Re: Default Folder X 5.2.6b6
Aquilino Neadstine
I would like to change the default path for saving layers ("Save as" in the main layers panel). Now the default is C:\Program Files\QGIS Lyon\bin (in which I even don't have the rights to save apparently...).
I even saved the whole QGIS project in the by me desired folder. Every single shp file I want to save, is by directed to the QGIS Lyon\bin folder by default; unless I first click the "browse"-button, then it goes to the desired folder; If I don't first click the "browse"-button, it directs to the bin folder.
On my Windows 10 install of QGIS 3.10 the default folder is set in the properties of the shortcut used to start QGIS (on my system the shortcut is located in the following folder C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs).
Right clicking on the Shortcut and choosing properties from the menu allows me to see and change the 'Start in:' folder location, which changes where my QGIS session saves newly created layers by default:
Changing where shp files are saved to match a project home folder is possible, but not absolutely seamless as QGIS uses the default folder set by the shortcut used to start it until you click the dots in the New Shapefile Layer dialogue box.
The code sets the variable 'prjhomepath' to the projects home folder, checks to see if it exists, if it does then it changes the lastVectorFileFilterDir folder setting to match. To check it's worked go to create a new shp file, click on the dots:
Rather than having to mess around with code/macros it would be great to have a QGIS project setting that allowed you to tick a box to use the home folder as the default file location. It would also be good if QGIS used the folder settings in QGIS3.ini on start up rather than on dialogue initiation which seems to currently be the case.
I am fairly new to Emacs and I have been trying to figure out how to change the default folder for C-x C-f on start-up. For instance when I first load Emacs and hit C-x C-f its default folder is C:\emacs\emacs-21.3\bin, but I would rather it be the desktop. I believe there is some way to customize the .emacs file to do this, but I am still unsure what that is.
When you start Emacs using an MS Windows shortcut, the default-directory is initially the folder (directory) specified in the "Start In" field of the shortcut properties. Right click the shortcut, select Properties, and type the path to your desktop in the Start In field.
The default folder is actually the same as the current working folder for the buffer, i.e. it can be different for every file you work with. Say that the file you are working with is located in C:\dir_a, then the working directory for that buffer will by default be C:\dir_a. You can change this with M-x cd and type in whatever directory you would like to be the default instead (and by default I mean the one that will show up when you do C-x C-f).
If you start emacs without opening a file, you will end up with the *scratch* buffer open. If you started emacs from a Windows shortcut, the working directory will be the same as that specified in the shortcut properties. If you started it from the command line, it will be the directory from where you started it. You can still change this default directory with M-x cd, also from the *scratch* buffer.
I am using emacs 22.2.1 under Windows XP and have been helped by the answers above to get the response in the minibuffer I want to the command C-x C-f. Initially I was getting"Find file: C:\Program Files\emacs\bin/" like Anton.I have HOME set to "C:\Documents and settings\USER NAME\My Documents".The response to C-x C-f I want in the minibuffer is "Find file: /". By adding (setq default-directory "C:/Documents and Settings/USER NAME/My Documents") to my .emacs file I was able to get the response "Find file: C:\Documents and settings\USER NAME\My Documents/" which is functionally the same as "Find file: /". However, I noticed one further point. "Customize Emacs" under "Options" allowed me to inhibit the startup screen. Now when I open emacs I go immediately to the scratch buffer. When I type C-x C-f in the scratch buffer I get the exact response I want.
Additionally, if you have organized your notes into multiple root folders (Personal, Work etc...), you can copy multiple such shortcuts in each folder to open various instances of emacs with their own default directories.
Now, I ran the program emacs-23.3\bin\addpm.exe as recommended, and the Windows-8 screen (that horrendous invention from Microsoft) it appeared an icon-link to Emacs. But there you have to change again the property 'Start In'. (It is different from the one in the desktop).Just right-click, choose in the bottom bar 'Open the file location' (or similar, I did it in my language), and you are taken to the folder with a new shortcut, in which you can (must) also change the property 'Start In:'.
