Donload Location Puzzle

[i***@nutwood.net]

I'm not sure whether this has been covered before, my memory not being
what it was. I'll post, though, in case anyone else comes across this
puzzle. Windows 7 and latest GIP.

Following a rearrangement of drives and data I changed the output
directory for GIP using prefs. I was then driven to distraction when
some, but not all, downloads failed to use the new location.

All downloads succeeded at the command line, using individual pids.

Some downloads would fail using the PVR either through command line or
GUI.

The failed examples were attempting to create and write to the previous
output directory, which was on a drive letter which no longer exists.
Once this occurred, the PVR run was halted.

I checked that the new output location was in the options file (prefs).

I attempted to override the location using the option in the GUI - no
change.

To cut a long story short, I discovered that each PVR file (e.g. 'Round
Britain Quiz_name_radio') saved prior to some date in late 2015
contained a line specifying the output directory at the time of
creation, in the same format as in the prefs file. Later examples had no
such line. I do not know why these were not overridden by the prefs
entry or the GUI override.

I have edited all the relevant files to remove the entry and all now
seems well.