Read Layout.ini as relative paths

[Thaliur]

HI Jeroen,
I think this will be a pretty easy addition/change:

When MyDefrag analyses the Boot Optimisation file, I guess it would be a good idea to make the function use relative paths, for finding the Layout.ini as well as for selecting the files.
I don't know how the relative path to Layout.ini might work, but I think it's not more than one line of code that has to be changed, and when reading the file, the "C:\" part of each line would just need to be read as "?:\" and passed on to the file selector.

The benefit would be:
Users can connect system disks to computers they don't belong to, so none of the files on the disk would be in use during defragmentation, only some of the NTFS files maybe, and everything could be arranged as desired.
Of course, this would also work with a VHD of the local system which can then be restored to an optimised state.

But if there is a way to do this using scripts, I'd be more than happy

[jonib]

But if there is a way to do this using scripts, I'd be more than happy

I have made a small tool that can use the layout.ini from a non-booted Windows AltLayout.

jonib

[jeroen]

I think this will be a pretty easy addition/change:

Thanks for sharing your idea, I appreciate it. The Layout.ini file will usually contain only paths to files on the system disk, but it is entirely possible (I have seen it) that there are paths to other disks. It incorrect to assume that all the paths in the layout.ini file point to files on the disk where the layout.ini was found. Another problem is that a disk can have more than one layout.ini file, from multiboot installations.

But if there is a way to do this using scripts, I'd be more than happy

See the ImportListFromFile fileboolean. It can import a layout.ini file from anywhere you want. It cannot replace driveletters, you would have to do that outside MyDefrag, for example with Jonib's tool.

[Thaliur]

I think this will be a pretty easy addition/change:

Thanks for sharing your idea, I appreciate it. The Layout.ini file will usually contain only paths to files on the system disk, but it is entirely possible (I have seen it) that there are paths to other disks. It incorrect to assume that all the paths in the layout.ini file point to files on the disk where the layout.ini was found. Another problem is that a disk can have more than one layout.ini file, from multiboot installations.

But if there is a way to do this using scripts, I'd be more than happy

See the ImportListFromFile fileboolean. It can import a layout.ini file from anywhere you want. It cannot replace driveletters, you would have to do that outside MyDefrag, for example with Jonib's tool.

That's what I've done so far. It's not a bad way to do it, I just hoped there might be a more elegant, automated solution.
Thank you anyway, Jeroen and Jonib