I would even say that it may not be useful at all. After all this is an empty folder that is not shared with anyone (as opposed to, say, Dropbox or Nextcloud where the folder is automatically shared/synchronized somewhere).
Either someone already has data to synchronize (and therefore shares the folder), or would create it themselves. I would be curious how many people actually use that default folder (maybe there is some telemetry on that?)
This is probably a fairly new tenant. We have disabled creation of classic folders for new tenants. Only modern folders can be used. But you can create your robots here, do anything you did with the old folder and more: -modern-folders
Hi @gghugtyal,
Welcome to the Community!
Please check this post: Classic folder is missing - solution (New Orchestrator release)
There is no default folder anymore. Right now robot are part of the Modern Folders and configuration for them is possible by settings for your user.
Managing Robots
I'm searching for a method to achieve that, but my research has thus far has only yielded a way that relies on the end user selecting the appropriate folder. While that's reasonable, ideally, we'd like to have the folder default accordingly to reduce errors and misplaced files.
For instance, say we have a custom field called Document 1. We want to always store it in a folder called Document 1. We don't want the user to have to click on the upload file button and manually select Document 1 each time. And if there was a field and folder named Document 2, we want that to default to Document 2.
And because of this, the backup funtion won't work. This is sloppy programming! I was using Glacier from Synology (which is FREE BTW) and i just point it at my folders and BOOM! backed up. This bit of software cant even backup if the files are not where DropBox programmers have decided they must be. Really Bad Idea. anyone these days with a pc or laptop, which can use a second drive WILL move their folders off the boot drive. unless they have a death wish, of course...
That's not how the backup feature works with Dropbox. It doesn't back up those folders from their original location and just copy the data to your Dropbox account. It MOVES those folders into your Dropbox folder so they sync like any other file or folder in your Dropbox. It can only move them into Dropbox if they exist in their original location.
Since all that the Dropbox backup feature does is actually move your desktop/documents/downloads etc. folders INTO the Dropbox folder, you can do this manually through the Windows file explorer instead (not sure about the process for other platforms) to achieve the same effect, rather than Dropbox not being able to recognise the folders unless they are in the default location.
1) First, move your Dropbox folder onto the D drive if it's not already - click on the Dropbox application icon in the taskbar right-hand corner, click your profile picture and select Preferences. Go to the Sync tab and under 'Dropbox folder location' click Move. Set it so that the location is D:\Users\XXX\Dropbox and move all the files over (might take some time if there's lots of files in your Dropbox already).
2) Now open Windows file explorer, navigate to your Desktop folder, right-click on it and select Properties. Under the Location tab click on 'Move...' and navigate to the Dropbox folder, or manually type the file path D:\Users\XXX\Dropbox\Desktop and click OK. Hit yes if it asks to create the new folder and if you want to move all the files over to the new location etc.
Now your default locations for saving to these folders are contained within your Dropbox folder on the computer and therefore will automatically sync and backup any changes that are made to your Dropbox account. Hope this helps!
I installed dropbox as usual in one of my computers. But it won't backup the desktop because it says it's not in the default location. However I never changed it. The only thing I can think of is that the OS is set to spanish and the desktop folder is called the "escritorio" folder. But that's so very standard that I'm surprised it doesn't work. It's very frustating but at the same time made me not use my desktop as much for important documents.
I install your app to mantain a folder to share between various machines an when it start to "backup" my documents folder (I don't want this, only a specific folder) I stop the app then my "my documents" folder dissapear from my harddrive...
I uninstalled Dropbox Backup yesterday (don't ask) and everything went well. I have always been able to see my Dropbox Backup files in the Dropbox folder (as hidden files). I reinstalled today and again everything went OK. However, I cannot see those files in the Dropbox folder any more, not even as hidden files. A bit of research suggests that they should be in Library/Cloud Storage. They are not. In fact, they don't seem to be anywhere. Where are they? I am running Ventura 13.1 on my 2020 iMac.
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