Answers.Body: <p>You have files under both wp-content/uploads/civicrm/ and wp-content/plugins/files/civicrm (or somewhere other than uploads). Either remove one or set it in civicrm.setting.php with</p>
  <pre><code>$civicrm_paths['civicrm.files']['path'] = ...
  $civicrm_paths['civicrm.files']['url'] = ...
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Text: thanks for the pointer. indeed i had a plugins/files/ - but it's been empty.
  
  what baffles me a bit - how would civicrm know about this other files if their location isn't set anywhere?
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Answers.Text: also - looking into this a bit more i realize i had this warning 21 times within 5 seconds last night - but never before or after (at least in the current log-file which starts november 1st)
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Answers.Text: It knows because it used to be the default location. For timing, how often do you upgrade - the warning is a little over a year old.
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Answers.Text: well, i upgraded from 5.28 to 5.44 yesterday, couple of hours before these 21 warnings were logged .. might this have been 21 upgrades triggering this warning later on?
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Answers.Text: Makes sense, and/or cache clears during the upgrade  rebuilding things.
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Body: <p>trying to debug some other issues post-upgrade i happened to find this warning in the log repeatedly:</p>
  <pre><code>[warning] The system has data from both old+new conventions. Please use civicrm.settings.php to set civicrm.files explicitly.
  </code></pre>
  <p>yes, this installation is running a while now and was upgraded several times, lately with some issues. but as long as i remember i've (actively) never used or changed anything else but civicrm.settings.php</p>
  <p>so, <strong>question:</strong> what is this 'old convention'? is it a different place where settings had been put or a different format used? unfortunately there's nothing to find for this error (that's why i put it in the subject)</p>
  <p>(fwiw - right now i'm on core 5.44 with wordpress 5.8.2, everything greenlight on the status page of civicrm except for 'Resource URLs: Make them portable' and 'MySQL Emoji Support')</p>
  <p>thanks for pointers.</p>
  
Tags: <civicrm.settings.php><core><logs>
Title: The system has data from both old+new conventions. Please use civicrm.settings.php to set civicrm.files explicitly
ThreadText: # The system has data from both old+new conventions. Please use civicrm.settings.php to set civicrm.files explicitly
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-28)
  
  trying to debug some other issues post-upgrade i happened to find this warning in the log repeatedly:
  [warning] The system has data from both old+new conventions. Please use civicrm.settings.php to set civicrm.files explicitly.
  
  yes, this installation is running a while now and was upgraded several times, lately with some issues. but as long as i remember i've (actively) never used or changed anything else but civicrm.settings.php
  so, question: what is this 'old convention'? is it a different place where settings had been put or a different format used? unfortunately there's nothing to find for this error (that's why i put it in the subject)
  (fwiw - right now i'm on core 5.44 with wordpress 5.8.2, everything greenlight on the status page of civicrm except for 'Resource URLs: Make them portable' and 'MySQL Emoji Support')
  thanks for pointers.
  
  **Tags:** civicrm.settings.php, core, logs
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-12-28. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  You have files under both wp-content/uploads/civicrm/ and wp-content/plugins/files/civicrm (or somewhere other than uploads). Either remove one or set it in civicrm.setting.php with
  $civicrm_paths['civicrm.files']['path'] = ...
  $civicrm_paths['civicrm.files']['url'] = ...
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: thanks for the pointer. indeed i had a plugins/files/ - but it's been empty.  what baffles me a bit - how would civicrm know about this other files if their location isn't set anywhere?  
  > **username_0**: also - looking into this a bit more i realize i had this warning 21 times within 5 seconds last night - but never before or after (at least in the current log-file which starts november 1st)  
  > **username_1**: It knows because it used to be the default location. For timing, how often do you upgrade - the warning is a little over a year old.  
  > **username_0**: well, i upgraded from 5.28 to 5.44 yesterday, couple of hours before these 21 warnings were logged .. might this have been 21 upgrades triggering this warning later on?  
  > **username_1**: Makes sense, and/or cache clears during the upgrade  rebuilding things.  
  
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