How do I move folders without messing up projects?

[O'Nonymous]

My sample and plugin folders are badly organized so I need to move them around, but last time I did that it broke any project that used those files. Is there any safe way to move them?

[Gps]

I don't think there is a way to do that.

[musikbear]

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My sample and plugin folders are badly organized so I need to move them around, but last time I did that it broke any project that used those files. Is there any safe way to move them?

That is a pain itn :(, but there are on way.
Backup everything!!!
Then remove everything
Get a fresh installer of 1.2.2, and install everything as default
Now use your backup, and move all the elements you have misplaced, back into the default lmms installation-paths. That is the least pain-full way to tackle a 'botched' installation, but be aware that is your C-drive is a SSD, then your 'Document-folder' will natively be on your SSD, and it is in your Document-folder, that LMMS default place all userfiles!
IF!! You have an alternative ordinary HD, You can make windows 'move' (virtually) your Document-folder to that alternative disk. I have done that, and it has (so far) not led into issues with other programs

[StakeoutPunch]

That is a pain itn , but there are on way.
Backup everything!!!
Then remove everything
Get a fresh installer of 1.2.2, and install everything as default
Now use your backup, and move all the elements you have misplaced, back into the default lmms installation-paths. That is the least pain-full way to tackle a 'botched' installation, but be aware that is your C-drive is a SSD, then your 'Document-folder' will natively be on your SSD, and it is in your Document-folder, that LMMS default place all userfiles!
IF!! You have an alternative ordinary HD, You can make windows 'move' (virtually) your Document-folder to that alternative disk. I have done that, and it has (so far) not led into issues with other programs

It doesn't matter if a disk is SSD or HDD, from an end user perspective software will treat them the same. In fact, most operating systems won't/don't have a way to tell programs what type of storage a drive is.

Windows allows for users to move their User folders wherever they want. When I used to have two drives in my system, I set them to the non-operating system drive, I think this is what you are talking about at the end of your message! But it doesn't matter what kind of drive each drive is, they are all treated as storage. One type is just faster

My sample and plugin folders are badly organized so I need to move them around, but last time I did that it broke any project that used those files. Is there any safe way to move them?

The simple answer is no. This is because LMMS has the specific file path it saves for every sample and plugin in the project. Obviously, when you move them and they no longer exist where it expects to find them, they don't load. As you might have guessed, this is one of the reasons that it's very important to organize everything to begin with, because then projects don't have to be broken during reorganizing later.

A possible solution for you is to finish or wrap up all the current projects you have that rely on the samples that you want to organize, and then organize them once those projects are done and no longer need to access them.

I personally store all of my samples and soundfonts in a directory in my user documents, but not within the LMMS folder. This is because I use other programs that also need access to them, so it doesn't really make sense to put them under any particular program's folder. I'm considering in the future moving to an organization system where I specifically save all samples I use in a project in a project specific folder for it, that way I never have to dig for samples again, or could quickly zip up the project folder with all the resources needed to send it to collaborators. Obviously this is a little problematic because it results in a lot of duplicated samples. Oh well.

Best of luck with your reorganization! It will be tedious, but well worth getting rid of clutter.

[musikbear]

It doesn't matter if a disk is SSD or HDD, from an end user perspective software will treat them the same.

Should have said that my concern around SSD was space, and wear-out of cells, not how they are regarded on software level.