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Jamovi change default file save path

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:00 pm
by AndreasB
Hey!

We use the Downloads folder as the default file save path for Office within our University for Students. It is set with GPO.

As there is no GPO you can set for the same change for Jamovi. I wonder is there any other way to change it within Jamovi?

Re: Jamovi change default file save path

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:06 am
by jonathon
so jamovi should "remember" where you last saved your files ... or are you wanting to set the default?

jonathon

Re: Jamovi change default file save path

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 6:47 am
by AndreasB
Set the default.

Re: Jamovi change default file save path

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 7:06 am
by jonathon
take a look in the user AppData folder ... under windows i think this is C:\Users\Username\AppData\ ... and you should find a folder for jamovi in there, and once you've found that, you should find a settings.json file.

if you set it to something like:

{"main": {"mainWorkingDir": "{{Downloads}}", ...

you should have it default to the downloads folder.

cheers

Re: Jamovi change default file save path

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 11:52 am
by AndreasB
{"main": {"mainWorkingDir": "{{Downloads}}", "openPlace": "thispc"}, "modules": {}, "backstage": {}}

Saddenly it did not work.

Re: Jamovi change default file save path

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 11:24 pm
by jonathon
fire up jamovi, open a file from downloads, close jamovi, reopen, check that it defaults to that last location ... then go and take a look at that settings.json and figure out what it's doing. this can't not work :)

jonathon