Gnutella Forums  

Go Back   Gnutella Forums > Current Gnutella Client Forums > LimeWire+WireShare (Cross-platform) > Technical Support > General Vista, Windows 7 or later Support
Register FAQ The Twelve Commandments Members List Calendar Arcade Find the Best VPN Today's Posts

General Vista, Windows 7 or later Support Concerns all issues with using LimeWire or WireShare in the Vista and Windows 7, 8 or 10 operating system


Like Tree1Likes
  • 1 Post By Showtime Jesse

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #5 (permalink)  
Old March 23rd, 2013
Lord of the Rings's Avatar
ContraBanned
 
Join Date: June 30th, 2004
Location: Middle of the ocean apparently (middle earth)
Posts: 671
Lord of the Rings has a distinguished reputationLord of the Rings has a distinguished reputationLord of the Rings has a distinguished reputation
Default

I forgot about this issue until now.
You can find and open (with WordPad) the limewire.props file within the LW preferences folder and find this line: DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=
Change it to whatever location you prefer. For example:
the default is either:
DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=C\:\\Documents and Settings\\Username\\My Documents\\LimeWire\\Saved
or
DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=C\:\\Documents and Settings\\Username\\LimeWire\\Saved

changed to:
DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=C\:\\Documents and Settings\\Username\\My Documents\\Downloads\\LW Downloads
Notice there needs to be a double slash between directories.

Likewise you can manually change the download location of the media types by inserting extra lines into the props file. This also works. Example:
DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_video_FILES=C\:\\Documents and Settings\\Username\\My Documents\\My Videos

DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_audio_FILES=C\:\\Documents and Settings\\Username\\My Documents\\My Music

(But no blank lines between each line!) Don't forget to save the document keeping the .props file extension. And make sure LW is closed before you attempt this and not sitting in the Tray.

I know this is a hassle way to change the download directories, but since most people do not change them often, you will only need to do it once.

* Note: the folder must already exist before you make the above change. If it does not exist, create the folder first.

Oh and you might want to change DIRETORY_FOR_SAVING_LWS_FILES= to something else. It is a totally unused folder now because the LW Online Shop no longer exists. Perhaps make it same as your regular download folder and delete the original. (The Diretory misspelling is in the original LW code.)

There is a method for forcing LW to keep its incomplete files wherever you choose, not necessarily beside the download folder which it does by default. (If you use different directories for media types, then by default the incomplete folder usually moves next to where the audio downloads are. ie: same parent directory)
There is an alternate way to set the incomplete download folder location but is a little more complex.
Reply With Quote
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 05:37 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
SEO by vBSEO 3.6.0 ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.

Copyright © 2020 Gnutella Forums.
All Rights Reserved.