main.js

@@ -625,14 +625,7 @@ app.whenReady().then(() => {
     const launchConfig = configStore.load();
     const fm = launchConfig.globalSettings && launchConfig.globalSettings.folderMonitor;
     if (fm && fm.enabled && fm.folderPath) {
-      if (fs.existsSync(fm.folderPath)) {
       startFolderMonitor(fm);
-      } else {
-        debugLog(`folder-monitor auto-start skipped: path not found (${fm.folderPath})`);
-        // Persist the disable so the user gets a clean state on next launch
-        const gs = { ...launchConfig.globalSettings, folderMonitor: { ...fm, enabled: false } };
-        configStore.save({ globalSettings: gs }).catch(() => {});
-      }
     }
   } catch (err) {
     debugLog(`folder-monitor auto-start failed: ${err.message}`);
@@ -1058,27 +1051,11 @@ ipcMain.handle('import-backup', async (_event, legacyPassword) => {
   const ts = new Date().toISOString().replace(/[:.]/g, '-');
   const preImportPath = configStore.filePath.replace('.json', `.pre-import-${ts}.json`);
   try { fs.copyFileSync(configStore.filePath, preImportPath); } catch {}
-  // Strip machine-specific state: absolute paths from the source machine will
-  // not exist on this one (e.g. C:\Users\Administrator\... vs \bakeredwin318\...).
-  // Any path that does not resolve locally is cleared so the user can re-set it
-  // instead of hitting silent failures later.
-  const importedGlobal = imported.globalSettings || {};
-  if (importedGlobal.logFilePath && !fs.existsSync(path.dirname(importedGlobal.logFilePath))) {
-    importedGlobal.logFilePath = '';
-  }
-  if (importedGlobal.folderMonitor && typeof importedGlobal.folderMonitor === 'object') {
-    const fm = importedGlobal.folderMonitor;
-    if (fm.folderPath && !fs.existsSync(fm.folderPath)) {
-      fm.folderPath = '';
-      fm.enabled = false;
-    }
-  }
-  importedGlobal.pendingQueue = null;
   // Single atomic write — no split state, no TOCTOU race
   const merged = {
     hosters: imported.hosters,
     hosterSettings: imported.hosterSettings,
-    globalSettings: importedGlobal,
+    globalSettings: imported.globalSettings,
     history: imported.history || []
   };
   await configStore._atomicWrite(JSON.stringify(merged, null, 2));

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "multi-hoster-uploader",
-  "version": "2.8.1",
+  "version": "2.8.0",
   "description": "Upload files to doodstream, voe, vidmoly, byse simultaneously",
   "main": "main.js",
   "scripts": {