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DiapDealer · 10-29-2021, 06:26 AM

No clue. Never had that kind of thing happen with Sigil on Windows 10. Unless your user has restricted permissions in the new folder or something.

The program (Sigil) is only defaulting to the previous manuscript's folder because the crash is preventing the Recent Files (and the routines that save the last folder opened) from ever updating. The same thing happens whenever an epub opened for the very first time crashes. It doesn't appear in the recent files list next time Sigil is run (and the last folder of an epub that was successfully opened will be the one Sigil defaults to when trying to open another one. There is nothing in Sigil itself that would prefer one folder's use over another.

This is the first report I remember seeing of Sigil crashing when trying to add files. But to be clear: your subject specifies Sigil 1.8, but the content of the post says 1.7. Do they both crash?

10-29-2021, 06:26 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,645 Karma: 204624552 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	No clue. Never had that kind of thing happen with Sigil on Windows 10. Unless your user has restricted permissions in the new folder or something. The program (Sigil) is only defaulting to the previous manuscript's folder because the crash is preventing the Recent Files (and the routines that save the last folder opened) from ever updating. The same thing happens whenever an epub opened for the very first time crashes. It doesn't appear in the recent files list next time Sigil is run (and the last folder of an epub that was successfully opened will be the one Sigil defaults to when trying to open another one. There is nothing in Sigil itself that would prefer one folder's use over another. This is the first report I remember seeing of Sigil crashing when trying to add files. But to be clear: your subject specifies Sigil 1.8, but the content of the post says 1.7. Do they both crash? Last edited by DiapDealer; 10-29-2021 at 08:46 AM.