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Create Appdata directories elsewhere?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:38 am
by mecmecmec
I have qBittorrent installed on another hard drive. I don't want the folders to be created in C:\Users\user\Appdata\Local and C:\Users\\user Appdata\Roaming. Is there a way to put those folders in the installation directory?
Re: Create Appdata directories elsewhere?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 5:50 am
by loki
Not with the officially supported version, you could look into portable apps but you're on your own for support there. Or, if you have a suitable filesystem, NTFS for example, you can create a symlink to where ever you want to store the data folders.
Re: Create Appdata directories elsewhere?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:07 am
by mecmecmec
The portable version still creates folders in the appdata directory. How do I do it with a symlink?
Re: Create Appdata directories elsewhere?
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:43 pm
by loki
It's been a while since I worked with one but you should be able to use this as a guide depending on your Windows version,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link
Re: Create Appdata directories elsewhere?
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 3:31 am
by AsaRossoff
The absolutely easiest way to manage symlinks, hardlinks, junctions/volume mount points, etc. is with Link Shell Extension:
http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshel ... llext.html