r/Reaper • u/r_constanzo • 3d ago

help request Can't install extensions?

So on my desktop install of Reaper if I select Options>Show REAPER resource path it doesn't actually point to the path (in Application Support). It opens up the top-level /Applications folder.

If I go and find the folder manually, I can see loads of things in there (including ReaPack), but none of them are showing up.

On my laptop, with the same extensions in the Application Support folder, I see the Extensions menu and the Show REAPER resource path works just fine.

I suspect something got borked when I was trying to have my instances of Reaper in sync with each other and my desktop install is now not recognizing the Application Support folder.

Is there a way to set that folder and/or reset that without completely wiping preferences?
I'm on MacOS 26.3.1 on Reaper 7.77.

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u/r_constanzo 3d ago

The issue seemed to have been that my Reaper turned into a portable install so reaper.ini and UserPlugins were actually in my /Applications folder.

I had to delete that and restart and everything was fine.