@jonas thanks !

I tried to dig into where the db path was being set, but it seem's is being handled differently on every platform ? On macOS (which I'm currently typing on) it is obtained by GetApplicationSupportPath() but that's in mac_startup.h/.mm only and a quick search didn't even show something similar for Windows (I'm sure I'm not using the magic necessary string search, but I didn't find any win_startup.h/mm so I'm guessing each platform kludges along in it's own way in this respect ?)

My goal was to see if I could, without too much pain, add a configurable "database location" feature to Strawberry settings so I could easily make Strawberry launchable from a separate directory for each platform (e.g. "./Strawberry/win/strawberry.exe", "./Strawberry/mac/Strawberry.app", and "./Strawberry/lin/strawberry*" each located in a common Strawberry directory on an external exfat-formatted USB drive, then configure each platform binary to point the same db, e.g. "../db/strawberry.db", but it's not looking so slam-dunk.

I'm a self-taught "hack it until it does what I need" guy and not a trained dev, so I'm just stabbing in the dark here.

Any pointers to how I might accomplish what I'm trying to do ? And if the answer is "no" then I'll humbly take my marbles to the requests forum to toss them in the air, then move on

Thanks !

-=dave

EDIT: Context - I hacked a USB3 hub+uSD cardreader inside a mini back-packable MIDI DJ Controller (Numark Party Mix) that has my Mixxx library on it so trying to get the ability to plug the controller into any Mac, Win, (and maybe Linux ?) box and be into both my Strawberry (for general song play and smart playlist features) or my Mixxx deejay libary.