There are two locations from which LabVIEW loads Quick Drop Keyboard Shortcut plugins.
[LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\dialog\QuickDrop\plugins
- Plugins installed here are only accessible in that version of LabVIEW.
- These plugins are available to any user logged in to the computer.
- Save the plugin VI(s) in this LabVIEW version to improve load time performance of the plugin.
[LabVIEW Data]\Quick Drop Plugins
- You can use Tools > Options > Paths > Default Data Directory to find out where the LabVIEW Data folder is on your system.
- Plugins installed here are available in any LabVIEW installed on the system that is equal to or newer than the version used to save the plugin VI(s).
- These plugins are available only to the user account that contains the LabVIEW Data folder.
If you are using a package management tool like VIPM, it makes the most sense to install Quick Drop plugins to the LabVIEW 20xx folder. If you are manually installing a plugin and want to share it across different instances of LabVIEW, you should install it to the LabVIEW Data folder instead.