I want to move my release build

[sobe]

My release build is on drive D and I want to move it to drive F. what is the best method to do it? Do I have to uninstall all my modules and the release build and then reinstall everything on drive F?

[dooom]

i literally just copied it over when i moved my old install to a SSD. IFAIK there were no problems doing that.

 

No harm in attempting a copy first. If it doesnt work you should be able to delete the file structure on F and still have your original build on D.

 

I did this quite a while ago though so fair warning... things may have changed.

[Kayos]

Copy/Paste, change your shortcuts to point to the different drive.

[FOXFIRE TWOONE]

If you choose, move to instead of copy past you don't have to worry about install that is still on D drive. In my case I didn't even have to change desktop icons. Leave your saved games on D.

[sobe]

All good suggestions. However, I was thinking of using the DCS updater utility to uninstall the modules, then unistall DCS and then reinstall DCS on the new drive and then use the DCS updater utility to reinstall the modules. A little more work, but perhaps safer?

[Stacker]

@sobe - I went through this exact same process about a week ago because I wanted to move my beta build onto a HDD and keep my release build on a SSD. I used a directory junction which is a little used technology in NTFS based drives. It's actually worked really well and means I didn't have to muck around reinstalling/updating registry keys or whatever. Have a look at the microsoft command MKLINK and the /J option. The steps I did were

- Copy the entire contents of my 'D:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta' directory into another folder 'F:\TempDCS\DCS World OpenBeta'

- I then renamed my old D drive folder (just in case things went wrong)

- From a command prompt I then used the MKLINK command to create a junction FROM your old directory location TO the new one like this

MKLINK \J "D:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta" "F:\TempDCS\DCS World OpenBeta"

 

My D drive then contains a folder that looks like 'DCS World OpenBeta' but whenever you (or indeed any program) access it you are seamless redirected to the F drive. If you want to give it a test, experiment with a temporary folder first.

[Rudel_chw]

A little more work, but perhaps safer?

No need to do this, and it will take a long time to re-download everything. I've moved my install many times never finding any trouble ...

 

DCS is a lot like the old DOS games, as long as you move the whole folder and its subfolders, you wont have a single trouble.

 

If what you want is a fresh start configuration-wise, then rename the /saved games/dcs folder/ to something like /saved games/old_dcs/ ... then the next time DCS runs it will create a fresh config.

 

Later you can restore from the old_dcs the logbook, the views, the control binds, etc.