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bodich
bodich
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November 7, 2018
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How to get Illustrator preferences folder (located in user folder)

  • November 7, 2018
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Hi.

I want to save settings for script. In Photoshop I save settings .xml file in the preferences folder, that I can easily get with app.preferencesFolder.

How can I get that folder for Illustrator from Illustrator script?

No need to suggest static path please, script can be launched on different machines with different OS. Illustrator can be any version too.

Saving in script folder is not solution too, script can be updated but settings must be kept.

Thanks to anyone who can help.

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Correct answer CarlosCanto

there's no preference folder in illustrator,

the available folders are

Folder.desktop;

Folder.appData;

Folder.appPackage; // mac

Folder.commonFiles;

Folder.startup;

Folder.system;

Folder.userData;

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CarlosCanto
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CarlosCantoCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
November 7, 2018

there's no preference folder in illustrator,

the available folders are

Folder.desktop;

Folder.appData;

Folder.appPackage; // mac

Folder.commonFiles;

Folder.startup;

Folder.system;

Folder.userData;

    Silly-V
    Silly-V
    Legend
    November 8, 2018

    There's only preference files which there are two of:

    /Users/<USER>/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator 23 Settings/en_US/Adobe Illustrator Cloud Prefs

    /Users/<USER>/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator 23 Settings/en_US/Adobe Illustrator Prefs

    You can observe these files are updated when Illustrator is stopped.

    Also using the scripting commands for the preferences object can set non-sensical preferences where they do not belong, and they will persist through the Prefs file. I did this a lot when experimenting with handing the scripting preferences object

    H
    hendraanggrian
    Participant
    July 22, 2021

    Is there a way to access `Adobe Illustrator Cloud Prefs` using `app.preferences` within SUI?

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