This is on XP. I haven't tried it (yet) on Windows 7. For testing purposes:
Alias PKG points to E:\Packages
Tab group P1, single tab, uses alias /PKG
Tab group P2, single tab, uses alias /PKG, tab is locked
Tab group P3, single tab, uses alias /PKG, tab is locked with allow folder changes
Tab group P4, single tab, uses E:\Packages, tab is locked with allow folder changes
P1 and P2 work as expected. P3 fails and P4 works as expected. It seems that whilst alias translation is supported, for some reason it is incompatible with locked + allow folder changes.
When I open an Alias in a new folder tab (locked, with folder changes allowed) everything works as expected (folder changes are allowed, but are only temporary.
Clicking the Root button or switching to another tab and then back reverts to the original folder). I'm using Windows Vista.
I've just tried on Windows 7 and the behaviour is the same as on XP. The code is almost identical for unlocked, locked, locked+allow.[ol][li]unlocked = tab flags="0" - works as expected.[/li]
[li]locked = tab flags="1" - works as expected.[/li]
[li]locked+allow = tab flags="2" - fails.[/li]
[li]Same as (3) but E:\Packages - works as expected.[/li][/ol]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<tabgroup active="0" closeexisting="no">
<tab flags="2" name="Packages Alias">
<pathstring>/packages</pathstring>
<format compatfiles="default" getsizes="default" inherit_columns="yes" inherit_hidefilter="yes" inherit_showfilter="yes" inherit_sorting="yes" inherit_view="yes" reverse="yes" sort="dirsfirst" threshhold="25" type="0" view_mode="details">
<field id="name" />
<field id="sizeauto" />
<field id="modified" sort="1" />
<field id="attr" />
<field id="desc" />
</format>
</tab>
</tabgroup>
To test, save this code as (for example) TestAlias.otg in \GPSoftware\Directory Opus\TabGroups. You will also have to create a /Packages alias or modify to use an existing alias of your own.