EastCoastCanadian Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I don't know if this is the appropriate place to ask this question if it's not I apologize. But my question is I have my sim installed on a separate SSD drive E. My problem is I'm running out of space is there anyway way I can transfer my ORBX folder over to my C drive to save space with out any issues? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmucki Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 of course there is, you just have to navigate to the new location and add it back line by line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dow Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Because of the installers, it is a requirement that ORBX be within the FSX or P3D folder. However there are generally no impediments to running other sceneries from other drives, especially things like Pilot's Mesh etc, which occupy a lot of space. Once installed to another drive you can just point the sim's Scenery Library to the new location. There are bridging tools and routines but I suspect they would be more trouble than they are worth. Depending where you live, a 500GB or 1TB SSD are only half the price they were a couple of years ago and quite affordable now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastCanadian Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 Ok maybe I'm better off to get another SSD and clone it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Swede in Spain Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 2 hours ago, elmucki said: of course there is, you just have to navigate to the new location and add it back line by line. What do you mean! Add what lines back!!!! Jack the Swede in Spain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 If you want to move some directories to (cheaper) drives, you can use the freeware DIRLINKER . Just look for this word here in the forums, @Navigator16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmucki Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 your scenery library is in a certain order (lines, order, whatever you wanna call it... 1, 2, 3, etc...) you can manually move anything to another location, you just have to add it manually and ensure its in the correct order. Screenshots of the "before" should help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Swede in Spain Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Nope you can NOT, as ORBX-sceneries MUST to be in the FSX/P3D root directory!!! Jack the Swede in Spain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The other alternative is to transfert all the root directory of the sim to the new drive then change location into registry with freeware registry fix tool. Some changes may be needed into exe.xml and dll.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastCanadian Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Yeah that's nothing only a headache so I'll just get a bigger SSD and clone it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaab Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The best hidden Windows standard way to redirect programs calls to another drive is called "Junction", which is officially implemented by Microsoft (but well hidden) since Vista ... Using a "junction", the OS, without the programs even knowing it, redirects calls to the moved folder. See Junction Explanation by Microsoft Lets say you want to move the contain of "F:\FSX\Addon Scenery\MyScenery" to another drive (Z: for example) because this one is full. Just create Z:\MyMovedScenery Move (after making a backup please !), the contain of MyScenery to MyMovedScenery. To create the junction, you must delete the MyScenery folder, in order to let mklink recreate it as a junction. On the command line just type mklink /J F:\FSX\Addon Scenery\MyScenery Z:\MyMovedScenery I am using a great freeware Explorer replacement "MultiCommander" which allow to do it more easily and safely. And don't forget the usual legal notice "I cannot be considered as responsible if anything goes wrong". Gérard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastCanadian Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Ok bud thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoDave Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I'm using the Microsoft Junction tool, it cleared a bunch of hard drive space on my (dedicated) FSX drive.. It seems to be working perfectly and took only minutes. When I say "it seems", that's because I'm un-technical and I have no idea what will happen when I have to install the next ORBX product. Perhaps John Dow or Richard Bui can jump back in here and continue this discussion for us non-techies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 2 hours ago, MotoDave said: I'm using the Microsoft Junction tool, it cleared a bunch of hard drive space on my (dedicated) FSX drive.. It seems to be working perfectly and took only minutes. When I say "it seems", that's because I'm un-technical and I have no idea what will happen when I have to install the next ORBX product. Perhaps John Dow or Richard Bui can jump back in here and continue this discussion for us non-techies. Nothing to say on my side as I don't use it. Not recommanded to unskilled computer people if having to managed several locations and hardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastCanadian Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Anyhow guys thanks for all the info I just bought a Samsung 1tb SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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