I set all my custom Sonar folders in preferences to the following:
 
E:\DAW\Sonar Platinum\xxx
 
(where xxx = project templates, track templates, drum maps, etc...)  basically anything that can be set in the folder preferences.
 
So what does the Dorchester update do?   Installs everything to:
 
E:\DAW\Sonar Platinum\Sonar Platinum\xxx
 
Why is it adding another "Sonar Platinum" folder?

And underneath that, it makes all the same folders I already have one level up!
 
Ever since the Command Center, it seems like we lose more control of where things are placed and it doesn't care where you have your things, it's gonna put updates, well - wherever.
 

alewgro
Why is it adding another "Sonar Platinum" folder?

In the CCC system dialog box, where did you specify installing the downloaded files?

Anderton

alewgro
Why is it adding another "Sonar Platinum" folder?

In the CCC system dialog box, where did you specify installing the downloaded files?




I have a seperate area for the install area - nothing related with the path above.  The install folder is only where the Installers go...   this is actual stuff the installers put on my hard drive.    Its the same stuff, track templates, your FX chains, etc... i got them all already in the first Sonar Platinum folder, then they installed them again in Sonar Platinum\Sonar Platinum.  ;(

This happens to me often with a variety of programs. I suspect what's happening is that the program wants to install a SONAR Platinum folder under whichever folder you specify for the install, so it installs SONAR Platinum under SONAR Platinum. It's probably not smart enough to move up the tree and parse folder names to see if it's a duplicate, and even if it could, might not do that on the theory that you might want to install a "Folder A" under a "Folder A."

Anderton
This happens to me often with a variety of programs. I suspect what's happening is that the program wants to install a SONAR Platinum folder under whichever folder you specify for the install, so it installs SONAR Platinum under SONAR Platinum. It's probably not smart enough to move up the tree and parse folder names to see if it's a duplicate, and even if it could, might not do that on the theory that you might want to install a "Folder A" under a "Folder A."

Probably needs fixing then, because - really what is the difference if its in C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Sonar Platinum or my E:\Sonar Platinum?

I should put this post in the Bug forum I guess.

Just leave the post here until the same issue is supported by the experience of others and then get a Cakewalk problem report number.

I think you could choose just E;\, and it should install there under E:\ Sonar Platinum. I have all my Cakewalk content and Samples on a separate drive, and all the updates have been installed where they were supposed to.

I've checked mine and as usual my folders are where I put them. All my Cakewalk Content is on another drive.

How about a junction from the location on C to E?
 

That's how I decide to work, that is using mklink, to create junction points.

I've taken all the default folders like Cakewalk/VSTPlugins, C:/ Cakewalk Content, C:/Cakewalk Projects and created links to my own locations. It works exceptionally well and I was pleased to see that the Dorchester release (the first time I had it all setup) just worked, everything went where it should without any intervention from me.