.pretty files imported into Cvpcb do not show up in footprint selector

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I am attempting to load some pretty files from this github: https://github.com/cpavlina/kicad-pcblib

I’ve downloaded and saved these .pretty files locally and added them to the Library as you can see (for some reason GitHub wizard import does not work for this)

Now the problem is that I don’t actually see the footprints anywhere. They don’t show up on the main list at all.

I’ve opened the kicad_mod files directly and can confirm they are valid footprints and look the way they are supposed to. What gives?

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And as I can only put one image per post, here is the Cvpcb main screen, note the imported library not showing up

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As I see you have a wrong entry: ${KISYSMOD}/\pth-semi.pretty - double slash.

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No, it only looks like that because of the resolution of the image, the forward slash (first slash) is just the parenthesis loop.

Thanks though.

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You have your libraries under Program Files, which is not writeable on modern Windows.
I always create a KiCad directory with subdirectories for modules under /users/myname

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Thanks, I’ll give that a try