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Posted: **May 15th, 2026, 4:09 pm**

Good afternoon,

I am currently experiencing difficulties reconfiguring SABNBZD to accept my Completed Download Folder to a new location.

Windows file path of DIR:

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P:/Downloads/NZBs/complete/

Docker path and mounting to same dir:

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- //p/Downloads/NZBs/complete:/NZB-downloads-p:rw

In docker, I am able to exec, touch, and cd into the path /NZB-downloads-p and mkdir folders and files in that directory. However, I cannot set that path as the Completed Download Folder for SABNZBD as it fails with: complete_dir directory: /NZB-downloads-p error accessing.

My docker compose file for SABNZBD:

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---
services:
  dl-sabnzbd:
    image: 
    container_name: DL-Sabnzbd
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
    volumes:
      - //a/Docker Containers/Sabnzbd/:/config:rw
      - //p/Downloads/NZBs/complete:/NZB-downloads-p:rw
      #- //p/Downloads/NZBs/incomplete:/p-downloads-incomplete:rw
      - //p/Downloads/Torrents:/torrents:rw
      - //a/Media Library/Movies:/movies-a:rw
      - //b/Media Library/Movies:/movies-b:rw
      - //d/Media Library/Movies:/movies-d:rw
      - //e/Media Library/Movies:/movies-e:rw
      - //l/Media Library/Movies:/movies-l:rw
      - //m/Media Library/Movies:/movies-m:rw
      - //n/Media Library/Movies:/movies-n:rw
      - //p/Media Library/Movies:/movies-p:rw
      - //w/Media Library/Movies:/movies-w:rw
      - //x/Media Library/Movies:/movies-x:rw
      - //y/Media Library/Movies:/movies-y:rw
      - //z/Media Library/Movies:/movies-z:rw
      - //a/Media Library/TV:/tv-a:rw
      - //b/Media Library/TV:/tv-b:rw
      - //d/Media Library/TV:/tv-d:rw
      - //e/Media Library/TV:/tv-e:rw
      - //l/Media Library/TV:/tv-l:rw
      - //m/Media Library/TV:/tv-m:rw
      - //n/Media Library/TV:/tv-n:rw
      - //p/Media Library/TV:/tv-p:rw
      - //w/Media Library/TV:/tv-w:rw
      - //x/Media Library/TV:/tv-x:rw
      - //y/Media Library/TV:/tv-y:rw
      - //z/Media Library/TV:/tv-z:rw
      - //a/Media Library/Ebooks:/books-a:rw
      - //b/Media Library/Ebooks:/books-b:rw
      - //d/Media Library/Ebooks:/books-d:rw
      - //e/Media Library/Ebooks:/books-e:rw
      - //l/Media Library/Ebooks:/books-l:rw
      - //m/Media Library/Ebooks:/books-m:rw
      - //n/Media Library/Ebooks:/books-n:rw
      - //p/Media Library/Ebooks:/books-p:rw
      - //w/Media Library/Ebooks:/books-w:rw
      - //x/Media Library/Ebooks:/books-x:rw
      - //y/Media Library/Ebooks:/books-y:rw
      - //z/Media Library/Ebooks:/books-z:rw
      - //w/Media Library/Books Unsorted:/books-w-unsorted:rw
      - //a/Media Library/Music:/music-a:rw
      - //b/Media Library/Music:/music-b:rw
      - //d/Media Library/Music:/music-d:rw
      - //e/Media Library/Music:/music-e:rw
      - //l/Media Library/Music:/music-l:rw
      - //m/Media Library/Music:/music-m:rw
      - //n/Media Library/Music:/music-n:rw
      - //p/Media Library/Music:/music-p:rw
      - //w/Media Library/Music:/music-w:rw
      - //x/Media Library/Music:/music-x:rw
      - //y/Media Library/Music:/music-y:rw
      - //z/Media Library/Music:/music-z:rw
      - //w/Media Library/Audio Books:/audio-books-w:rw

    ports:
      - 8082:8080
    restart: unless-stopped

SABNZBD error log:

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2026-05-15 20:53:14,566::INFO::[notifier:169] Sending notification: Error - complete_dir directory: /NZB-downloads-p error accessing (type=error, job_cat=None)
2026-05-15 20:53:14,566::ERROR::[filesystem:409] complete_dir directory: /NZB-downloads-p error accessing

Any help would be appreciated.

Posted: **May 15th, 2026, 4:47 pm**

Seems maybe something changed in this check in Python.
This code is ancient. Seems using os level checking is doing something different.
I implemented a change in the check for this for a next patch.

You can work around this by setting any folder for your Complete folder, then setting your desired directory as the Default folder in Config Categories.

Posted: **May 15th, 2026, 5:11 pm**

Setting the path in the config CATEGORIES section worked immediately. Thank you for your diligence in observing the forums for stuff like this.

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