hmmm… i recently made a move to another directory with a portable version. i had troubles, before i restart the machine, since files where in cache from my portable verision i had on C:
Any advice really depends on which ComfyUI package you’re working with: Desktop, Portable, Regular. The folder structures may be similar but I’m only using the Portable myself. For instance, my ComfyUI resides on a separate drive altogether, a sort of isolation from my Windows OS. If you play around with a lot of AI progs, some use different Python versions which will choke up your version of Comfy if your using Python in the Windows environment with the wrong version. (Learning this is the hard way!) Portable versions install Python environments CONTAINED in your ComfyuUI main folder. It doesn’t look for it in your Windows OS. Then if you get a new drive later, it’s just a matter of dragging and dropping your ComfUI folder over to it. It may take a while with all your models and such but Python is still with it, no change. (You may have to change your shortcut if you have it in your Start menu, though.)
Anyway, here’s my example of where the “official” workflow folder is on my system and looking in whatever installation you have ComfyUI folder, follow this path on your system for the workflow folder: [Your drive letter]:\ComfyUI_windows_portable\ComfyUI\user\default\workflows. This is where it looks for those files. I actually made a shortcut and put it in the main Folder so I wouldn’t have to drill down all those folders to get to it. (BTW I’m PC not Mac so it may be a little different for you.) So if you do similar with Mac folder tree-wise you should get the same results.
Download a workflow .json file in your browser (or jpg/png that contains a workflow).
Your browser SHOULD ask you where you want to download to. If not, it saves a lot of headaches if you reset your browser to “ask every time” rather than have such a big file to move around if it’s defaulted to “Downloads”. I’m saying this more for the models of 6GB+ which are a pain more so than the small .json workflows. But it’s the same principle: know where you put it!
Navigate to your shortcut “workflows” folder and drop it in and ComfyUI will find. Same with models, loras and such.
And you can drag that “workflows” shortcut to your C: drive too if you prefer. Anywhere you want it.
With all that said, there are many other ways discussed on YouTube and other internet sources which instruct you on how to rewrite files within ComfyUI but, man, my acetaminophen consumption shot through the roof after 10 re-installs to get things right. K-I-S-S (keep it simple stupid) is my preferred way! Write back if I was unclear.
@OysterMug Just released Desktop v0.4.74, which includes a new app installer. It still installs to %APPDATA% by default, but you’re free to choose any path you like, now.
Write back if I was unclear.