How do I set the file paths (Windows)

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I thought this would be a FAQ but I search the docs, forum, and google, and couldn’t find it.

In Windows XP Home, freshly installed Blender’s home dir is “\Documents and Settings\MyUserName\Application Data\Not a Number\Blender”. I want to change it. I couldn’t find any reference to that inside Blender and a registry search for “Not a Number” came up blank so I assume it’s not there either. I tried to set my other paths in the User Preferences window, but they won’t stick.

Thanks in advance. (first post! :D)

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To make the path (and the global settings) “stick”, save the user defaults with Ctrl-U. This also replace the default start up scene with your current setup.

Martin

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Tried that. The new default scene loads properly, but the paths are blank.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention…version 2.28c

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Aha! The paths can’t have spaces or they vanish. So much for using \Program Files\Blender… :frowning:

edit: Fixed! If you surround the path in quotes, it can have spaces, ie. “\Program Files\Blender\Textures”