Upgrade StorageIs anyone else having problems with the Preferences > Advanced > Files and Folders dialogue
Sorry about the length of this first post.
The problem started somewhere between Standalone v4.0.26.4 and v5.0.42. I had stopped using Zotero for a while and came back to it. After a reinstall to go from v4 to v5 I had problems moving to the custom library location that I wanted. To overcome this I reinstalled a v4 and then located my library with this, allowing the automatic updates to run to get this to v5. This caused the problems detailed at: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/71574/zotero-5-asks-to-move-my-library with the move or Not Now dialogue.
The dialogue path fields do not accept the locations I want to use. I did eventually get the data directory path accepted by transferring the whole profile directory to the new location and then deleting the files and folders which were not needed. The dialogue does not seem to accept a simple path such as: G:\Zotero.
Links to screenshots show how this happens:
The files and folders dialogue starts with the Revert to Absolutue paths button inactive:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/utl2ucrihqdy203/2. v5 Start of files and folders dialogue.jpg?dl=0
Clicking on the choose button for the base directory brings up the dialogue to select a folder:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nb49lvn2a0cfl2t/3. v5 Click on choose button for base directory.jpg?dl=0
After selecting a folder the change base directory dialogue comes up:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhus9hwji762nw7/4. v5 Click on change base directory button in dialogue.jpg?dl=0
Changing the base directory highlights the revert to absolute paths button, but does not show a path or select one when the preferences dialogue is closed and opened again saving the new settings:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yxjvkenjj1shzvo/5. v5 Revert to absolute paths button active.jpg?dl=0
This same behaviour happens with the Data Directory dialogue to change the location of the data directory to an external drive.
Thank you for any comments or help.
The problem started somewhere between Standalone v4.0.26.4 and v5.0.42. I had stopped using Zotero for a while and came back to it. After a reinstall to go from v4 to v5 I had problems moving to the custom library location that I wanted. To overcome this I reinstalled a v4 and then located my library with this, allowing the automatic updates to run to get this to v5. This caused the problems detailed at: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/71574/zotero-5-asks-to-move-my-library with the move or Not Now dialogue.
The dialogue path fields do not accept the locations I want to use. I did eventually get the data directory path accepted by transferring the whole profile directory to the new location and then deleting the files and folders which were not needed. The dialogue does not seem to accept a simple path such as: G:\Zotero.
Links to screenshots show how this happens:
The files and folders dialogue starts with the Revert to Absolutue paths button inactive:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/utl2ucrihqdy203/2. v5 Start of files and folders dialogue.jpg?dl=0
Clicking on the choose button for the base directory brings up the dialogue to select a folder:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nb49lvn2a0cfl2t/3. v5 Click on choose button for base directory.jpg?dl=0
After selecting a folder the change base directory dialogue comes up:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhus9hwji762nw7/4. v5 Click on change base directory button in dialogue.jpg?dl=0
Changing the base directory highlights the revert to absolute paths button, but does not show a path or select one when the preferences dialogue is closed and opened again saving the new settings:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yxjvkenjj1shzvo/5. v5 Revert to absolute paths button active.jpg?dl=0
This same behaviour happens with the Data Directory dialogue to change the location of the data directory to an external drive.
Thank you for any comments or help.
Beyond that, my guess would be that the location gets removed because Zotero can't find it at start-up, likely due to its location on an external drive.
After trying to set a linked path, if you go to the Advanced pane of the Zotero preferences, click on "Config Editor", and search for extensions.zotero.baseAttachmentPath, is there a value set?