yellowcake64
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File locations
Hi all,
I guess some of you may have run into this problem. I have a Windows 10 machine with a relatively small (250GB) SSD drive as my main C:\ drive. This means of course that program files are stored here as well as the Windows OS. One of the biggest consumers of space on this drive is the Sonar stuff. During the installation, I just went with the default locations so practically everything is on this drive.
I think I'm right in assuming that the Sonar operating files need to be on the root drive under Program Files, but I notice there's a 10GB file in C:\ called Cakewalk content. Can I safely move this stuff to another much bigger drive I have on my system?
I know I'll have to change the drive references within preferences in Sonar, but I guess what I'm asking in a nutshell is (a) what files need to remain on the root drive and (b) what files can be safely moved?
Thanks
Dave
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Re: File locations
2017/09/10 00:04:40
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I just checked my folder, total size is 1.82gb.
Seriously, you need a bigger os drive.
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Kev999
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Re: File locations
2017/09/10 00:15:39
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Look under File Locations in Preferences. Everything listed there can be moved easily and safely. Some other moves, e.g. DimPro multisamples, would be a bit more complex and require a registry hack.
Sonar itself doesn't take up much drive space.
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Re: File locations
2017/09/10 03:39:30
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Kev999
Some other moves, e.g. DimPro multisamples, would be a bit more complex and require a registry hack.
Or a junction link
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yellowcake64
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Re: File locations
2017/09/10 10:54:45
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Yeah that's basically what I was asking chaps - anything that can be moved safely without wreaking havoc on the registry. Thanks for the advice Kev.
Dave
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Re: File locations
2017/09/10 13:58:25
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☄ Helpfulby yellowcake64 2017/09/11 22:47:18
The easiest solution is a symbolic link. A symbolic link is a lot like a standard Windows shortcut, except that Windows does the redirection silently and universally. You move the files and folders elsewhere but leave this symbolic link in their place. Then, whenever a program references those files Windows quietly sends them off to the real location. The programs never know the files aren't really there. So, for example, if Dim Pro thinks its samples are in c:\program files\cakewalk\dimension pro, it will have no problem finding them even if they're not really physically there anymore, because Windows will fool Dim Pro into thinking that's where they still are. Sounds complicated, but it's not. There is a command called mklink for making symbolic links. It's a DOS command, so you run it in a command prompt window (cmd.exe). You'll want to run the command prompt as Administrator. Here's an article that explains symbolic links and how to create them.
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Re: File locations
2017/09/10 14:06:20
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☄ Helpfulby yellowcake64 2017/09/11 22:47:09
You might think that this makes your file system more complicated, scattering data all over the place, forcing you to remember where you put stuff. But it doesn't, because Windows makes the illusion complete.
If, for example, you do a backup of the C: drive, all those files you moved over to D: will get backed up too. Even your backup software is fooled. I use DOS commands and batch files for most of my backups, and even xcopy is fooled into thinking those files are still in their original location. Same thing happens when you update a plugin or add a library to a VI. The Cakewalk Command Center gets fooled, too, and happily installs everything in the proper location.
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