How do I re-run the Blender Link auto-setup again?

[For The Moment]

On first load the recent update for Coat offered to find Blender and setup app link automatically.

Since then things got moved around and I need to set app link up again.

I followed all of the guides to do it manually and nothing works so I am hoping auto-setup will.

[Carlosan]

Applinks folders are in this location

C:\Program Files\3DCoat-2023\data\ToolsPresets\InstallAppLinks

When you install it from 3DC and enable the plugin that is installed by default in Blender, you can send and receive from any version of Blender if the location of the exchange folder is correct.

[For The Moment]

9 hours ago, Carlosan said:

Applinks folders are in this location

C:\Program Files\3DCoat-2023\data\ToolsPresets\InstallAppLinks

When you install it from 3DC and enable the plugin that is installed by default in Blender, you can send and receive from any version of Blender if the location of the exchange folder is correct.

 

How do I manually set the path for the Exchange folder in 3DCoat?

I got my situation fixed but would like to know for future reference. You can create an 'Exchange' path in Blender prefs but it usually is not necessary and I'm not sure where I would set the path in Coat.

What was causing my problem is MS One Drive magically installed itself again while I was not paying attention and it began placing my Exchange (and other Coat folders) under c:\User\Me\OneDrive\Documents

instead of c:\User\Me\Documents thereby hiding the proper route to both Blender and Coat.

I wouldn't have realized this if, while in Blender's save window, I didn't notice Blender displaying the 'OneDrive' folder in the browser paths because this was not apparent when looking at the address to my Documents folder directly from File Explorer.

So if anyone else is having issues with the Applink OneDrive might be something else that is screwing them up.

[Carlosan]

Exchange folder config can be found on C:\Users\<username>\Documents\3DC2Blender\Exchange_folder.txt

If you cant uninstall Onedrive this is the workaround

“3DCoat” is trying to create a user data folder (which contains user settings and assets) inside “C:\Users\USER_NAME\OneDrive\???????\3DCoat”.
That is incorrect. It should create it inside “C:\Users\USER_NAME\Documents\3DCoat”.

To workaround this problem:
Start > start typing “Edit the system environment variables” > Environment Variables… > System variables > New… >
Variable name: COAT_USER_PATH
Variable value: C:\Users\USER_NAME\Documents\My3DCoatData (specify your user name inside)