Desktop v2

It would be great if the installation and database path could be modified

I only use remote dbs, and only the query tool. Just a bit annoying that it takes so many clicks to get to db querying. Ideally I would like to open the neo4j desktop app, and see my last used remote db on the first screen, and see button to connect to it and start querying. In neo4j desktop v1 it was bit easier, you just click connect, then open, then also have to delete those two intro cards and can start querying. Now in v2, the remote dbs are not even on the first screen... Could you make it configureable, or remember last section that was used ? Also in 'remote connections' section before connecting there is so much space, but why are the connection options hidden in a dropdown? I suggest they could be just always visible buttons. And in the query section, everytime it shows the 'guide | dataset | feedback' card, it gets tiring after a while, should be a setting to not show anymore! Also your feedback form is using dark UX patterns of allowing to write a big text, but only asking for log-in before submitting, not upfront. thanks

Using the latest macOS desktop client and it just recently stopped being able to connect to a remote instance. telnet seems to connect fine. Been going in circles with ChatGPT to troubleshoot.

[2025-12-06 13:12:17.268] [error] (nestjs) Invoke-Neo4jAdmin : Illegal characters in path. At C:\Users\%NAME%\.Neo4jDesktop2\Data\dbmss\dbms-d3b97900-d2d5-4e90-83a7-19a3bae10bd6\bin\neo4j-admin.ps1:9 char:7 + Exit (Invoke-Neo4jAdmin -Verbose:$Arguments.Verbose -CommandArgs $Arg ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Invoke-Neo4jAdmin Error: Invoke-Neo4jAdmin : Illegal characters in path. At C:\Users\%NAME%\.Neo4jDesktop2\Data\dbmss\dbms-d3b97900-d2d5-4e90-83a7-19a3bae10bd6\bin\neo4j-admin.ps1:9 char:7 + Exit (Invoke-Neo4jAdmin -Verbose:$Arguments.Verbose -CommandArgs $Arg ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Invoke-Neo4jAdmin at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\%NAME%\AppData\Local\Programs\neo4j-desktop\resources\app.asar\node_modules\@desktop\common\dist\entities\dbmss\exec\process-manager.js:84:28) at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28) at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1101:16) at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:304:5) ExceptionsHandler [2025-12-06 13:18:09.195] [error] (nestjs) Invoke-Neo4jAdmin : Illegal characters in path. At C:\Users\XXXXX\.Neo4jDesktop2\Data\dbmss\dbms-d3b97900-d2d5-4e90-83a7-19a3bae10bd6\bin\neo4j-admin.ps1:9 char:7 + Exit (Invoke-Neo4jAdmin -Verbose:$Arguments.Verbose -CommandArgs $Arg ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Invoke-Neo4jAd

can't connect to neo4j database

Provide a button to take someone to the logs for the desktop client. I've found that neo4j is occasionally dying, and I have no idea yet why. I need to chase down the logs, and it would be helpful to have a button to at least launch a cmd to the directory where they're stored, or a File Explorer to said directory. For query results, clear the previous node graph even, and especially when there's no results for the new query. This will help clear confusion.

It should be the simplest thing to import a dump file. It's such basic stuff to fall down on. Something like "Create database from dump file" > "Select your dump file", "Name your database (with option to overwrite the default neo4j database) > Done. It would be great if you could revisit that. Thanks.

Currently, it is possible to open the neo4j.conf file for edition from the Desktop UI. My suggestion is to enable the same feature for the apoc.conf file at the Plugins page.