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NotebookPath

This function has not been fully integrated into the long-term Mathematica system, and is subject to change.

NotebookPath
is a global option that determines which directories are searched when a specified notebook is needed.

The front end searches the directories specified by NotebookPath if it needs to locate a notebook whose pathname has not been given explicitly. Three such cases are when you click a hyperlink pointing to an external notebook; when you try to open a notebook listed at the bottom of the File menu on Windows or under the File ► Open Recent submenu on Macintosh; and when you specify a stylesheet that is not found on StyleSheetPath.

The directories to be searched are specified using the FrontEnd`FileName function in terms of global variables such as $InstallationDirectory or $HomeDirectory. Typical directories included in NotebookPath are FrontEnd`FileName[{$UserBaseDirectory, "SystemFiles", "FrontEnd", "Palettes"}], FrontEnd`FileName[{$InstallationDirectory}], and FrontEnd`FileName[{$HomeDirectory}].