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Can I move my Cakewalk downloads folder?
My cw downloads folder C:/Program Data/Cakewalk/Command Centre/Downloads is getting too big. As I have 2 HDD on my DAW I'm planning on changing the settings in Command Centre to download to the other drive. However, what I want to know is, can I move the entire existing download folder to the other drive, or even just delete it? It looks as if the folder contains actual content, not just installers. I can also see that there are many consecutive updates of, for example, help documentation, sonar updates etc., all of which are at least 350Mb in size. I'll submit a support ticket if necessary, but if anyone here knows the answer it would be great to hear from you! 
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Re: Can I move my Cakewalk downloads folder?
2015/11/28 07:05:50
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It's no problem moving the folder. I have mine on a separate drive just for that purpose. I'm not at my DAW at the moment but from memory you can set where it looks for the folder via the settings menu in Command Centre.
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Re: Can I move my Cakewalk downloads folder?
2015/11/28 08:26:16
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Just move it and point to the path in CCC settings.
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portesham
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Re: Can I move my Cakewalk downloads folder?
2015/11/28 10:19:06
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OK, thanks both, path changed in CCC, deleted downloads folder from main drive and moved to the other drive.
Given that this downloads folder is nearly 30Gb after about a year of using CCC, surely it's just going to keep growing and growing? The sonar help documentation alone consists of 8 instances of itself, amounting to 4Gb. I can't believe it's necessary to have so many copies of the same thing. Why doesn't CCC delete older versions of updates?
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Re: Can I move my Cakewalk downloads folder?
2015/11/28 10:23:16
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You may delete the files if you wish. The only reason to retain the files is it will save some time when rolling back or if you ever need to install again. Should the Command Center ever need a file which is not available in the download cache, the Command Center will download it again.
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portesham
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Re: Can I move my Cakewalk downloads folder?
2015/11/28 10:31:58
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That's interesting, as I'd thought that if I deleted the entire folder contents, CCC would update to the latest versions only, not all the earlier instances?
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Re: Can I move my Cakewalk downloads folder?
2015/11/28 10:39:45
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No, rolling back to a version of an installer which is not in the download cache causes the Command Center to download it again.
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portesham
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Re: Can I move my Cakewalk downloads folder?
2015/11/28 11:14:29
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Not talking about rolling back; are you saying that deleting all 8 versions of the help docs would result in CCC download all 8 versions again? Why would it do that? If I was worried about the possible need to roll back to an earlier version, I could just keep the previous file, not all 8.
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Re: Can I move my Cakewalk downloads folder?
2015/11/28 11:28:08
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portesham
Not talking about rolling back; are you saying that deleting all 8 versions of the help docs would result in CCC download all 8 versions again?
No, the Command Center does not work that way. If there are no help docs in the cache, the next time the Command Center is instructed to update the help docs, only the newest version will be downloaded. Downloading an older version of an installer will only happen if the Command Center is instructed to rollback to that version and the file is not in the download cache. In this case, the Command Center will download the installer for that older version only.
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portesham
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Re: Can I move my Cakewalk downloads folder?
2015/11/28 12:06:10
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No, the Command Center does not work that way. If there are no help docs in the cache, the next time the Command Center is instructed to update the help docs, only the newest version will be downloaded. Yes, that's what I thought. As I said 2 posts ago; "That's interesting, as I'd thought that if I deleted the entire folder contents, CCC would update to the latest versions only, not all the earlier instances?" So, forget about rolling back or reinstallng sonar, the downloads folder contains numerous versions of, for example, the help files, but none of the earlier ones are actually required. This takes up space. In the long term our download folders are going to get bigger and bigger, as newer versions are added, without removing the older ones. CCC should automatically remove all earlier (except for the previous) updates. Otherwise, in 3-4 years time, the average HDD will be almost completely full with sonar updates which are not required. Enough of this, back to the music!
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