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Quick Save path won't work anymore?

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#1

HI!
So my drive filled up and I needed to move it to another drive.
I went from Z:\QUICK_SAVE 2023 to S:\QuickSave

But every time I start zbrush, it goes back to the default quick save path.

ANyone run into this??

Thanks!

#2

Hi @louvfx

Make sure you have the correct path in the “ZBrushQuickSavePath.txt” file in “C:\Users\Public\Documents\ZBrushData2022” (your version different).

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#3

Yup, it’s in the correct path. For some reason it keeps reverting back to the zbrush default path regardless what path I put in. I gave up and just added the quick save folder to the LightBox folders. So frustrating…

Thanks anyway

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#4

I’m having the same issue here and recently moved to 2024.0.4.
Along with the query above, what can be said about the scratch disc pathing? Can this be changed as well?

#5

Bit of an old thread, but I found a solution that works perfectly for me. I’m using ZBrush 2024 , and I believe the issue started back in ZBrush 2023 .

I found the fix ony laylo3d website

I’m also pasting the relevant text here for convenience:

I’m pasting the text here as well from the above page

Change where ZBrush saves it’s QuickSave files

To change where ZBrush saves it’s QuickSave files you have to create a directory junction. A junction is similar to a desktop “shortcut” except programs will also follow the path.

To create a junction fire up the good ol’ “Command Prompt”, make sure to run it as administrator. Now simply type in:

mklink /J “C:\Users\Public\Documents\ZBrushData\” “D:\YourNewLocation”

*Important: type in exactly as shown, except replace D:\YourNewLocation with whatever path you would like.

**Note: this is to change the location of all the files in the “ZBrushData” folder. If you only want to change the “QuickSave” files location see below.

To paste into Command Prompt, right click on the Window Title, select Edit > Paste.

The command I used was:

mklink /J “C:\Users\Public\Documents\ZBrushData\” “D:\Users\Public\Documents\ZBrushData”

Finally, cut and paste the original “ZBrushData” folder to its new location.

Now every time ZBrush tries to write to it’s default “C:\…\ZBrushData\” location it will actually be writing to whatever location you specified.

If you only want to change the location of the “QuickSave” folder, add “QuickSave\” to the end of both paths and only move the “QuickSave” folder to the new location.