# Gramps thumbnails

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**Created:** [July 1, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-thumbnails/5690 "2024-07-01T12:41:42Z")\
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> [@DaveSch](#):
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> From @Woody’s output, the HOME\_DIR and ORIG\_HOME\_DIR are listed as (NOT A DIRECTORY). I take this to mean that the directory was NOT created.

My Windows box reports “not a directory” too. On that machine it is because the constants are set to the old ‘Roaming’ path, not the actual new ‘Local’ folder.

 

> [@Troubleshooting Gramps paths and environmental variables](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/troubleshooting-gramps-paths-and-environmental-variables/5692/3):
>
> ```python
> HOME_DIR : C:\Users\my_username\AppData\Roaming\gramps (NOT A DIRECTORY)
> ORIG_HOME_DIR : C:\Users\my_username\AppData\Roaming\gramps (NOT A DIRECTORY)
> 
> ```

 

Could there be a mistake in the routine that creates (or leverages the pre XDG path for upgrades) the [Gramps User Directory](https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_Glossary#user_directory) in Windows? Where it decides the opposite (old) path when it should use the new path? The paths immediately below have a valid 'Local` in their breadcrumbs.

 

> [@Woody](#):
>
> `HOME_DIR : C:\Users\stanw\AppData\` ~~`Roaming`~~ `\gramps (NOT A DIRECTORY)`  
> `ORIG_HOME_DIR : C:\Users\stanw\AppData\` ~~`Roaming`~~ `\gramps (NOT A DIRECTORY)`  
> `(NOT HIDDEN) USER_DATA : C:\Users\stanw\AppData\``Local``\gramps`  
> `(NOT HIDDEN) USER_CONFIG : C:\Users\stanw\AppData\``Local``\gramps`

 

The `LIB_PATH` also claims that it is not a directory. But it IS showing `Local`. Maybe it wasn’t created?

 

> [@Troubleshooting Gramps paths and environmental variables](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/troubleshooting-gramps-paths-and-environmental-variables/5692/3):
>
> ```python
> LIB_PATH : C:\Users\my_username\AppData\Local\gramps\gramps52\plugins\lib (NOT A DIRECTORY)
> 
> ```

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