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Not on my boot drive!!

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Jumfat Kohlah
Dark Sacred Night
#1 - 2012-03-13 11:59:18 UTC
CCP
Is there any way you could modify your code to make it possible to choose where we place the datafiles for Eve... You are writing stuff for c: and I don't want it on there - I have a drive for Eve and that's where I want it!!
That means ALL of it, Eve temp, cache and binaries
TY JK
Cindy Marco
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2012-03-13 12:01:04 UTC
Jumfat Kohlah wrote:
CCP
Is there any way you could modify your code to make it possible to choose where we place the datafiles for Eve... You are writing stuff for c: and I don't want it on there - I have a drive for Eve and that's where I want it!!
That means ALL of it, Eve temp, cache and binaries
TY JK


I agree 100%.

This has been complained about for quite awhile.

So I run the brand new launcher, and where does it show it putting its files? C:

You made a NEW launcher and still couldn't bother to change this?
Willl Adama
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-03-13 12:04:06 UTC
Yeah that would be nice

Hi
CCP Sputnik
C C P
C C P Alliance
#4 - 2012-03-13 12:05:03 UTC
The release of the Launcher today is the first step in this direction, you will see a lot of improvements to it soon.

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Aziz Nardieu
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2012-03-13 12:27:28 UTC
On a windows machine, if you really want to, you can change the locations of %USERPROFILE% and %LOCALAPPDATA% (in the registry) to a location of your choosing. Probably creates more problems than it solves, but that's the quick fix.
Aethlyn
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2012-03-13 12:31:55 UTC
No, the quick (and effective) fix is to move your CCP/EVE folders and then creating symbolic links pointing to the new locations. Look on these forums, I've explained it more than once now step by step. :)

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Cindy Marco
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2012-03-13 12:41:20 UTC
Aziz Nardieu wrote:
On a windows machine, if you really want to, you can change the locations of %USERPROFILE% and %LOCALAPPDATA% (in the registry) to a location of your choosing. Probably creates more problems than it solves, but that's the quick fix.


Sadly, that breaks stuff, I've done it before.

For example Silverlight. I love my Netflix streaming.
stoicfaux
#8 - 2012-03-13 12:48:56 UTC
Google on "move windows users dir". It might be overkill for your purposes. Otherwise go with junctions/sym-links as per Aethlyn.

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Nirnias Stirrum
UberWTFBBQ and Battle Technologies
#9 - 2012-03-13 12:49:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Nirnias Stirrum
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Sable Moran
Moran Light Industries
#10 - 2012-03-13 13:14:48 UTC
Cindy Marco wrote:
Jumfat Kohlah wrote:
CCP
Is there any way you could modify your code to make it possible to choose where we place the datafiles for Eve... You are writing stuff for c: and I don't want it on there - I have a drive for Eve and that's where I want it!!
That means ALL of it, Eve temp, cache and binaries
TY JK


I agree 100%.

This has been complained about for quite awhile.

So I run the brand new launcher, and where does it show it putting its files? C:

You made a NEW launcher and still couldn't bother to change this?


Liked, not empty quoted, plus oned and very much THIS!.

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Velicitia
XS Tech
#11 - 2012-03-13 13:49:11 UTC
you can also update the path %TEMP% (IIIRC) to change it off the boot drive.

R. Click "My Computer"
Advanced Tab
Environment Variables
TEMP (default is %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp --> i.e. C:\Documents and Settings\Jumfat Kohlah\Local Settings\Temp)
TMP (default is also %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp)

There are also the system variables you can change (but I'm not 100% sure what this might break).
TMP/TEMP (default is C:\Windows\TEMP)

So, you can change from %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp to something like [Storage_Drive_Letter]:\TEMP

Note that certain things (cache, logs, etc) are dumped into your My Docs folder, and I don't know if there's a way to tweak that without registry hacking ... and that can break loads of things.

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Jumfat Kohlah
Dark Sacred Night
#12 - 2012-03-13 13:55:13 UTC
Vel
This I have done already, so thank you for your input.

However I should not NEED to do this if the manufacturers (CCP) remembered this small feature in this last patch. I cannot understand why this was overlooked AGAIN
Karn Dulake
Doomheim
#13 - 2012-03-13 14:00:33 UTC
Not sure if this is relevent

But i move around a lot and i dont use laptops. my safe houses or sometimes compromised and i travel around the world on fake passports conducting business and evading my enemies.


Due to this i keep EVE on a fob that i can just plug into any computer so that i can update skills and play a bit. i just recopy the game back onto the C drive when i have an update coming in.

hope that helps

Edit. first part is horseshit but im sure that you already guessed that :)
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