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Change default project directory in pio or visual studio

Q&A Forum › Category: Questions › Change default project directory in pio or visual studio
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Steve Fisch asked 4 years ago

I’ve googled how to change my default project directory and cannot find an answer that works. My default project directory is located in my home\documents\PlatformIO\Projects directory (I created a new project and chose default directory when saving the project). I want to save all projects in my Web_Server directory.

I am a newby in visual studio and pio editor. Please use simple and detailed instructions on how to change the default project directory.

As always, many thanks,
Steve

Question Tags: Build Web Servers ebook
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Sara Santos Staff answered 4 years ago

Hi.

With VS Code + PIO open, click on the New Terminal Icon.

Then, in the Terminal, type the following (Replace THE NEW PATH with the desired path):

pio settings set projects_dir THE NEW PATH

For example, imagine that I want to move the default directory to the Desktop folder.

In my case, the desktop path is: C:\Users\sarin\Desktop

So, I must type the following:

pio settings set projects_dir C:\Users\sarin\Desktop

Then, press ENTER.
After that, restart VS Code.

Regards,
Sara

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