How to get Logic Pro to relocate plug in folders?

Question

I have downloaded a plug in months ago.
(a folder that contains:
component file
vst bank file (.fxb)
a folder with all the samples/instrument files for importing individually instead of using the premade vst bank above
Months ago, I created a project using the plugin.
Today, I went through some folder organization, and moved the downloaded folder with everything in it to another location.
When I open the project, it says that blahblahblah is missing, and therefore the sound will not play from that instrument/plugin.
I tried something:
I left the downloaded folder in its original location. DOWNLOADS.
I opened the project and it did sound. The settings on the instrument are my main concern. So i saved those settings with the save as feature.
I moved the folder to desired location.
Then reopened the proejct which had the same error message. I opened the instrument FROM THE NEW LOCATION.
clicked my saved setting.
and this resulted in an error message saying that it couldnt find the files in its original location.
im guessing that the saved setting feature saves your settings and remembers/references the current location of the plug in/files being saved (their settings)
My problem:
I would like to move the folder of the instrument/plugin to a new location
while preserving the current settings of the insturment/plugin in said project.
How do I get logic to keep the current settings, and only relocate the plugin files????

Answer 1

There are certain things that you have to remember about the way that Logic works, as far as file structure goes - if you change the location of the audio files that are in the regions of a project, you will have to re-locate them (you can do that in the audio bin) to re-establish the file path - the EXS24 will actually look for samples and it might not do it very quickly if your Spotlight index hasn't been updated recently, which is another story.
You have to think about what you need to save into a project folder if you're gonna share it with somebody else, if you're working on a project like that, but otherwise Logic saves what you need for that particular project on your own computer, so that should be OK.
Well, for example, .component files should be placed in your computer's Audio folder, rather than the project file's folder (or your own Audio folder available to you with your log-in) to be available for all your projects, I'm not totally sure what you mean.