1) Thanks for the install fix (aka un-breaking it back to the way it was). Sonar again "installs" on D:\ Music\cakewalk\Sonar - as directed.
2. ) However, an OLD, VERY OLD complaint still persists on installation in general (doesn’t' matter if manual or via C3)
It would be really nice, especially for folks with SDD's (but no budget for terabyte and larger SDD's) if we could JUST get ALL of it (SONAR, Dim PRO, Rapture PRO, etc.) installed to the drive specified. Not just a complaint about or to Cakewalk but ALL software developers/manufactures. Folks are moving to SDD's but because of current and recent past costs they moved to SDD's that are, or were, in general SMALLER than the HDDs they replace - so slapping everything on the C: \ like it was an endless drive is not good. Actually it was lazy and sloppy BEFORE use of SDD's but that's "water under the bridge," as it were.
There is no compelling need (post MS Win Vista) more than a FEW BYTE's onto boot drive.
Cakewalk updates and inserts a lot of stuff into windows registry: pointing to all install locations, OS required registry info, as well as CW embedded protections, etc. But other than the short cut to "sonar.exe" on "C:\" in the Start Menu there doesn't really need to be more than that? If users want stuff 100% of Sonar all on C:\ that's there prerogative.
when I've had to re-install Dim Pro or CW Studio Instruments (becasue of new OS or other reasons like when CW updates re-install SI's) I still have to manually move the multi-sample libs to another drive then hack registry to tell Dim Pro and SI's where they are at, a user should never have to hack registry to move ANYTHING)
The base program itself (SONAR), with zero add-ons/add-ins, installs as much, if not more, on C drive then on drive where it's pointed to:
C:\Program Data\Cakewalk\
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\
C:\Program Files (x86)\Cakewalk\
C:\Cakewalk Content ; while it's just a log file, why is it needed? - Registry KNOWS where the full Cakewalk Content folder is.
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk;
C:\Users\{username}\Documents\Cakewalk;
C:\Users\All Users\Cakewalk
Probably a few I'm forgetting
Thanks ahead of time for ANY consideration on this topic in some future major update/release of Sonar and ALL cakewalk products (DP, RP, MC7, whatever)