Document plugin directory in user’s home directory #24

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Octech6711 · 2025-09-09T19:40:51-05:00

Octech6711 commented

2025-09-09 19:40:51 -05:00

Originally created by @mmeyn on GitHub.

Your idea

The documentation at https://support.audacityteam.org/basics/customizing-audacity/installing-plugins should state that you can put plugins of several types (not only LADSPA but at least also VST3) into the directory %AppData%\audacity\Plug-ins on Windows.

Also, it seems like there are similar user-accessible directories on other OS that are not documented, see audacity/audacity#5746.

Problem to be solved

I didn’t know I could do that as a non-admin user. Neither did the Audacity help forum or the documentation.

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Originally created by @mmeyn on GitHub. ### Your idea The documentation at https://support.audacityteam.org/basics/customizing-audacity/installing-plugins should state that you can put plugins of several types (not only LADSPA but at least also VST3) into the directory `%AppData%\audacity\Plug-ins` on Windows. Also, it seems like there are similar user-accessible directories on other OS that are not documented, see audacity/audacity#5746. ### Problem to be solved I didn’t know I could do that as a non-admin user. Neither did the Audacity help forum or the documentation. ### Prior art _No response_ ### Additional context _No response_

Octech6711 added the good first issue Work: Low Impact: Low labels 2025-09-09 19:40:51 -05:00

Octech6711 commented

2025-09-09 19:40:52 -05:00

@LWinterberg commented on GitHub:

I vaguely remember there being a class of plugins for which the user directory was not an option because the spec said so.

@LWinterberg commented on GitHub: I vaguely remember there being a class of plugins for which the user directory was not an option because the spec said so.

Octech6711 referenced this issue

2025-09-09 19:41:03 -05:00

[PR #24] [MERGED] Issue 11 - Initial PR to test the method to update references of plug-ins #72

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Reference: audacity/audacity-support#24