Changing folder paths in Windows version doesn't stick

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drjoe
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Changing folder paths in Windows version doesn't stick

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I'm using SABnzbd for Windows ver. 0.7.20
I am unable to change the default folder paths.

Under Config | Folders
1. Change the path of Temporary Download Folder to C:\Downloads\incomplete
2. Change the path of Completed Download Folder to C:\Downloads\complete
3. Click Save Changes
4. Exit and return and you will notice that the settings are back to their original state.

Sonarr is complaining about the default path and I need to change it to a shorter one.

There seems to be an issue in using forward slash / and backslash \ in the folder paths.

I checked the Config File: C:\Users\drjoe\AppData\Local\sabnzbd\sabnzbd.ini and there are no folder path entries. Is there a way to add those entries manually until the bug is fixed? Thanks for your help.
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shypike
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Re: Changing folder paths in Windows version doesn't stick

Post by shypike »

Could be a web browser bug.
Stop SABnzbd and edit the sabnzbd.ini file directly, using Notepad.

There's no problem with mixing forward and backward slashes, Windows can deal with that.
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Re: Changing folder paths in Windows version doesn't stick

Post by drjoe »

Thanks shypike for your quick response. Actually, I had tried it in both IE11 and Chrome on my Windows 8.1 Pro laptop. I was able to isolate the issue. Here is what happened:
Sonarr for Windows complained about mixed paths when I attempted to configure it with sabnzbd as the download client.

Under the Folders tab, I had:
1. Default Base Folder: C:\Users\drjoe\Documents (with backslashes)
2. Temporary Download Folder set to downloads/incomplete (with forward slash)
3. Completed Download Folder set to downloads/complete (with forward slash)

I tried to change 2 and 3 above to C:\Downloads\incomplete and C:\Downloads\complete but it would not let me save them.

However, I was able to save them after I edited the Folder/Path values and saved them in the Categories tab.

In any case, I was able to get the paths to be all consistent so that Sonarr does not complain. So if I may suggest one thing is for the Windows install to set all the paths by default to use the backslash.

Again, thank you for your support and I much appreciate it.
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Re: Changing folder paths in Windows version doesn't stick

Post by shypike »

Because SABnzbd is a multi-platform app, it may mix path types at times.
Windows has no issue with that, too bad Sonarr doesn't handle it well.
I'll see whether it can be fixed.
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