start Up, make sure the button reacts and also the Apply Button. I just had to do it 2 or 3 times to get it to "stick".

When you say 'make sure the button reacts' you mean make sure that the group gets underlined, which it does then I hit apply, I've done this already after reading your reply 4+ times, it doesn't stick, this is annoying. I'll keep trying until I can't no more

Also sometimes on power up it seems to lose the setting.

What do you mean ?

 

[MilesAhead]

I mean it was working until I shut down, then turned the computer back on. Anything the modifies Explorer, esp tab bars and buttons, is going to have some kinks. This is the only one I've tried that I actually want to use.

Do you have the shell hacked to use themes? That can also make things flaky.
If it doesn't work for you then I'd give up on it. So far for me it seems pretty stable.. for an Explorer hack.

 

[JerometheGiraff]

No Shell Hack. I suppose I have to give up on it, might as well uninstall it cause I see no point in it, if I can't have tabs remembered.

Thanx.

 

[MilesAhead]

That's a shame. It seems mostly stable on my system. I noticed when I messed with changing themes it would get confused for awhile. What I did was uninstall until I got done messing around with themes, then installed again. It remember settings(probably in AppData someplace.) Seems to remember my drives. Do you have it set to catch other Explorer windows? I have it set not. That may be a difference.

 

[JerometheGiraff]

Where is this option ? I'm going to reinstall it QTTab.

 

[MilesAhead]

Where is this option ? I'm going to reinstall it QTTab.

I believe it's the one on the Window Tab "capture new explorer processes" should be unchecked.

Just install. It asks you right then if you want to capture other explorer windows. Uncheck the box before continuing the install.

It's been working pretty well for me. I use rocket dock and click the Computer icon. Seems if that comes up with all my drives as tabs then it works correctly until I shut down. Otherwise I just have to load my Drives group. Not a big deal.

 

[JerometheGiraff]

When you close explorer completely all your tabs get removed when you restart explorer ? You mentioned you can have a group start up when you start up explorer again, that didn't work for me but did it work for you ?

 

[MilesAhead]

When you close explorer completely all your tabs get removed when you restart explorer ? You mentioned you can have a group start up when you start up explorer again, that didn't work for me but did it work for you ?

When you create a group. Highlight the group. Press the StartUp Button on the top right. Works for me. Only time it drops out is sometimes after a shutdown. Then I just click Groups in the Tab Bar and select the group. From then on it works until I shut down.

 

[JerometheGiraff]

When you close explorer and reopen explorer, does only one tab load, or does your group load in my case only one tab loads which is libraries. To get my group tabs open I have to right click and select my group, is it suppose to work this way ? Or should it remember the tabs you had open when you close explorer ?

 

[MilesAhead]

I think I answered this 3 times already. Please read the thread again.

 

[JerometheGiraff]

I did follow what you said in this thread, I can't get QTTabBar to save the group settings so they load on start up. The group is underlined in the Groups start up but it won't load the groups when I restart explorer. Thank you for your help, I tried all that I could, hopefully they fix this in a future release when and if that update comes I'll just have to load the group each time I start explorer.

 

[MilesAhead]

You're welcome. Your best bet may be to watch this site for a chance to get support directly from the author(s):

QTTabBar

 

[JerometheGiraff]

I've tried that, but if I must I'll try again.