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Change Studio file locations

Guilherme R Basilio

Hi.

Studio creates a folder tree in "My Documents". Is it possible to change the location of this tree to another location, e.g., OneDrive, different volume?

I am able to do it on an individual basis, i.e., per project, but I would like to get a configuration (preferences, options) where I changed once and forgot.

Best.

Guilherme R Basilio

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  • 0 in reply to Paul
    So if you change the location of your projects it won't affect the location of your Translation Memories and TermBases. Studio will still know where to find them.

    Provided, the path to TMs/TBs is exact the same after you moved the project. For example, if the TM/TB was stored in the same location as the project and you move the project, the path to TM/TB will change and Studio will request you to enter the new path when opening the project again.

    This works like that:
    Project and project files are the same as your car, fully loaded for holiday. The car is moving around, but you all the time know, where the things are, regardless of the position of the car. This is why the project can be moved. But TMs and TBs are treated by Studio in a different way. They are not seen as a part of the car, but as a part of the car location at the very moment the car has been loaded. So if you start in Frankfurt/Main Studio will consider your TM/TB to be in Frankfurt/Main. Now you drive with the project to Cologne and take the TMs/TBs in your trunk with you. Studio will see all the files being with the car in Cologne, but will still assume TMs/TBs to be in Frankfurt. Thus it will not find them.

    Conclusion: create a special folder for TMs/TBs , where they will be kept for all your projects. This will be the absolute path Studio will remember. Then you can move all your projects around the place, changing the relative paths for project files - and Studio will put the relative and absolute paths together and not moan about missing resources or whatever.

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  • 0 in reply to Jerzy Czopik

    Unknown said:
    Provided, the path to TMs/TBs is exact the same after you moved the project. For example, if the TM/TB was stored in the same location as the project and you move the project, the path to TM/TB will change and Studio will request you to enter the new path when opening the project again.

    You're right of course Jerzy.  But we were talking about the path in Project templates and not about moving existing projects themselves.  Always good to re confirm these things though.

    Thanks.

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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  • 0 in reply to Paul
    Managing files and folders in a computer seems to be a very hard and tight task, I reckon. There are so many translators out there, who make very big eyes, when asked about their management of files and folders. Having a system on that, separating files and folders for work from the operating system (for example NOT storing everything in the Libraries of Windows 10 unless these libraries have been moved to another drive) should be something natural for us translators, who have to deal with so many files. But unfortunately there are only a few people I know, who manage that in a more sophisticated way. My impression is, that the vast majority just saves the files somewhere, without even thinking of the location.
    Best regards, Jerzy

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