System Variable Entry: TRUSTEDPATHS

TRUSTEDPATHS

string

varies by host

yes

registry; saved in registry

Specifies which folders have permission to load and execute files that contain code.

• arxload
• autoarxload
• autoload
• findtrustedfile
• load
• open
• vl-vbaload

AutoCAD and BricsCAD. AutoCAD all; BricsCAD V20+. Divergence: read-only AutoCAD False, BricsCAD True; saved-in AutoCAD Registry, BricsCAD Not saved.

Semicolon-separated folder list (each optionally quoted); "" / "." add no folders beyond the implicit ones; a trailing \... (or, in clautolisp and AutoCAD-mac, /...) trusts subfolders recursively. The clautolisp default is "" in every dialect; settable except under --bricscad (read-only, matching BricsCAD). When the trust gate computes whether a file is trusted it uses TRUSTEDPATHS together with the implicit folders (CLAUTOLISPIMPLICITLYTRUSTEDFOLDERPATHS) and the trusted init files. Seedable from the TRUSTEDPATHS environment variable. Full rules: Normative Rules: Secure File Loading and Trust Model (chapter 11).

• AutoCAD: https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2026/ENU/?guid=GUID-2FB4611D-F141-48D5-9B6E-460EB59351AF
• BricsCAD: https://help.bricsys.com/en-us/document/system-variable-reference/t/trustedpaths-system-variable