ZOTFILE - Impossible to change the place of the files
Hi,
I just downloaded Zotfile and after 2 hours lost searching what I was doing wrong on forums and websites, I finally post my problem:
Impossible to custom the location of my pdf files, they continue to go in the zotero default file for download.
> General Settings > Source folder for attacching new files > "C:\Users\ustilisateur\Downloads
OK
> Location of Files > Custom Location > "C:\Users\utilisateur\Documents\Thèse
But whatever I do, the pdfs are still stored in "C:\Users\utilisateur\Zotero\storage\" within a new file created for eachone.
If this doesn't work, don't know what to do with ZotFile...
Can you help me please?
I just downloaded Zotfile and after 2 hours lost searching what I was doing wrong on forums and websites, I finally post my problem:
Impossible to custom the location of my pdf files, they continue to go in the zotero default file for download.
> General Settings > Source folder for attacching new files > "C:\Users\ustilisateur\Downloads
OK
> Location of Files > Custom Location > "C:\Users\utilisateur\Documents\Thèse
But whatever I do, the pdfs are still stored in "C:\Users\utilisateur\Zotero\storage\" within a new file created for eachone.
If this doesn't work, don't know what to do with ZotFile...
Can you help me please?
Until now, I was using Zotero Standalone for my bibliography, without any pdfs attached because I wanted to have then directly accessible in my finder.
So I had a same "tree" of folders on my desktop to keep the pdfs. But too complicated when I decide to change the structure of this tree...
And I discovered ZotFile, so my idea is to rebuild my bibliography with pdfs:
C:\Users\utilisateur\Documents\These
I click on >Save to Zotero (Science Direct)
It goes with the pdf in Zotero, I see the file attached ant it has been renamed. But now, the pdf is in
C:\Users\utilisateur\Zotero\storage\
And even after >Manage Attachment> renaming it again, and again..
Thanks for your help
When I click on "Save to Zotero" on Science Direct for example, Zotero create directly an item in my library, with the pdf attached below. So, don't know if this is a "top-level PDFs"...
I have a reference in my librairy, without any pdf.
I click "Attached stored copy of file", I attach my pdf which comes from my desktop for exemple, and I finally find it there:
C:\Users\utilisateur\Zotero\storage\
And not in the specified folder
You said that "ZotFile doesn't automatically move existing files" but I read on few blogs that by following this procedure
>Manage Attachments >Rename
it is possible to move the files to the new specified folder.
Isn't it true?
Zotfile, i just downloaded it, so last one
so, no solution?
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/71162/pdf-drag-n-drop-problem
Here the link:
https://wetransfer.com/downloads/ccc604c2eb8d54da52bd04ca2f739e3420180330153708/ac29c7e4eed1d3c22e13d4422c2af4b820180330153708/d1cf9a
To remind, my goal is to have my pdfs there : C:\Users\utilisateur\Documents\These
And would be even better with a \%c connection, I mean in similar folders as the ones in my zotero library
You had a look to my documents?