Re: newbie: how to permanently change default directory
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- Subject: [mg31418] Re: newbie: how to permanently change default directory
- From: kbrunson at nd.edu (KB)
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 05:29:27 -0500 (EST)
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I received very specific instructions from support at wolfram.com that was at the level I needed. It might be useful to have the information in the group archives. Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de> wrote in message news:<9pmc19$5pn$1 at smc.vnet.net>... > Hi, > > you can't. But you can use SetDirectory[] in the init.m file. > > Regards > Jens > > KB wrote: > > > > As a support person and not a Mathematica user, I'm asking this on > > behalf of a prof. > > > > Windows v4.1 > > > > How does he permanently change the default path for saving files? > > I've looked through the online help, so if this is documented a > > reference is welcome, too. This can be accomplished by using the SetDirectory command. Information on SetDirectory can be found at: http://documents.wolfram.com/v4/RefGuide/SetDirectory.html or in the Help Browser. To make this change by default, the kernel init.m file can be edited. Information on editing the init.m file can be found at: http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/kernel/files/initmconfigure.html This file can be editted with any text editor. Add the line: SetDirectory["path"] where path is the directory where you want to save the file. An example of this would be: SetDirectory["C:\\Program Files\\Wolfram Research\\Mathematica\\4.0"] which would make the Mathematica 4.0 folder the default directory. Note that double back slashes need to be used.