LinkWindows to %appdata%

[arminh]

Hey, I tried to move my samples to product folder in %appdata% I put proper path in LinkWindows but when I loading VST it create %appdata% folder in the same place where .vst file is.

[arminh]

Any help?

[Christoph Hart]

Not sure I understand. %APPDATA% is just an internal wildcard on Windows that gets redirected to the user's app data directory. Have you put this exact string into the LinkWindows File?

[arminh]

I tried to play with this option again but without success. I have LinkWindows file with path like this

%APPDATA%/Roaming/My Company/My Plugin/Samples

and when im loading plugin instead this path i got something like

C:/Program Files/FL Studio/%APPDATA%/Roaming/My Company/My Plugin/Samples

I don't how to point to %APPDATA% folder.

[Lindon]

@arminh
first open a cmd window.

then type %APPDATA%

-- does that return the value you think it should?

[arminh]

Yes, without problems.

[arminh]

Any ideas?

My LinkWindows has only %appdata% and that's how it look inside vst


[d.healey]

@arminh Show us the contents of your LinkWindows file, and also the path to that file.

[arminh]

@d-healey this is my content in LinkWindows

%appdata%

Nothing more.

[d.healey]

@arminh Why is that in there? Did you put that in manually?

[arminh]

Yes, i put it manualy because i want store samples in product folder because wav has less then 50mb

[d.healey]

@arminh The LinkWindows file should point to the location of the samples - either .wav or .ch1

[arminh]

@d-healey yes i know it, but even when i have proper path to samples folder plugin create %appdata% folder inside DAW. Tested in Studio One and FL. That's how it looks when i have correct path to samples

LinkWindows file

%APPDATA%\My Company\My Plugin\Samples

[d.healey]

That isn't a proper path. Type %APPDATA%\My Company\My Plugin\Samples into the file browser path and hit enter.

This might help - https://librewave.com/knowledge-base/sample-library-installation-guide/#What_to_do_if_something_goes_wrong

[arminh]

@d-healey said in LinkWindows to %appdata%:

Type %APPDATA%\My Company\My Plugin\Samples into the file browser path and hit enter.

I tested it even with cmd cd, and windows explorer and it's poiting me to corretct folder.

I wanted to skip normal sample installation/folder chooser

[d.healey]

@arminh

Hey you're right! Been so long since I've used Winedoze.

You need to put a "normal" file path in there. For example this is what is in my Sofia Woodwinds LinkWindows file

Y:\Woodwinds\Sofia_Woodwinds\HISE\Samples