Traditional library folder locations no longer recognized with version 2.0.4

Development Tools IDE 2.x
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Version 2.0.4 no longer recognizes my libraries intsalled in
c:\users\boyle\MyDocuments\Arduino\libraries.

Version 2.0.3 did recognize them.

WTH? Why?

If I copy all my libraries from c:\users\boyle\MyDocuments\Arduino\libraries to c:\program filesx86\Arduino\libraries then do I have to repeat that every time I install a new version????

With 1.8.x it would uninstall the IDE software completely before installing the new version. Which means you lose any libraries manually installed in c:\program filesx86\Arduino\libraries.

Is that still the case with version 2.0.x?

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Hi @boylesg

Please check your sketchbook location preference. Arduino IDE installs and uses libraries from the libraries subfolder of the sketchbook folder. So the correct location is dependent on the value of that "Sketchbook location" preference. I'll provide instructions you can follow to see the preference:

  1. Select File > Preferences from the Arduino IDE menus.
    The "Preferences" dialog will open.
  2. Note the path shown in the "Sketchbook location" preference field.
    If you would like to use a different location for your sketchbook (and for the libraries installed in the libraries subfolder of the sketchbook folder), you can change the preference.
  3. Click the "OK" button on the "Preferences" dialog.

It won't do anything. Unlike Arduino IDE 1.x, Arduino IDE 2.x does not recognize libraries in the libraries subfolder of the Arduino IDE installation.

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Well it would be nice if you allowed separate control of both the sketch and the library folder(s).
Why can't you just provide a list box in which you can add more than one library folder and have the IDE search for include files in any of them?

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