sharke
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A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
In case some of you weren't aware, the CC downloads update files to a folder which you can specify in the CC options, but which defaults to your system drive. For those of you with large system drives this may not be a problem, but if like me you have limited space on an SSD (mine is 250GB) then you might find yourself literally running out of drive space if you don't keep on top of it. This happened to me last night, for the first time in my life I found myself getting "drive full" errors and found that I only had about 50MB free on my system drive. Quickly located the biggest culprit to the CC download folder which was bursting with many GB of files, many of them well past their sell by date! I deleted them all to free up space and then decided to move the folder location to my data drive, which at 2TB can spare the room. But there is nothing to stop this folder growing unless you manually delete files. Perhaps the Bakers should implement some kind of download folder size limit specifiable by the user, with the oldest files being deleted once this limit has been reached. Just a thought.
post edited by sharke - 2016/06/16 22:48:59
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 12:52:44
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Where does one change the default folder options?
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 12:57:00
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Paths tab in the Command Center settings. Click the gear in the upper right of the Command Center to get to settings. I recommend using a directory junction instead of changing the path. Otherwise, remember the path is reset when logging out of the Command center.
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 13:02:18
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I've been gathering the CCC install files to my F: drive which currently is a 1TB (soon to be 4TB) ever since we could dictate where to put them. 
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 13:03:29
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Thanks for that. I had re-directed my download path in Command Center to another drive, but somehow it got changed back to C:\. I found 6 GB worth of stuff there to delete.
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 13:05:17
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This is why I use a directory junction
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 13:18:01
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Thanks for the heads up sharke
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 13:47:30
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Oh, this was a good hint! I got 20 GB more free space to my almost full SSD.
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 15:05:36
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right on James. thanks for the heads up.
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 16:52:53
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Can you please post the path of these files, I was not aware of them.
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 17:17:26
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rejonzin
Can you please post the path of these files, I was not aware of them.
.........And what are the file names we should be looking for to delete? Can anyone provide a couple examples? Thanks! ~Jeff
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 17:19:32
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☄ Helpfulby skinnybones lampshade 2016/06/17 20:59:08
Rejonzin,if your using Win10,go to windows explorer and on the menu bar at the top click on the view tab check the hidden items box,go to C dr then Programdata then cakewalk then command center then downloads folders,you'll find them in there.
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 17:23:56
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☄ Helpfulby doyouwannit 2016/06/17 13:54:51
usually the lastest version number that you should keep,i didnt delete any files i just moved them to a larger hard drive,All Of Them..
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 17:48:23
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Good to know, thanks sharke. I suppose holding the old files assists in rollbacks but for those of use who hardly ever rollback (and if need to would be just as happy to redownload as it would be such a rare occurence) it would be cool if they had an option to delete old files when newer versions are downloaded. Reason by Propellerheads had a similiar thing going on in the hidden files-- all of a sudden there'd be 15gigs of stuff you had no need for in there.
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 18:18:14
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Yes, the files are cached for rollback. If the Command Center cannot find a file it needs, it will download the file again.
There is an option to delete files in the context menu for each item in the Command Center.
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 18:20:22
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rejonzin
Can you please post the path of these files, I was not aware of them.
Look in the options in the Command Center, it will show you the path (and there is also a button to take you to the folder).
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/16 21:31:53
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Wow!!! 17 Gigs. Thanks James.
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 09:52:05
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Whoa, mine was 60gb, so thanks for pointing this out! I suppose moving them is "safe enough" (ie they're on my PC), but they would be "easily" available again. Do they need to stay there, on C? The current/latest one, anyway? Michael
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 10:47:03
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You don't need to keep any of them, no.
I usually keep just the current and previous updates of each file, in case I need to rollback quickly.
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 10:53:56
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Great tip sharke. 26 gigs here. Makes me wonder what other files from other programs could be purged. Thanks!
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 11:25:54
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49gb freed up here. SSD thanks you.
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 11:39:30
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Cheers for the tip! 23.8 gigs restored 
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 11:54:47
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I checked my setup and like you I have my OS on a SSD card (480GB) and in my rush to load Sonar I didn't change the default folders in CC, so was surprised to find how much space was taken up. Changed the defaults and must have messed something up and ended up having to do a clean re-install of Sonar (was worth it in the end). So just a little warning to do it step by step and don't rush it like I must have done  . Was well worth it though, saved around 26Gig, so thanks for the advice
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 12:20:54
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WOW, What a SSD saver !!!!!! I was wondering why my SSD drive was quickly filling up. Thanks Sharke !! you are the best
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 12:30:22
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Thanks Sharke!!!
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 13:29:59
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scook
This is why I use a directory junction
You mean using MKLink?
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 14:19:43
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☄ Helpfulby pentimentosound 2016/06/17 17:25:14
Yes, I got a PM about it so I will post my reply with the steps here.
The name of the new location could be any valid path. In this example I am assuming the default location of "C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Command Center\Downloads" and a new location of "D:\Cakewalk\Command Center\Downloads"
FYI, ProgramData is a hidden directory.
1. Create the new location "D:\Cakewalk\Command Center\Downloads"
2. Move the contents from "C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Command Center\Downloads" to "D:\Cakewalk\Command Center\Downloads"
3. Delete "C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Command Center\Downloads"
4. run cmd.exe as administrator
5. type
mklink /j "C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Command Center\Downloads" "D:\Cakewalk\Command Center\Downloads"
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 14:32:34
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Thanks, Sharke!
12 Gb cleaned here... :)
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 15:13:54
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Thanks sharke (and scook) - invaluable information
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Re: A reminder to clean up your Command Center download folder
2016/06/17 15:29:06
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Maybe we can get Craig to add it to his TOW thread.
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