REQUEST: allow manual add/show network shortcuts in groups

[Not Sure]

This could be very useful, especially for enterprise:

display network shortcuts ` %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Network` (network "drives" without a letter assigned to them) in OC under maybe `Network` group, or allow adding individual network shortcuts to any user defined group

[Stephen Holden]

Agree that would be handy, but be aware that showing drives that are not always connected may cause slowdowns and stuttering in the app when the drives are disconnected.  I run Rainmeter on my PC and show drives and if I keep network drives displayed Rainmeter freezes for a second or two whenever it tries to enumerate disconnected network shares.  Of course, that may be just the way Rainmeter interrogates drives...

S.

[Not Sure]

Agreed! As a workaround, I found that just adding individual folders within some network drive to a custom group works OK for my use case, but individual millage may differ.

[OneCommander Support]

I don't know how rainmeter does that but Windows APIs querying if drive is ready are horrible, and I've seen it freeze thread - UI or threadpool, whether disconnected drives, some external HDDs, even empty card readers. OC can show those, but it is intentionally removed as it slows down the entire system (not only OC, even in Explorer, Open/Save dialogs will turn $5K PC into a 386). I've spent days on it and don't have a good solution. I have a few more ideas but I am not sure when I'll get to that, as there is not a good chance it will work in a satisfactory way.