Xara Web Designer 20 - Design Gallery weidness

[Acorn]

Mike, I don't have your v20 but I did play around with the earlier v19, noticing differences that may affect you.

In decoupling from Elements (old Online Content Catalogue), Xara changed the v19 catindex.txt files to another similar filename and extension (c.f., xwdl_catindex.txt, xpl_catindex.txt, xpgdl_catindex.txt). Xara may have done similar for v20 Perpetual.
I suspect when you use the Disc designs Button, the functionality here was not changed and you get the Designs gallery now filled with files linked to your inputted path, indexed into catindex.txt files and the gallery is only looking to your new path.

In Windows Registry for my XPro+, I have noticed another entry in Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Xara\XtremePro Sub x64\Sub\Options\Libraries, which might be connected with all this.

Ignorance is never bliss so raise a call with Xara and ask for an answer.
We will be more than happy to hear you have a solution.

Acorn

P.S., I got round the long path names by Mapping it to a network drive.