Change the location of macros

[FantaFan17]

Hello, I would like to change the path to the macros at LibreOffice.

The macros are currently in the path …
C: \ Users \ [USER] \ AppData \ Roaming \ LibreOffice \ 4 \ user \ basic
…saved.

I would like to have the macros permanently saved elsewhere.
I know that I can export the modules and macros, but that doesn’t change the storage location.

Thank you very much

[Hrbrgr]

crossposting: Speicherort von Makros ändern

[mikekaganski]

The macro libraries are stored in the user profile. There is a way to create and use a profile stored in a different place: see -env command line switch.

The default profile location is defined in bootstrap.ini file located in your LibreOffice installation directory (usually C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program). The value there is $SYSUSERCONFIG/LibreOffice/4, which means the profile created and used by default (i.e., when LO is started using normal shortcuts without any switches) is in user’s AppData\Roaming. I don’t recommend to modify the setting in bootstrap.ini, since that will be reverted on upgrade anyway.

I don’t think there’s a way to move libraries path independently from the whole profile.

[FantaFan17]

Ok thanks.

[lo-user1]

Yes, we would like to be able to specify the location for storage of macros.
Options, LibreOffice, Paths would be a suitable place to include this setting.
Then multiple users can share the macros (ie share the love), same way we share the settings for AutoCorrect, Images, Documents, etc.

[CharlyM]

hi, in Linux (Ubuntu) this is very easy:

1. copy the /basic folder to a save place in case you get messed up
2. copy the /basic folder to the location you desire
3. create a link of the folder …4/user/basic that points to the location in step2
   done
   Don’t know if windows allows such links, but it should be possible.
   rgds, Charly