Plazma


To all you girls that are having hissy fits

is this attitude really necessary?.. (and yes, the answer is NO)..
 
FYI in the time taken to get irate at folks trying to help you coud simply have reinstalled sonar and its content to the locations of your choice.

I prefer to ignore folks who seem incapable of polite and reasonable discussion.
 
But there is a major failing within Preferences>Files>Folder Locations dialog
 
With the Browser update of X1 Expanded (I don't think SONAR 8.5.3 behaved like this) we now seem to have the unsatisfactory situation where - redirecting for example the Cakewalk Projects Folder to a new location via the SONAR Preferences>Folder Locations only results in half of the expected outcome.

After making said Preference change when you then open up the New Project dialog from the
Files >New menu, you default to the New Location for your New Project, but, SONAR's Browser is not updated until you perform an edit of the registry - just another inconsistency for SONAR X1 users.

You expect one outcome from one action but in fact have to perform 2 seperate actions, ie 
1. editing the Registry and
2. Change Preferences>Folder Location (for Cakewalk Projects in this case) change before getting a unified result.

Of course that's only if I want to use any or all of the default locations specified within the Browser quick find dialog. I am free to endlessly click within the Browser and use it just like Windows explorer. Why Offer the Preference and not deliver on the expectation that you are infact in control of some preference you have.

Everytime I think I have this sucker licked another weird thing gets uncovered.

"mudgel"
Of course that's only if I want to use any or all of the default locations specified within the Browser quick find dialog. I am free to endlessly click within the Browser and use it just like Windows explorer. Why Offer the Preference and not deliver on the expectation that you are infact in control of some preference you have.

It's nice to see you took the time to check things out. And on the other hand it's understandable that from a support POV, even a simple registry edit can turn out to be a nightmare (some users will inadvertently/unwillingly mess it up). If Cakewalk prefers not to have members broadcast Sonar related registry "adjustments", then I suggest that they let it be known. I don't have a problem with this either way. 

It is not just one sub-key/data setting that will affect "Shared Content."

Depending upon which stuff you want to move, there are some more path bits here that you may need to change:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE :: Software :: Cakewalk Music Software :

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Just finished a new full install of Sonar Producer Expanded. Crap is put everywhere:
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk
C:\Program Files (x86)\Cakewalk
C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk                                 (hidden folder)
C:\Users\Jesse\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk     (hidden folder)

I am always guessing about where my presets and programs are actually saved.
(Last time I saved a Dimension pro program the dialog opened to the last folder I had open in the windows explorer. So I had to navigate to the DP folder (hidden) to place the prog file in a spot DP would then list correctly.  This is silly.)

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I had opened one of the included project files last night (C:\Cakewalk Projects\Cori Yarckin) with no problem.

And just now: I attempt to open Sonar and get this dialog:

Browse for folder: locate wavedata directory. 
And it shows this list:
desktop
libraries
jesse
computer
network

Why am I being asked for such.   Good thing I have disabled HIDE FOLDERs so I can browse into the area it probably resides.

No reason to use these silly locations.  NO user data should ever be saved in a location that is not, by default, easy to backup.
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Just now I loaded a DP program, and then attempted to SAVE AS, and this folder was displayed:
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X1 Producer\ProChannel Presets. Go figger.