Installed Illustrator Scripts don't appear in the dropdown menu

[Tony Krentzien]

Hi there,

As you can see I installed the scripts on:

K:\PROGRAMS\ADOBE\Adobe Illustrator 2021\Presets\en_GB\Scripts

Despite doing so they won't show up in my dropdown menu in Ai

Any thoughts? Im using last CC version.

[Tony Krentzien]

Sorry, last version is: 25.1

[Ton Frederiks]

Did you restart Illustrator?

[Tony Krentzien]

Yes. I already tried it twice.

[pixxxelschubser]

1. Was this folder defined by you or did it already exist?
2. Where is your Illustrator installed?

[Tony Krentzien]

I changed the folder where my CC apps are stored directly from CC thus reinstalling all my apps on one of my drives.

The folder was then created by adobe itself.

[pixxxelschubser]

Hmmh?

You didn't show us the extension of these files.

Are these files *.js or *.jsx files?

[Tony Krentzien]

My bad, they are .jsx files.

[pixxxelschubser]

I wonder:

Why are the files displayed as "Adobe After Effects ExtendScript" - and not as "Adobe JavaScript file"?

Strange

[Tony Krentzien]

Weird, isn't it? Since actually default scripts share the same extension as the ones I downloaded.

[CarlosCanto]

Hi Tony, can you remove one or more of the 4 default scripts from the Scripts folder, to see if they disappear from the Scripts Menu?

[AlterEgoTrip]

A little late to the game... However, this has been an issue for me for years.   I just solved it, though not properly.

In the "Adobe Illustrator 2023/Scripting" any scripts put here do not auto load into the app.  However, if you put them in the wrong place. "Adobe Illustrator 2023/Presets/en_US/Scripts"  This works.

None of Adobes Sample scripts work in their original location either.

I am on a Mac.