Editing the "to folder:" list

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Editing the "to folder:" list Sun Jun 05, 2016 9:40 pm • by sgard9
Is there a way to edit the "to folder:" suggestion list that opens when using the "Move" rule? Over time this list has become obsolete as some of the paths are no longer valid. I would like to be able to delete the obsolete paths.
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Re: Editing the "to folder:" list Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:59 am • by Mr_Noodle
It shows the folders referenced by other rules. If they are invalid, then you will need to find the rules that contain those folders and fix/remove them.
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Re: Editing the "to folder:" list Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:46 pm • by sgard9
Thank You, Looks like I have some work to do! :)
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Re: Editing the "to folder:" list Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:52 am • by JEndahl
Just verifying, the list DOES self-maintain if you edit all rule sets that refer to the old folder names. It's a bit of a pain, but Hazel does color code the folders in the list. Missing or "old" folders are lighter blue in color.

I have two "Hazel action" folders which use the same rule set, one on my home machine, one on Dropbox. I tweaked the scripts for the home machine, exported the modified rules, deleted all the rules for the Dropbox location, and then imported the modified rules. When this was done, my folder list cleaned up, and the renamed/deleted/missing folders disappeared from the folder list.

Hope that helps others.
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Re: Editing the "to folder:" list Tue Oct 11, 2016 10:46 am • by Mr_Noodle
Thanks for the tip. You can also use the rule search to track it down if necessary.
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