Hi all,
Happy to find this thread! As a new user I also tried to find the configuration option where I could set the Settings and assets folder but could not. Now I know it does not exist
My use case is the same, I switch often from laptop to desktop and all settings and assets are lost. The ability to set a folder would solve many issues as I'd then be able to store all of that on my external SSD disk which holds of my data and is hooked up either to the laptop or the desktop depending on what I'm currently using (windows 10).
Indeed by just having the ability to set a settings and/or assets folder for Designer, one can put that data on an external disk, on a onedrive/GDrive/Dropbox folder to sync it, etc
I had not thought about the licensing issue for sharing though and this might be an obstacle
@R C-R Only the initial sync would take some times, updates are real quick. And as you have the local copy anyway, no internet location is not an issue unless you forgot to sync the folder before leaving.
Dropbox/GDrive/OneDrive do that automatically and transparently, unless I'm not understanding what you say. Maybe an issue would be for Designer to adjust to, say, an asset that was modified in the background since the app was launched? Something developers could handle I think.
@Aammppaa @s.auler On windows, you can create "Junctions" which are equivalent to symlinks on Linux and Mac. This is what I use on the other app I have that don't let me customize the storage paths.
I am happy to report that this seems to work fine with Affinity Designer for assets and configuration. I:
- Quit AD
- Moved the C:\Users\{{my_user_name}}\AppData\Roaming\Affinity folder to {{my_external_drive}}:\system\data\Affinity
- Created a junction from C:\Users\{{my_user_name}}\AppData\Roaming\Affinity to {{my_external_drive}}:\system\data\Affinity
- Restarted AD: all config and custom assets were there after restarting.
For me the target folder is on my external SSD drive but if it works that way, you can also put the target folder on a Dropbox/GDrive/OneDrive to have it synced between machines. Likewise for a shared network drive.
Again, a configurable assets and/or config path would likely be more resilient.
Cheers
