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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0010258ardourbugspublic2026-03-22 10:48
ReporterGhostsonAcid Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformmacOSOSMojaveOS Version10.14.6
Product Version9.2 
Summary0010258: Removing certain File Locations doesn't actually remove them.
DescriptionOftentimes I try to remove a File Location in the Session > Properties > Locations menu, and doing so has no effect.

This is particularly annoying when a file/source (or multiple) is found by Ardour in *2+ different locations*, and thus it ALWAYS alerts me to this upon opening of the snapshot...
--> And I have to click "Done" to like 20 popups saying "Please select the path that you want to get the file from" (-see picture).

...
But, is this actually intended behavior?
Because after all, the location/path/directory I'm trying to remove does in fact contain certain sources *actively used* in the session.

Link to demo session:
https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/vmy6qly1o931gct/I_-_III_%2528Genabeth%2529_copy.zip/file
Steps To Reproduce1. Download and unzip the demo session.
2. Open "I - III (Genabeth) COPY.ardour".
3. Select 'Skip all missing files', plugins, etc...
4. Go to Session > Properties > Locations, and remove the one line/location you can.
5. Save the project and quit.
6. Reopen.
7. Go to Session > Properties > Locations again, and observe how the location was not actually removed from 'places to search'.
8. Repeat as many times as you want; -same result.
Additional InformationWhat I would expect is that after I remove the location, save, quit, and reopen Ardour, Ardour would simply complain to me about "missing sources".
Is that a fair expectation?

Thanks for looking! : )

-J
Tagsfile locations

Activities

GhostsonAcid

2026-03-22 10:46

reporter  

GhostsonAcid

2026-03-22 10:48

reporter   ~0030151

Also, this is related to my very first bug post from a year ago:
https://tracker.ardour.org/view.php?id=9890

: )

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-03-22 10:46 GhostsonAcid New Issue
2026-03-22 10:46 GhostsonAcid Tag Attached: file locations
2026-03-22 10:46 GhostsonAcid File Added: Screen Shot 2026-03-22 at 12.39.31 PM.png
2026-03-22 10:48 GhostsonAcid Note Added: 0030151