Change folder path after it becomes inaccessable

[finalfantasyaddict]

I am trying to find a way to link to the Local Folder in the case that the current folder path becomes inaccessible (owing to a network disconnection, HDD removal etc.).

To put it somewhat visually...

[UTILITIES]
This button when pressed (current code is below) usually heads to the 「HDD I:\」 Drive's 「[Utilities]」 folder but assuming the HDD is taken offline/removed etc. I would like the path to instead point to (for example) C:\Users\User\Desktop\[Utilities].



The current code below, only attests to having access to the location. I am unsure as to the correct IF - coupling needed or the particular condition needed to take, if that is what I need to do at all.

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Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=styleTitle
X=100
Y=210
W=190
H=18
Text="Utilities"
LeftMouseUpAction=["I:\[Utilities]"]
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[killall-q]

Code: Select all

[MeasureIDrive]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=I:
Type=1
IgnoreRemovable=0
IfAboveValue=2
IfAboveAction=!SetOption Utilities LeftMouseUpAction ["I:\[Utilities]"]
IfBelowValue=2
IfBelowAction=!SetOption Utilities LeftMouseUpAction ["C:\Users\User\Desktop\[Utilities]"]

[finalfantasyaddict]

Thank you for the quick reply but your code doesn't seem to have fixed the problem.
Although I am able to see what should be happening, the filepath when removed (which is correct) does not resolve leaving to pressing the meter and nothing happening.

Is there any ideas / a bit more explanation as to other things that need to be done?

[killall-q]

Is the folder name literally [Utilities]? I thought that was a little odd. Corrections to the path you should be able to do yourself.

[finalfantasyaddict]

The Folder name literally is [Utilities].

The problem is that using the code you gave me, the folder on the external HDD opens when the device is plugged in (the I:\ Drive) as it should. However, when disconnected the Local Folder [Utilities] does not open. My last post was meant to say that I had checked that all file paths were correct and they were however when the external HDD is removed the meter when clicked does not open any folder at all.

[jsmorley]

You may want to escape that as [*Utilities*] in the bang(s), so they don't try to treat it as a Rainmeter [SectionName]. Particularly since you actually have a section in the skin named [Utilities].

[finalfantasyaddict]

I had thought that I may be causing a problem with the square brackets so I tried renaming the folder without the [] but it still wouldn't change the folder path when the HDD went offline.

[finalfantasyaddict]

Well it turns out I got it working by telling it to change meters depending on the measure rather than trying to change the filepath (still doesn't seem to work even with no square brackets). I ended up pulling a trick with the !ShowMeter / !Hide Meter bangs if anyone is interested. An example code (using mostly illustro variables and styles) is below.

Thanks to killall-q for the hint with the FreeDiskSpace value. I was looking for something similar that I thought was in a different section.

Thanks to jsmorley for the escaping variables hint. Rainmeter seems to have decided that it is a valid filepath without them though if it won't resolve the filepath in the future I will find if this is the cause first off.


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[Variables]
; Variables declared here can be used later on between two # characters (e.g. #MyVariable#).
fontName=Trebuchet MS
textSize=8
colorBar=235,170,0,255
colorText=255,255,255,205

;-----------------------------------Styles-----------------------------------

[styleTitle]
StringAlign=CENTER
StringCase=UPPER
StringStyle=BOLD
StringEffect=SHADOW
FontEffectColor=0,0,0,50
FontColor=#colorText#
FontFace=#fontName#
FontSize=10
AntiAlias=1
ClipString=1

;-----------------------------------Measures-----------------------------------

[MeasureUtilities]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=Y:
Type=1
IgnoreRemovable=0
IfAboveValue=2
IfAboveAction=[!ShowMeter meterUtilitiesON] [!HideMeter meterUtilitiesOFF]
;Finds if the HDD is online and changes the meter to the display the External HDD Utilities folder meter
IfBelowValue=2
IfBelowAction=[!ShowMeter meterUtilitiesOFF] [!HideMeter meterUtilitiesON]
;Finds if the HDD is offline and changes the meter to the display the Local HDD Utilities folder meter

;-----------------------------------Meters-----------------------------------

[meterUtilitiesON]
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=styleTitle
MeasureName=MeasureUtilities
X=100
;Make the ON and OFF meters identical in positioning
Y=12
;Make the ON and OFF meters identical in positioning
W=190
H=18
Hidden=1
Text="Utilities"
;This text can be changed to read "HDD Utilities" or equivalent to express the state of the External HDD.
LeftMouseUpAction=["Y:\[Utilities]"]
; Left-clicking this meter will launch the [Utilities] folder in the External Y:\ Drive.

[meterUtilitiesOFF]
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=styleTitle
MeasureName=MeasureUtilities
X=100
;Make the ON and OFF meters identical in positioning
Y=12
;Make the ON and OFF meters identical in positioning
W=190
H=18
Hidden=1
Text="Utilities"
;This text can be changed to read "Local Utilities" or equivalent to express the state of the External HDD.
LeftMouseUpAction=["C:\Users\User\Desktop\[Utilities]"]
; Left-clicking this meter will launch the local [Utilities] Folder.

;-----------------------------------OPTIONAL-----------------------------------
;;Delete the semi-colons in the front of all lines of the following to display the status of the External Drive Y:/ as text (REMOVED or FIXED)

;[meterYTest]
;Meter=STRING
;MeterStyle=styleTitle
;MeasureName=MeasureUtilities
;X=100
;Y=30
;;Shows this meter below the [Utilities] folder text meter
;W=190
;H=18
;Text="%1"