Double install

[Bearcat]

Somehow I have two copies of DCS on my PC.. I think this happened when I added a bigger SSD specifically for my sims ... One has all the modules I own.. another has some of them.. How should I deal with this? I am not sure how toi proceed..

 

One is ver 1.2.15.37241 which is on my C drive and has all my modules

 

the other is ver 1.2.11.34087.. on my D drive which has some of them..

 

Can I consolidate this without burning any more activations.. ? I am not even sure when i did this.. I thought I was just moving from one drive to another.. Where can I find how many activations I have left.. I can't seem to find it on the DCS page under my personal section.

[sniperwolfpk5]

Why you burn your Activation? You should de-activate your product and then install. I don't remember but what i think in every module's (example \DCS World\Mods\aircraft\Uh-1H\bin\uh1_protect.exe) folder there is a bin folder and there is ProductName_protection.exe run this, from there you can go to star force site and check your remaining activation and from there you can de-activate your product. It is self explanatory.

 

Correct me if i am wrong, What i think on same system you can install multiple copies and it will not eat your activation.

 

If you want to move your game to another drive, what i suggest just uninstall your game and install it on another drive.

 

I hope this will help.

Edited March 3, 2015 by sniperwolfpk5

[sobek]

You can just delete the older install. It is rather unlikely that you have used activations. Reinstalling doesn't cost you an activation as long as hardware stays largely constant and the registry keys required for activation remain intact.

 

Also, you don't need to uninstall to move from one drive to another. If you know how to adjust shortcuts then you just need to move it where you want it and then adjust the shortcuts for the new target, that's it. No installation necessary.

[Flagrum]

And additionally: the older install does not contain anything that you don't have already in the newer install. The newer install was updated by the autoupdater and therefore it will also contain any modules that you had in the old installation.

[Bearcat]

Thanks guys.. I just wanted to make sure I didn't burn another activation.. When I upfraded my PC I burned one, which I expected.. and then about 9 months later when I upgraded my CPU I burned another.. which I did not expect..