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Delete 'Save To' location without resetting FDM?

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Nibelheim9000

Delete 'Save To' location without resetting FDM?

Postby Nibelheim9000 » Sun Mar 13, 2022 1:54 pm

I wish to remove some locations from FDM's Save To pop-up list, but would like to avoid using the reset function if possible. If there is no way to do that, how do I get a prompt that FDM is about to create a new folder with my chosen location (since I deleted that particular folder previously but is still listed among the Save To location choices). As of my current settings, the app just creates it automatically.

I am using FDM Version: 6.15.3.4236 (4731f7d4) on macOS 11.6.4 Big Sur. Thank you in advance for any help I am given.
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Re: Delete 'Save To' location without resetting FDM?

Postby MELERIX » Thu Mar 17, 2022 7:55 pm

I guess inside %LOCALAPPDATA%\Softdeluxe\Free Download Manager\settings.ini file

anyway, would be good if the developers can add an option inside setting to empty that list easily.
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Re: Delete 'Save To' location without resetting FDM?

Postby Alex » Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:50 pm

Hello,
The only way is to manually edit the database. Find miscData table in it and remove recentFolders entry from this table.
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Re: Delete 'Save To' location without resetting FDM?

Postby Guest » Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:36 pm

I, too, would like to remove a download folder. How do I locate the miscData table? Thanks for any help you can provide.
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Re: Delete 'Save To' location without resetting FDM?

Postby johnlgalt » Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:30 pm

Pretty cool and easy to use app that will get it done for you - DB-Browser. https://sqlitebrowser.org/dl/

I grabbed the .ZIP (no install) version, x64, extracted it and ran the executable, then opened an Explorer window to

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%LOCALAPPDATA%\Softdeluxe\Free Download Manager\
and dragged the db.sqlite file over to the DB.Brower app and et voila - there was miscData ready to be purged.
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