LinkWindows to %appdata%

[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

[bendurso]

I know this is an older post, but it seems appropriate to comment here.

Currently, most of us only distribute VST3 plugins for Windows, right? (except for those who distribute AAX)

If we create an installer that sends the .vst3 file and the samples folder to C:/Common Files/VST3/My Plugin, and we also put the LinkWindows file in %APPDATA%\My Company\My Plugin\Samples to redirect to the samples folder "C:/Common Files/VST3/My Plugin/Samples", it will be set up automatically for Windows users. I believe that 99% of users have their main drive as C.

[Lindon]

@bendurso said in LinkWindows to %appdata%:

I know this is an older post, but it seems appropriate to comment here.

Currently, most of us only distribute VST3 plugins for Windows, right? (except for those who distribute AAX)

If we create an installer that sends the .vst3 file and the samples folder to C:/Common Files/VST3/My Plugin, and we also put the LinkWindows file in %APPDATA%\My Company\My Plugin\Samples to redirect to the samples folder "C:/Common Files/VST3/My Plugin/Samples", it will be set up automatically for Windows users. I believe that 99% of users have their main drive as C.

but 90% of them dont use the C drive for their samples....

[bendurso]

@Lindon hehe makes sense. It will only work for small size libraries.

[bendurso]

Has anyone tried making Inno Setup fill the LinkWindows file with the user's chosen sample location? I mean, to create a step in the installer where the user selects the sample location, and then populates LinkWindows with that location.

[Matt_SF]

@bendurso take a look here :
https://forum.hise.audio/post/50153