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#1 2010-09-07 12:15:46
Changing Saving Location
Please Help me by telling me how to change the Default saving Location for Scratch 1.4.
Currently it saves to the C:\ in the users profile which is deleted on logoff. It doesn't even remember the LAST saved location so I can't even set it.
I have 10,000 computers in an Education Network Environment and I have to fix this asap.
Windows XP version SHOULD use My Documents (with us it is redirected to H:\) as the Default. Why is it saving to the profile? No program, ever, saves to this folder.
I have tried to edit the .ini file on the local computer and put in
Home=H:\
However, it ignores it and still loads C:\Documents and Settings\username\Scratch Projects
There must be a way to do this otherwise how on earth can anyone use it in Education?
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#2 2010-09-07 13:54:44
- Nexstudent
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-02-07
- Posts: 1000+
Re: Changing Saving Location
to change were somthing automatically saves, when you click save, choose the scratch projects file, and it will always save there.
Hope this helps!
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#4 2010-09-07 14:34:40
- TheSuccessor
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-04-23
- Posts: 1000+
Re: Changing Saving Location
Change the scratch source code!
Open scratch, hold shift and click in the loop of the letter r in the scratch logo. Choose 'turn fill screen off'. Click down the bottom in the white space, choose open, then browser. Click Scratch-UI-Dialogs > ScratchFileChooserDialog, click the class button, then accessing > userScratchProjectsDir. Replace all the non-bold contents with the following code:
^ FileDirectory on: 'H:\'
Right click, click accept and type in your initials. Shift-Click-R again, then choose 'save image for end-user'. Depending on which OS you have, this will change it for either your account only or, hopefully, all other accounts.
Hope this helps. 
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