solved How to repair installation clone

[vanir]

My original HD was only 500Mb and ran out of space to update DCS with add ons.

I copypasted it over to a new 1Tb HD 'drive F' and used the updater from that folder, worked for a while. I had to free up space on 'C drive' so removed modules from the original install, now using the 'F drive' copy for play but it wouldn't update after that.

So I've uninstalled the original 'C drive' installation.

There is still an 'F drive' copy. I pay by the Gig for downloads using a metered connection, a new full installation plus all the mods I purchased from scratch may cost a couple of hundred bucks to the ISP.

Is there a way I can just repair the copied installation to 'F drive'? When I tried to reinstall using the vanilla 'DCS World Web (installer)' it gives me a popup saying an existing installation already exists and to select a repair option. But where is this option, how do I select it or is it a separate download executable?

Thank you for your help.

[trois-pas]

Did you try a command line execution of DCS_updater.exe with the "repair" option from the  dcs directory ?

If i'm not mistaken, DCS does not mess with registry. Lauching "DCS_updater.exe repair" from the F: drive instalation ("<directory of your DCS>\bin") Should target the active directory and not the default install.

If you need help with command line, you can PM me.

 

P.S. Couple of hundred dollars for a full DCS install. That's quite a huge ISP cost :(

[draconus]

On 7/8/2023 at 10:03 AM, vanir said:

There is still an 'F drive' copy. I pay by the Gig for downloads using a metered connection, a new full installation plus all the mods I purchased from scratch may cost a couple of hundred bucks to the ISP.

If the version on disk was current one it'd probably copy the files during installation.

[vanir]

Thanks trois-pas, that seems to have fixed it.