Default download folder on Vista

[crummy]

On my Vista machine, the root directory for downloads is "C:\Users\me\Documents" and I can choose further from there - e.g. "downloads\incomplete".

However, I'd like to download to "C:\users\me\Downloads" - the default Vista folder for downloads. Is there a way to force sabnzbd to do this?

(I tried using the mklink command - "mklink /d /h downloads c:\users\me\downloads" - but got an Access Denied error. Damn.)

[shypike]

Just use absolute paths in the entry fields.
Paths beginning with X: or \ are not relative to "C:\Users\me\Documents".

[crummy]

Incorrect parameter

Error: cannot create complete_dir directory "C:\Users\me\Downloads".

It seems like it's trying to create the directory when it already exists?

Edit: Log says "2008-04-08 17:46:08,275 ERROR complete_dir directory: c:\users\me\downloads error accessing"

[shypike]

I'm not sure c:\users\me\Downloads is real folder in Vista.
It may have a special status.
SABnzbd normally does not give errors when a folder already exists.
I'll look into it.

[alexaa]

I'd add to this, I have the same problem in Vista. When I try to set my download folder to: D:\Downloads or D:\Downloads\, I get this error message: Error: cannot create complete_dir directory "D:\Downloads".

If I set it to a folder within D:\Downloads, such as D:\Downloads\Usenet, then it works.

It's just a major annoyance to have to do this and then need to go through and manage a different folder. This may however be a Vista issue if anyone could verify this. I say so because I also use Cabos to download music and I get a disc read error when using my downloads folder, but if i set my downloads to a different folder within D:\Downloads, it works fine.

[alexaa]

I got this issue fixed using the smpl interface, give it a try.

[alexaa]

it was working under smpl in beta 4.2; I wasn't able to get 4.4 to work properly but i'll be trying it again.

More problems came up:

since i reinstalled vista today, i can set all my folder properly except for the downloads folder which doesn't seem to stick. I'll modify my post over the next day or so as I get the chance to properly try out the new beta version and I'll let you know exactly what happened.

Besides this are there any logs that I should include to help you resolve this?

[alexaa]

I upgraded to 4.4. The folders register properly under the default interface and smpl.

One new problem I am now having is that my categories folders do not register. I set them to pre-configured folders but the downloads still go into my default download folder. this was tested with 3 different windows computers which are all on vista.

That feature doesn't work under either 4.2 or 4.4, I'll create a new post if this is not resolved in the next version.

[Samushka]

i can cofirm im having the same problem as AlexAA in Windows 2008 Server.

my newzbin categories are set properly, but the processed files do not resolve into their predefined folders.

[Samushka]

Got it to work by manually editing the .ini config file, and placing complete the directory path in there.

[alexaa]

1 more problem, The folders seem to work now... But When I save a .nzb file to my watched folder (or anywhere else on my computer), the file disappears, it gets picked up by the program, but the file doesn't show up in the queue. If I use newzbin and click on the orange arrow, the file never shows up in my queue. the only way the file shows up in my queue is if I download the nzb as a zip file.

[shypike]

Please set the logging level to "debug" and look at the logging messages.

But when I save a .nzb file to my watched folder (or anywhere else on my computer), the file disappears, it gets picked up by the program, but the file doesn't show up in the queue.

What do you mean by "anywhere else on my computer"? SABnzbd scans only the watched folder.

BTW: Beta's are meant to get feedback from the community. Expect (some) problems when you use them.

[switch]

Check your url is correct under the options of nzbdstatus (the firefox plugin).

If you are using localhost as the location of sabnzbd try the following:
http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd/
http://127.0.0.1:8080/sabnzbd/
http://[::1]:8080/sabnzbd/