VCV update deletes previously saved patches?

keepitdolph · April 21, 2024, 9:26pm

has this happened to anyone else with newest v2.5.1 update? been using VCV for a long time and don’t think I’ve ever encountered this before.

keepitdolph · April 21, 2024, 9:26pm

sorry, seems to be loading now, must be something I overlooked!

BotanicalMusic · April 22, 2024, 1:02am

Yes this happened to me as well. Everything got moved (deleted) Crazy Frustrated!

pachde · April 22, 2024, 1:43am

Read the release notes. It describes moving the User folder.

BotanicalMusic · April 22, 2024, 3:31am

@pachde could you kindly point me to the release notes.

geusens.dries · April 22, 2024, 8:20am

Move Rack user folder to:
- Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Rack2
- Windows: AppData/Local/Rack2
- Linux: ~/.local/share/Rack2

github.com

VCVRack/Rack/blob/v2/CHANGELOG.md

# VCV Rack changelog

In this document, Ctrl means Cmd on Mac.

### 2.5.1 (2024-04-16)
- Remember the last selected cable color from the port's "New cable" menu item. When "Auto-rotate cables" is enabled, the next color in the rotation is used.
- Fix crash when modules such as VCV MIDI-Map bind parameters.
- If loaded patch contains unavailable modules, don't close Rack after user chooses to open them in VCV Library. Instead, load patch without these modules so user can download them.
- Add error dialog if moving Rack's user folder to new location fails.

### 2.5.0 (2024-04-08)
- Allow stacking cables on input ports. Cable voltages are summed.
- Ask to view unavailable modules on the VCV Library when loading a patch.
- Add "View > Cable colors" menu to edit cable colors and disable auto-rotating colors.
- Add parameter value functions `gaintodb()` (gain factor to decibels), `dbtogain()`, `vtof()` (1V/octave voltage to frequency), and `ftov()`.
- Move Rack user folder to:
	- Mac: `~/Library/Application Support/Rack2`
	- Windows: `AppData/Local/Rack2`
	- Linux: `~/.local/share/Rack2`
- Update Mac icon.

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markwj · April 25, 2024, 9:33am

Can we opt not to move VCV Rack to appdata. My Documents is on my D drive; appdata is on C drive and it’s full. My Rack2 folder would be the largest folder in appdata (if it fit)

Jens.Peter.Nielsen · April 25, 2024, 11:01am

if you set the user environment variable RACK_USER_DIR to “D:\my_user_documentsdir\rack2”, or where your user dir is located in rack 2.4.1 before running 2.5, it won’t move it. link to source

press WIN+R and then type SystemPropertiesAdvanced

Yeager · April 25, 2024, 12:32pm

Worked like a charm, thanks

alainherbuel · April 25, 2024, 4:51pm

That’s the solution indeed. I use it to synchronize différents clouds with symbolic links from different locations on my PC… Alain

alainherbuel · April 25, 2024, 4:53pm

I read somewhere this location move was to solve access problems located on clouds. Alain