Why does this .active file keep appearing in my brushes storage folder, Every time I delete it, it comes back and it is annoying. When that file is there, my brush sets won't work, when I remove it, they are fine.

I also have that file, I think it's because I have a MrQ add-on manager / AddonCollectionManager.

It may be the same case with you Molly.

I do have the addon manager but it won't work when that .active file is there, I get rid of it every day and it comes back.

It's the file used by my addonManager to keep track of the sets you have activated. Since its name starts with a dot, it should not be visible by default to Linux & OSX users.

Erasing files when you don't know their purpose is generally a bad idea. But you can often edit the file to look at its contents to figure that out.

Thanks ofnuts, I remember a while back I had the same problem and you said to delete that file. Anyway, I will see if I can figure it out.

It should. You have likely ended up with a desynchronization between your activated files and the .active file contents. Remove the .active and at the same time remove the activated files/directories/links from the active directory: compare the contents of the active and storage directories, those that are in both can be removed from the active directory.

ok if I can understand this, I will try it. I look in the brushes folder,which are the active ones and then look in the brushes storage folder to see if they are also there, if they are, I remove them from the brushes folder.... Is that correct?

Yes.

working fine now, thank you ofnuts.