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I just upgraded from 5.59 to 6.40.

Prior to upgrading I had an NZB workflow like this (simplified for clarity):

NZB's would go in here:
c:\AutoloadNZB Directory
c:\AutoloadNZB Directory\mp3
c:\AutoloadNZB Directory\pictures

And Newsbin would correctly stick the files in here loaded into a group.
c:\main downloads\
c:\main downloads\mp3
c:\main downloads\pictures


So for example, if I saved 2 songs into:

c:\AutoloadNZB Directory\mp3\Singer1.nzb

The two songs would be correctly listed as:
c:\main downloads\mp3\Singer1\song1.mp3
c:\main downloads\mp3\Singer1\song2.mp3

Now after upgrading, the same example gives me this incorrect placement:
c:\main downloads\Singer1\song1.mp3
c:\main downloads\Singer1\song2.mp3


My basic settings are:

Main download folder:
c:\main downloads\$(GROUP)\

Download folder for downloads from NZB Files:
c:\main downloads\$(NZBFILE)\


What should i do to restore the correct placement of the downloads? I rely on this workflow quite a bit.

Couple ways you could do this.

1: To make it work the old way.

Go into the NZB options, select the "Original" watch folder then click properties.

Click "Use Download Path" then set the download path, "Edit" and add $(NZBPATH) to the new download path.

This will make this autoload use the same "add last path" format as the old autoload.


2: You can create another autoload item and give it a specific download path.


Currently you have Newsbin watching.

c:\AutoloadNZB Directory\

And you're wanting it to bring the last path segment over. That can work but, you can have multiple autoload folders now.

One that watches

C:\Autoload\MP3 - and has it's own options

One that watches

C:\Autoload\Pictures - and has it's own options.

The autoload folders don't have to be together any more too.

To me, multiple autoload folders, each with it's own download path is more intuitive than depending on options to pull the last path.

Thanks Quade,

I was traveling last week and just tried this now.

It got me moving in the right direction (I had to add "\$(NZBPATH)\$(NZBFILE)\" to mirror the behavior of the old verison.)

Thank you for your help.

On a side note, I noticed a bug:

When you are in the NZB options option of setups and you right click on a watch folder, there is an option there for Properties. If you click it nothing happens. The Properties button on that tab is functional however so there is a work around.

I'm on 6.40 build 2059

Thanks again.

Thanks for the bug report. I'll check it out.