when you download dorchester, it doesnt ask you where to install - it just INSTALLS!  And it installed into E:\Sonar Platinum\Sonar Platinum

alewgro
when you download dorchester, it doesnt ask you where to install - it just INSTALLS!  And it installed into E:\Sonar Platinum\Sonar Platinum

 
I may have misinterpreted what you said. Are you talking about the location where a release downloads its files, or where the SONAR excecutable program itself is installed?

Anderton

alewgro
when you download dorchester, it doesnt ask you where to install - it just INSTALLS!  And it installed into E:\Sonar Platinum\Sonar Platinum

 
I may have misinterpreted what you said. Are you talking about the location where a release downloads its files, or where the SONAR excecutable program itself is installed?

Oh thats ok.. actually NEITHER.  my EXE is still in my C:\Program Files\Sonar.  I am just talking the Cakewalk Content folder.
 
So for instance, I manually moved the track templates, track icons, Anderton FX Chains, etc...   to E:\Sonar Platinum, then Dorchester installed them again at E:\Sonar Platinum\Sonar Platinum.
 
It's OK, i fixed it by merging the folders, but I assume every update will do this, which is quite annoying.

alewgro
I assume every update will do this, which is quite annoying.

If it did it once, I would expect it do do it every time too. The new "Cakewalk Content" location should not contain the product name. Cakewalk installers append the product name to the "Cakewalk Content" folder name. For example, when installing "SONAR Platinum" the installer looks at the "ContentDir" entry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software appends "\SONAR Platinum" to it and installs in the appropriate folders that path.

FWIW, my relocated "Cakewalk Content" has worked correctly with every installer from X1 through Dorchester. I do not think the problem lies with the installers. My "ContentDir" in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software is set to "N:\Cakewalk Content"

scook
FWIW, my relocated "Cakewalk Content" has worked correctly with every installer from X1 through Dorchester. I do not think the problem lies with the installers. My "ContentDir" in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software is set to "N:\Cakewalk Content"

Since you lessons on the mklink command I simply created a link from C:/ Cakewalk Content to G:/Cakewalk Content and it's worked fine.

Is there a reason why it would be better as a registry edit than using mklink?

No, either way works. My machine is setup with a combination of registry edits and directory junctions as a result of testing. The point for this thread is how the Cakewalk installers place "Cakewalk Content" in product specific folders.

Weird - my Contentdir = E:\Sonar Platinum
 
not E:\Sonar Platinum\Sonar Platinum...  yet it placed contents into E:\Sonar Platinum\Sonar Platinum  and left my original content folders under E:\Sonar Platinum.  I just merged the two into my original location and all seems OK, but i just find it weird it did that.
 
 

Makes sense to me. ContentDir is not SONAR version or even SONAR specific. When a Cakewalk installer reads ContentDir it appends the product being installed to the path. For example, if Contentdir = "E:\Sonar Platinum" here is where the following products would install their Cakewalk Content:

• X3 Producer - "E:\Sonar Platinum\SONAR X3 Producer"
• SONAR Platinum - "E:\Sonar Platinum\SONAR Platinum"
• Rapture Pro - "E:\Sonar Platinum\Rapture Pro"

scook
Makes sense to me. ContentDir is not SONAR version or even SONAR specific. When a Cakewalk installer reads ContentDir it appends the product being installed to the path. For example, if Contentdir = "E:\Sonar Platinum" here is where the following products would install their Cakewalk Content:

• X3 Producer - "E:\Sonar Platinum\SONAR X3 Producer"
• SONAR Platinum - "E:\Sonar Platinum\SONAR Platinum"
• Rapture Pro - "E:\Sonar Platinum\Rapture Pro"

Yes, but why?   

It led me to have the following:
 
"E:\Sonar Platinum\SONAR Platinum\Drum Maps"
 
and my existing Drum Maps at:
 
"E:\Sonar Platinum\Drum Maps"
 
 
I feel the software allowed something to break here.