From d1dfe2de52542025a0bb677d139146b654be273e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pblivingston <71585805+pblivingston@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 21:15:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] revert to user folder

should be faster this way, and it wasn't actually causing the problems i thought it was causing

pester tests pass for all kinds
---
 lib/Voicemeeter.psm1 |  4 ++++
 lib/io.ps1           | 38 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/Voicemeeter.psm1 b/lib/Voicemeeter.psm1
index d132c4e..4d5519f 100644
--- a/lib/Voicemeeter.psm1
+++ b/lib/Voicemeeter.psm1
@@ -20,11 +20,15 @@ class Remote {
     [String]$vmpath
     [Hashtable]$kind
     [Object]$profiles
+    [String]$userpath
+    [String]$workingconfig
 
     Remote ([String]$kindId) {
         $this.vmpath = Setup_DLL
         $this.kind = GetKind($kindId)
         $this.profiles = Get_Profiles($this.kind.name)
+        $this.userpath = Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath('MyDocuments')) 'Voicemeeter'
+        $this.workingconfig = Join-Path $this.userpath ('vm' + $this.kind.name + '_working.xml')
     }
 
     [string] ToString() {
diff --git a/lib/io.ps1 b/lib/io.ps1
index 912f73e..23dfc4a 100644
--- a/lib/io.ps1
+++ b/lib/io.ps1
@@ -170,33 +170,31 @@ class IODevice : IRemote {
     hidden $_driver = $($this | Add-Member ScriptProperty 'driver' `
         {
             if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($this.name)) { return '' }
-            
-            $type = $null
-            try {
-                $tmp = [System.IO.Path]::Combine([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath(), "vmrtmp-$(New-Guid).xml")
-                $this.remote.Setter('Command.Save', $tmp)
 
-                $timeout = New-TimeSpan -Seconds 2
-                $sw = [Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()
-                $line = $null
-                do {
-                    if (Test-Path $tmp) {
+            $path = $this.remote.workingconfig
+            $oldTime = if (Test-Path $path) { (Get-Item $path).LastWriteTime } else { [DateTime]::MinValue }
+            $this.remote.Setter('Command.Save', $path)
+
+            $timeout = New-TimeSpan -Seconds 2
+            $sw = [Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()
+            $line = $null
+            do {
+                if (Test-Path $path) {
+                    $newTime = (Get-Item $path).LastWriteTime
+                    if ($newTime -gt $oldTime) {
                         try {
-                            $line = Get-Content $tmp | Select-String -Pattern "<$($this.kindOfDevice)Dev index='$($this.index + 1)'" -List
+                            $line = Get-Content $path | Select-String -Pattern "<$($this.kindOfDevice)Dev index='$($this.index + 1)'" -List
                             if ($line) { break }
                         }
                         catch {}
                     }
-                    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 20
-                } while ($sw.elapsed -lt $timeout)
-                if ($line -and $line.ToString() -match "type='(?<type>\d+)'") {
-                    $type = $matches['type']
-                }
-            }
-            finally {
-                if (Test-Path $tmp) {
-                    Remove-Item $tmp -Force
                 }
+                Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 20
+            } while ($sw.elapsed -lt $timeout)
+            
+            $type = $null
+            if ($line -and $line.ToString() -match "type='(?<type>\d+)'") {
+                $type = $matches['type']
             }
 
             if ($type -notin $this.drivers.Keys) { return 'unknown' }