# Which is the Addons Default Directory, RW 7.0.2 **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [June 19, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/which-is-the-addons-default-directory-rw-7-0-2/8003 "2016-06-19T16:44:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MarkSealey](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/marksealey/32/22895_2.png) [@MarkSealey](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MarkSealey)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/which-is-the-addons-default-directory-rw-7-0-2/8003/1 "2016-06-19T16:44:52Z")
This morning when I launched a _RW 7_ Project, none of my add ons were in: **~/Library/Containers/com.realmacsoftware.rapidweaver/Data/Library/Application Support/RapidWeaver** (That’s where they were last night; 100% certain!) Of course nothing worked ☹ They had all moved to: **~/Library/Containers/com.realmacsoftware.rapidweaver/Data/Library/Application Support/RapidWeaver Container directory** In desperation having quit _RW_, I manually moved them in the Finder to: **~/Library/Containers/com.realmacsoftware.rapidweaver/Data/Library/Application Support/RapidWeaver** This time when _RW_ launched it put them into: **~/Library/Containers/com.realmacsoftware.rapidweaver/Data/Library/Application\ Support/RapidWeaver 7** I still get errors. I’ve watched this happen now on two machines. Where should they be, please (no answer from RM in several weeks); and how do I prevent this from happening again. :-(((( ---
**Author:** ![Doobox](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/doobox/32/32373_2.png) [@Doobox](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Doobox)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/which-is-the-addons-default-directory-rw-7-0-2/8003/2 "2016-06-19T17:02:02Z")
@MarkSealey Not sure how this is happening to you, or how to prevent it, it’s not something I have come across, or heard about. But you can find and open the correct add-ons folder from within RW7. From the top toolbar menu select: “Rapidweaver 7” now hold down alt key on keyboard, and select “Reveal add-ons folder”. ---
**Author:** ![zeebe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zeebe/32/22007_2.png) [@zeebe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zeebe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/which-is-the-addons-default-directory-rw-7-0-2/8003/3 "2016-06-19T18:08:03Z")
You can also get this by holding down command-option and pushing 7 ---
**Author:** ![MarkSealey](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/marksealey/32/22895_2.png) [@MarkSealey](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MarkSealey)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/which-is-the-addons-default-directory-rw-7-0-2/8003/4 "2016-06-19T18:21:06Z")
@Doobox and Rob, thanks so much for reminding me of that! This is what it showed: ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/7/706333b182f6d37ff63bef595dd5e4f6659b1a75.jpg) There was nothing there. So I moved them all from one of the other locations manually, in the Finder, with _RW_ not launched. Of course when I launched it, it asked for my licence, which I take as a good sign… comprehensive set of files being put back in the right place. As a matter of fact, this is the second time this has happened. Oddly, the first time was on an entirely different machine (at work), and then I had to re-install before _RW_ would consistently find the Add-ons. I put that down to the fact that the ‘Copy Addons from _RW 6_’ at first installation of _RW 7_ had failed - it took over 45 minutes, the progress bar kept hanging (that, too, is a clean machine). For almost three weeks this machine has been stable in this respect; I did nothing in the Finder to this folder; I had no crashes; I was barely using _RW_; overnight (which really means from the last/previous launch to this morning’s launch) - I am 100% sure - All the Addons moved! **Is there documentation anywhere to suggest which is the accepted/‘correct’/default location for all Addons?** ---
**Author:** ![MarkSealey](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/marksealey/32/22895_2.png) [@MarkSealey](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MarkSealey)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/which-is-the-addons-default-directory-rw-7-0-2/8003/5 "2016-06-19T18:56:03Z")
It seems as though **each Project has a different idea of where the Addons folder should be**. After everything I did, opening existing Projects gets the error message every time. Existing Projects seem to be looking each one in one of the locations listed [here](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/which-is-the-addons-default-directory-rw-7-0-2/8003)! I’ve written to Dan. I’ve also used the Preference (with no projects open, of course) to **Manage Addons** in DropBox hoping that RW will update its own internal record of where Addons are supposed to be. My concern now is this: when I try to perform the reverse/analogous operation on my second machine (work), there is a risk that it will overwrite what’s in DropBox with everything I’ve worked on today. I also notice that the icons of my Addons are blue not pink (see this screenshot) - or am I misremembering? ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/5/5d253b28ffcd01a352ccfb882c23aeb2056e5995.jpg) I’m sure there’s a way to fix this 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/which-is-the-addons-default-directory-rw-7-0-2/8003/6 "2016-06-21T08:33:34Z")
The default location for Addons in RW7 is: `~/Library/Containers/com.realmacsoftware.rapidweaver/Data/Library/Application Support/RapidWeaver`