I just insalled zotero 5.0 and My Library is empty

Dale Hoyt
How do I get my old zotero library into the stand alone zotero 5.0?
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    That should happen automatically.

    1) What were you using before?

    2) What's the current location of your Zotero data directory?

    3) Were you using a custom data directory before?

    4) Do you have a 'zotero' directory within either your Zotero profile directory or Firefox profile directory?
  • Dale Hoyt
    Got an error message with suggestion that I move the data directory manually. So I copied the zotero directory into C:/Programs(x86)/Zotero and it wasn't found.
    But I figured it out and its now working. I would have deleted the discussion but I don't know how to do that.
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    Yeah, C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero (if that's what you mean) isn't right, and isn't what it said. The default directory in 5.0 is C:\Users\:username:\Zotero. You should make sure that's the directory it's using, because C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero is just the application directory and can easily be deleted.

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