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[Greg Warner <gdwarner@xxxxxxxxx>]

As a workaround, you could assign the network share a drive letter in
Windows.  This is what I do at work.  Not very portable though.


On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Miguel Garza <garza.m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Using forward slashes does not work. The error message is the same (shows
> forward slashes either way) whether I use forward or backslashes:
>
> Could not find notebook:
>> file://////Panda/Desktop/ZimDesktopWikiPortable/Data/Notebooks/Notes
>>
>> Could not find the file or folder for this notebook
>>
>
> I can use forward slashes or backslashes, either one, in the dialog box to
> navigate to or create locations on the computer that Zim resides on.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 4:28 AM, Jaap Karssenberg <
> jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Miguel <garza.m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm running Zim Portable on Windows and wondering if it's possible to
>>> open a Notebook on a local area network computer? I've tried to do so but
>>> inputing the network computer's address in the Folder dialog textbox gives
>>> me an error (for example, something like "\\Computer2\Path\to\Notebook"
>>> does not resolve).
>>>
>>
>> Not sure - never tested it - so may not be supported by all file system
>> functions that we use. Might wrok, might be a small patch to make it work,
>> or may be a big issue due to some library lacking support.
>>
>> You could try using forward slashes, "//Computer/path/to/noteobok", if
>> that doesn't work either please post the detailed error message in a bug
>> report.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jaap
>>
>>
>
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