Hello Andrew,
Glad to hear that you found a solution. Excellent!
I would certainly like to see the changes you've made and possibly include them. That area of the code (dealing with directories and file references) is one which is experiencing bit of flux. There will be some differences between the current 5.0.4-Beta version and the "GA" release version. Some changes have already been made to the latest version in the repository. Perhaps insights from your changes could inform the direction the code is moving.
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I hope to hear from you soon. Cheers!
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