rfxcasey Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) I have DCS installed on my fast M.2 Drive F:, but I noticed through Windows resource manager that DCS is accessing my slow mechanical D drive. It seems to be accessing D:\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS. How can I move that folder to my fast drive F:? I was getting a lot of stuttering and I noticed these drive accesses. If I alt + tab out of DCS the D drive activity stops. When I alt + tab back into DCS it starts accessing the D drive location again even though DCS is installed on my F M.2 drive. I think it's causing performance slowdown. Edited March 9, 2022 by rfxcasey
Flappie Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 Hello. How did you move the AppData in the first place? Did you use the "mklink" command? If so, please check this tutorial. A section details how to remove the link. https://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/move-appdata-windows-10/ ---
rfxcasey Posted March 9, 2022 Author Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) Well see, this is weird, because I also have a C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\DCS in addition to D:\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS. The C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\DCS is empty. Would I be better off just doing a complete reinstall of DCS, though, it's probably going to be a real hassle, I'll need to know what to backup so I don't lose all my controller settings. Still, why D:\AppData\Local\Temp\ exists and why it's being used is something I need to figure out. Edited March 9, 2022 by rfxcasey
Flappie Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 I'm pretty sure you cannot change anything in DCS regarding these AppData folders. This has got to do with Windows. Open a "cmd" window then run the following command. It will list all symbolic links in your computer. Then paste the result here. cmd /E /C "prompt $T$$ & echo.%TIME%$ & dir /AL /S C:\ | find "SYMLINK" & for %Z in (.) do rem/ " It took a minute on my PC, and here's what it shows. These are default symbolik links. 21:33:12,81$ 07/12/2019 10:30 <SYMLINKD> All Users [C:\ProgramData] 14/01/2018 15:22 <SYMLINKD> Recorded TV (1) [C:\\C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV] 14/05/2018 19:27 <SYMLINKD> Recorded TV (2) [\\?\C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV] 21:34:37,16$ rem/ ---
rfxcasey Posted March 12, 2022 Author Posted March 12, 2022 Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.1586] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\rfxcasey>cmd /E /C "prompt $T$$ & echo.%TIME%$ & dir /AL /S C:\ | find "SYMLINK" & for %Z in (.) do rem/ " 20:11:16.07$ 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> concrt140.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\concrt140.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> msvcp140.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> msvcp140_1.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140_1.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> msvcp140_2.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140_2.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> ucrtbase.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\ucrtbase.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> vccorlib140.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\vccorlib140.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> vcruntime140.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\vcruntime140.dll] 11/13/2021 01:54 PM <SYMLINK> vcruntime140_1.dll [..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\vcruntime140_1.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> concrt140.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\concrt140.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> msvcp140.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> msvcp140_1.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140_1.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> msvcp140_2.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140_2.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> ucrtbase.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\ucrtbase.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> vccorlib140.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\vccorlib140.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> vcruntime140.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\vcruntime140.dll] 03/11/2022 03:30 PM <SYMLINK> vcruntime140_1.dll [..\..\..\avg.local_vc142.crt\vcruntime140_1.dll] 03/11/2022 11:29 AM <SYMLINKD> nvspcaps [C:\Program Files\\NVIDIA Corporation\ShadowPlay\nvspcaps] 04/13/2017 07:04 AM <SYMLINKD> avast! Antivirus [C:\Program Files\Common Files\AV\avast! Antivirus] 12/07/2019 04:30 AM <SYMLINKD> All Users [C:\ProgramData] 07/15/2017 09:41 AM <SYMLINKD> ScummVM [C:\Users\rfxcasey\AppData\Roaming\ScummVM\Saved games] 20:13:09.29$ rem/ C:\Users\rfxcasey>
Flappie Posted March 13, 2022 Posted March 13, 2022 Your "D:\AppData" folder is not listed. I have no idea what's happening to you. Does it only contain DCS related files or not? ---
Solution rfxcasey Posted March 15, 2022 Author Solution Posted March 15, 2022 Someone else from a Windows 10 forum figured it out. https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/192180-appdata-folder-wrong-drive.html#post2397233
Flappie Posted March 15, 2022 Posted March 15, 2022 Nice find! I should have thought about it. Was your issue solved, then? ---
rfxcasey Posted March 15, 2022 Author Posted March 15, 2022 Yes, I think so, seems to run smoother with virtually no hiccups. Still testing though.
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