StreamFab for Windows Please stop placing StreamFab/DVDFab files in "My Documents"

[KidJoe]

my My Documents folder is being backed up (synchronized) with Microsoft OneDrive. Because of that I do not like the default folders going to My Documents.

Even though I have changed the default folders to be:

Log Directory: C:/- C/StreamFab/Log
Temp Directory: C:/- C/StreamFab/Temp
Download Directory (Custom): F:/BluRay-Working/- DVDFab10/DVDFab Downloader

For a while that wasn't a problem. NOW I'm seeing a products.json file being created in MyDocuments\DVDFab\StreamFab. This file stays open and OneDrive errors because its open.


Why is StreamFab writing to my My Documents!?!?!

[october262]

my My Documents folder is being backed up (synchronized) with Microsoft OneDrive. Because of that I do not like the default folders going to My Documents.

Even though I have changed the default folders to be:

Log Directory: C:/- C/StreamFab/Log
Temp Directory: C:/- C/StreamFab/Temp
Download Directory (Custom): F:/BluRay-Working/- DVDFab10/DVDFab Downloader

For a while that wasn't a problem. NOW I'm seeing a products.json file being created in MyDocuments\DVDFab\StreamFab. This file stays open and OneDrive errors because its open.


Why is StreamFab writing to my My Documents!?!?!

you can choose what folders to sync to your computer - https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/...5-a14ff2415e85

[radiah]

You can change this yourself under Settings > General in StreamFab. I mean seriously, this has always been an option. Change the respective folders to where you want them!
--Radiah

[Sebastian001]

KidJoe is right, the problem has been around for a few versions with this products.json garbage. Even if you change the general temporary locations, this folder is exempt!

I have pointed this out in a ticket before, but it fell on deaf ears.

[AnttDvdFab]

you can choose what folders to sync to your computer - https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/...5-a14ff2415e85

Per your own link, you can't uncheck Documents because it - and everything in it is considered "important" to the PC.

You cannot uncheck certain folders which are important to the PC, including Documents, Desktop, Pictures and your Personal Vault folder.

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You can change this yourself under Settings > General in StreamFab. I mean seriously, this has always been an option. Change the respective folders to where you want them!
--Radiah

Even with all setting changed to different locations, files are still written to the Documents folder during installation. I don't have the same issue as KidJoe where the file stays open causing Sync errors, but I agree that the My Documents folder should be for MY documents, not for application assets. Those belong under AppData or in the install folder!

Wilson.Wang If you are listening...

[walker189]

You can change this yourself under Settings > General in StreamFab. I mean seriously, this has always been an option. Change the respective folders to where you want them!
--Radiah

This does NOT prevent the core installation from putting files into the shared Documents folder. What is needed is the ability to choose an installation location for the software on initial install, not just a relocation option for post installation files

[radiah]

This does NOT prevent the core installation from putting files into the shared Documents folder. What is needed is the ability to choose an installation location for the software on initial install, not just a relocation option for post installation files

Then, as October262 pointed out, you can simply uncheck those subfolders within Documents, so they do not sync. While I agree that these files do not belong within My Documents, this is something that is easily resolvable by the methods discussed until such time as the devs move it to a proper location.
--Radiah

[KidJoe]

you can choose what folders to sync to your computer - https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/...5-a14ff2415e85

Except you can't, or at least I CAN'T. The boxes are grayed out, and unclickable.

I tried with Make All files available checked and unchecked.

[KidJoe]

You can change this yourself under Settings > General in StreamFab. I mean seriously, this has always been an option. Change the respective folders to where you want them!
--Radiah

Thank you, but I mean "seriously" re-read my post. I already said:

Even though I have changed the default folders to be:

Log Directory: C:/- C/StreamFab/Log
Temp Directory: C:/- C/StreamFab/Temp
Download Directory (Custom): F:/BluRay-Working/- DVDFab10/DVDFab Downloader

Where do you think I changed that?? Yup, under StreamFab's Settings -> General, and scroll down a little. and I did that LONG AGO, when it was first made an option.

This has no impact on stuff being put in My Documents\DVDFab\StreamFab which is my complaint.

[radiah]

Thank you, but I mean "seriously" re-read my post. I already said:

Where do you think I changed that?? Yup, under StreamFab's Settings -> General, and scroll down a little. and I did that LONG AGO, when it was first made an option.

This has no impact on stuff being put in My Documents\DVDFab\StreamFab which is my complaint.

Have you tried turning sync off, and then deselcting the folders? It may not allow you to do so if sync is currently on. Just trying to help you, brother.

[Cats4U]

I had no problem deleting products.json or any other file in MyDocuments\DVDFab\StreamFab. I used an unlocker program. It unlocked it and I simply told it to delete it. This time I used a program named Lockhunter found at https://lockhunter.com. There are plenty of other free unlocker programs available. Even Ashampoo Uninstall (a program I like to promote for doing clean installs) has an unlocker as part of its toolkit (at least the pay version does, not sure about the free version).

[KidJoe]

I had no problem deleting products.json or any other file in MyDocuments\DVDFab\StreamFab. I used an unlocker program. It unlocked it and I simply told it to delete it. This time I used a program named Lockhunter found at https://lockhunter.com. There are plenty of other free unlocker programs available. Even Ashampoo Uninstall (a program I like to promote for doing clean installs) has an unlocker as part of its toolkit (at least the pay version does, not sure about the free version).

With FAB exited, I've deleted it. it came back

[KidJoe]

Have you tried turning sync off, and then deselcting the folders? It may not allow you to do so if sync is currently on. Just trying to help you, brother.

Thanks, but no. I have several OneDrives linked together, so when I turn off sync, and turn it back on, it takes forever, and has had some difficulty completing. So with everything sync'ing execpt this one file giving me an error (but not stopping everything else from sync'ing), I'm not going to even attempt that.

Even if that is a temporary fix, it shouldn't be needed. FAB should not write anything to My Documents.

[AnttDvdFab]

Have you tried turning sync off, and then deselcting the folders? It may not allow you to do so if sync is currently on. Just trying to help you, brother.

Microsoft disallows unchecking that folder. It's right in the support article linked above.

[radiah]

Microsoft disallows unchecking that folder. It's right in the support article linked above.

It disallows unchecking the Documents folder. You should be able to de/select the subfolders of that main folder. Perhaps if you disable inheritance on the offending subfolder, you will be able to delete it. At any rate I'm out of ideas/suggestions.
tl;dr
--Radiah