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DCS user folder - how to change location?


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Unfortunately that does not answer my question. That thread shows how to create additional user folder in Saved Games. What I would like to do is, instead, have my user folder somewhere else than in Saved Games.

 

 

Sorry I misunderstood your question ... DCS will always create its user folder on Saved Games, but once created you can move it somewhere else and then put a hard link to that location.

 

 

For example, lets asume that your DCS' user folder is at \Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\ and you want to move it to drive D:\

 

 

The first step is move the folder DCS.openbeta to D, you will end up with a D:\DCS.openbeta folder and on Saved Games there should be no folder with that name.

 

 

The next step is to open a command windows (by running cmd.exe) and then navigate to C:\Users\your user\saved games

 

 

Finally, run this command: MKLINK /J DCS.openbeta D:\DCS.openbeta

 

 

This will create a link on saved games, that looks like a DCS.openbeta folder, but its actually a link to D:\DCS.openbeta

 

 

Best regards

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Sorry I misunderstood your question ... DCS will always create its user folder on Saved Games, but once created you can move it somewhere else and then put a hard link to that location.

 

 

For example, lets asume that your DCS' user folder is at \Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\ and you want to move it to drive D:\

 

 

The first step is move the folder DCS.openbeta to D, you will end up with a D:\DCS.openbeta folder and on Saved Games there should be no folder with that name.

 

 

The next step is to open a command windows (by running cmd.exe) and then navigate to C:\Users\your user\saved games

 

 

Finally, run this command: MKLINK /J DCS.openbeta D:\DCS.openbeta

 

 

This will create a link on saved games, that looks like a DCS.openbeta folder, but its actually a link to D:\DCS.openbeta

 

 

Best regards

 

Thanks mate!

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