Help - how do I change user save directory?

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Help - how do I change user save directory?

#1 Post by jenx »

How do I change the directory into which t-Engine and the save games is put? I need to move it to a different hdd asap.
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Re: Help - how do I change user save directory?

#2 Post by Rectifier »

Honestly it depends on the operating system, I believe windows has a migration option, but I bet it would be easier to do on other systems.

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Re: Help - how do I change user save directory?

#3 Post by jenx »

Windows. Any ideas?
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Re: Help - how do I change user save directory?

#4 Post by Canderel »

Junction is easiest... (though not elementary)

Ie. Create a symbolic link in users/yourself/T-Engine, that points to other local hard drive (USB sticks included).

From a previous forum post (also includes suggestions for dropbox):
Seneschul wrote: Flash drive
1. Go to %USERPROFILE% and back up yout T-Engine folder (I prefer 7zip.
2. Move your T-Engine folder from your user directory, to your flashdrive. (We'll call the flashdrive M, thus move your T-Engine folder to M:\ )
3. Download JUNCTION (This tool only works on XP, Vista, and 7 OSes. The host file system may need to be NTFS too - the flash drive does not need to be NTFS)
4. Open a cmd prompt (administrative command prompt for vista/7)
5. In the command prompt, type in the following, without the single quote marks ' junction "%USERPROFILE%\T-Engine" "M:\T-Engine" '
6. Play your games everywhere you take your flash drive. Make sure not to have multiple t-engines open between your work and your home computers!

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Re: Help - how do I change user save directory?

#5 Post by Rectifier »

Also if you can, try to have your profile name be one word or at least without spaces...found out the hard way how it can cause problems later.

That link for junction didn't work for me. One sec and I'll see if I can find a newer link that works.

Alright here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysi ... s/bb896768

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Re: Help - how do I change user save directory?

#6 Post by jenx »

I just meant putting it on second hdd, so on d rather than c. I want it out of My Documents altogether.

Many programs let you put save directory where u want.
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Re: Help - how do I change user save directory?

#7 Post by Rectifier »

You can't just move the Users folder in Windows...please just google it.

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Re: Help - how do I change user save directory?

#8 Post by jenx »

I don't want to move Users. I don't want to store the tome save directory in Users.
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