birdguy Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I have 19GB of free space on my C Drive. I over 500GB of free space on my D drive where my P3D resides. After Open LC Europe unwraps and the program starts to install FTX Central 2 opens and says the program needs 10GB to install and I only have 9.7GB. So it looks like it has used 10GB of my C drive for unwrapping and needs yet another 10GB to install. Is there some way to redirect it to a drive that has more space for the installation process? Or another solution? Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 1 hour ago, birdguy said: I have 19GB of free space on my C Drive. I over 500GB of free space on my D drive where my P3D resides. After Open LC Europe unwraps and the program starts to install FTX Central 2 opens and says the program needs 10GB to install and I only have 9.7GB. So it looks like it has used 10GB of my C drive for unwrapping and needs yet another 10GB to install. Is there some way to redirect it to a drive that has more space for the installation process? Or another solution? Noel A larger C Drive, Noel. You've reached the limit--19GB won't hack it for these installations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Easy to do Noel. You can put the System Temp File anywhere you want. How to do it is here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/change-location-of-temp-files-folder-to-another/19f13330-dde1-404c-aa27-a76c0b450818 . Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 1 hour ago, Stewart Hobson said: A larger C Drive, Noel. You've reached the limit--19GB won't hack it for these installations. Another thought, Noel. Clear out your recycle bin and see if that frees up enough space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_YVR Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 You can also uninstall some programs from your C drive and reinstall them to your D. Another option is if your downloads folder or pictures folder is on C, just move it to D. So many possibilities to clear up mass amounts of space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 I cleared about 11GB out and that brought me up to 19.7. That still wasn't quite enough. I used Triplane's suggestion and redesignated the temp files to a drive that has 250GB of free space. That worked. Thanks for the tip Doug. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Glad all is well Noel. Moving that Temp file is also important for those of us using a solid-state drive for the operating system. It's the number of writes that determine the useful life of the SSD. The less, the better. No sense needlessly writing all that temporary data there when it can be put anywhere. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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