Changing the Default File Location in Storyline.

Hello Shari,

Thanks for writing in, and that's a great question!

You can save and publish project files anywhere, though we recommend a local hard drive (typically the c: drive):

• Storyline: Create, Edit, and Publish Courses on Your Local Hard Drive
• Follow These Tips to Reduce Your Risk of Corrupting or Losing Project Files

However, there isn't a way to change the default file location for Storyline's auto-recovery feature. It'll always save under the /AppData/Roaming/Articulate/Storyline path.

Let me know if any more questions pop up! 

I've seen several posts on this topic, and no-one seems to understand the question clearly (in my opinion).

In our corporate environment (like others, it seems) we have no control over the Window's folder "my documents" (or "documents") AND it is often pointed to a network share.  We all agree, working from the hard drive is best.

I would like Storyline to stop defaulting to the "documents" folder; that's the question, can we manually tell it where to default to... stop picking 'my documents' ?

Thanx!  Terry

Hi Terry,

Thanks for clarifying what you're looking for! Currently, you can't change the default path for your Articulate projects. You can use the Save as feature to save your files to a specific folder. Although, your company is directing you to a network drive It is recommended to always save them to your local drive (ex. C:\) for less chance of corruption.

You will find Save as, from your Storyline File menu

Just specify the path or folder location where you want it saved and Storyline will remember this location respective to this file.

You can also visit Tips for Managing Project Files for more information.

Thanx @John ... just wanted to make sure.  I do appreciate that the Story files retain the directory info from the last publish, that is helpful. 

Right now, i'm having to create 100ish translation files over the next short while... that's what prompted me to search, then ask.  All that browsing each time i go for translation saves, i was giving the ole' "uncle uncle"!

SO EVERY TIME I SAVE I SHOULD CHOSE " SAVE AS" TO DIRECT TO A LOCAL DRIVE THAT IS SO INEFFICIENT. HERE IS A REQUEST FOR AN ENHANCMENT 1

Choosing a default location would be very helpful to me too - please consider my comment an up-vote for this feature!

The reason being is that I have to work off sharepoint so manually selecting folders each time is laborious for me for the volume of content I edit daily. 

I would also like this, please, for similar reasons.