Hi,

I'm new to KiCAD. I've been using CAD programs for quite a while, though. Like 
other programs, KiCAD largely requires that I create my own components -- both 
in eeschema and PCBnew.

Unfortunately, KiCAD (like others) stores its libraries on my C: drive within 
Program Files. This is a problem! Because: (1) I work at two different 
networked computers and need to access a common network drive so I can use the 
same libraries and (2) I don't back up my C: drive since I never store any 
important data there, so if a computer crashes, I'd lose any data stored only 
on C:.

I've figured out how to force KiCAD to pull libraries from my network drive, 
but it seems that I have to define the search path for each and every new 
project. That's a lot of error-prone work.

Am I missing some obscure KiCAD screen that lets me change the component search 
path at startup? Is there maybe an even more obscure hack to change KiCAD's 
default startup settings to include my library and module paths?

Thanks,
Jim


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