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12. Desktop Plugins

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Add the option to add multiple communities into the windows desktop plugin

afaik there are no options in the windows desktop plugin to add multiple communities into the windowsdesktop plugin, I read somewhere that this can be done using the windows registry but this is not feasible for the endusers. thanks
11 months ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Needs Review

ADMX Templates for Desktop Plugins

To configure group policies in a Windows Domain, typically ADMX templates are used. However, for the desktop plugins, only old ADM Templates are available, which don't work well with current Windows versions. The old ADM Files were used with Group...
over 1 year ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Remove character limitation from Output condition value .

While running the web services job we are not able to track all status due to character limitation of 256. Increasing the length will help in tracking the various status of the job execution.
over 1 year ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Needs Clarification

Desktop Plugins - ability to include/exclude certain file types when automatically locking upon open

The Desktop Plugins provide the ability to set file locking preferences. The following preference results in files being locked when they are opened: Always lock Connections files when opening and unlock when publishing changes. While this may be ...
over 1 year ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Track Read events by Connections Desktop Plugin in Metrics

Regarding documentation at https://ds_infolib.hcltechsw.com/ldd/lcwiki.nsf/dx/IBM_Connections_4.0_Metrics_Frequently_Asked_Questions ... Read events originate from Connections Desktop Plugin are currently NOT tracked by Metrics (limitation confirm...
over 1 year ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Under Consideration

Hide Desktop Plugin for Windows icon option during installation

Add an option to hide Desktop Plugin icon for Windows during installation process.
almost 2 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Add views in the desktop plugin to show all locked files (in personal and community files!)

With locking now becoming more prevalent now the desktop plugin allows for automatic locking (great addition!), it would be great to add views to easily identify locked files: Each person should have a view that shows all files locked by them, reg...
almost 2 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Ability to apply default/template view to Desktop Plugin folder views in Windows

Requesting the ability to apply folder template view to the way the Desktop Plugin displays folder contents in Windows.
about 2 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 3 Under Consideration

Desktop Plugin for Linux

As a Linux user, I would love to see the desktop plugin made available for Linux systems as well. So that you can easily access your files without having to launch the browser. This should be possible in a similar way as under macOS? In recent tim...
over 2 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 2 No Plans to Implement

Change default value of overwriting a newer version via desktop-plugin

In case a user is working in an outdated version of a file in Connections saved as a local draft e.g. and tries to upload this version as the newest version to Connections, the plug-in prompts the user that the server file has changed since the us...
almost 3 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration