July 1, 201312 yr I would like to relocate the "Flight Simulator Files" folder in the "My Documents" folder (Windows XP) to another internal hard drive on same PC where FS9 is located. Can this be done by modifying the FS9.CFG file? Thanks for your help! Airbus Al Kaupa Digital Storm purchased 8/17/2011; Win7x64: Asus P8P67 Deluxe; Intel i7 2600K@3,9 GHZ; nVidia GTX 560Ti; 8GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Dominator; Power Corsair HX 750W; Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD; 300GB WD VelociRaptor; 1TB Seagate.
July 2, 201312 yr I asked this very question for a similar purpose, but got no useful replies. Hope you have better luck Brendan Chen Learning to use and getting use to FSX!
July 2, 201312 yr There are ways to alias folders to other locations, though this is done outside of FS. I am curious why you want to do this in the first place. There is no performance gain to be seen by doing so. Is is the fact that your Documents folder is too big? regards, Joe The best gift you can give your children is your time.
July 2, 201312 yr Since you're having more replies here, hope OP don't mind me tag along. If you do, please let me know and I'll stop. For my reason because I lost the original "Flight Simulator Files" folder due to a HDD crash. Mine is FSX, but the core FSX installation is on a separate SSD. Now I can't add saved flights like ones for tutorial flights etc. Brendan Chen Learning to use and getting use to FSX!
July 2, 201312 yr For my reason because I lost the original "Flight Simulator Files" folder due to a HDD crash. Mine is FSX, but the core FSX installation is on a separate SSD. Now I can't add saved flights like ones for tutorial flights etc. Are you saying you are running a computer that now has no C:\ drive? Where is your OS? Where is your FSX.cfg? regards, Joe The best gift you can give your children is your time.
July 2, 201312 yr Are you saying you are running a computer that now has no C:\ drive? Where is your OS? Where is your FSX.cfg? regards, Joe lol, funny the way you put it But essentially OS is on C drive, "My Document", "My Pictures", "My Music" etc., along with "Flight Simulator Files" is on E:\ (which now deceased). My FSX is on D:\ and my FSX.cfg is on C:\ Brendan Chen Learning to use and getting use to FSX!
July 2, 201312 yr But essentially OS is on C drive, "My Document", "My Pictures", "My Music" etc., along with "Flight Simulator Files" is on E:\ (which now deceased). My FSX is on D:\ and my FSX.cfg is on C:\ So how did you get ""My Document", "My Pictures", "My Music" etc., along with "Flight Simulator Files" is on E:\" on the E:\ drive to begin with? regards, Joe The best gift you can give your children is your time.
July 2, 201312 yr So how did you get ""My Document", "My Pictures", "My Music" etc., along with "Flight Simulator Files" is on E:\" on the E:\ drive to begin with? regards, Joe Moved it manually, then relink the the "Library" to them. I wanted all these storage type folders and documents to be on a larger HDD Brendan Chen Learning to use and getting use to FSX!
July 2, 201312 yr You are totally messing up your Windows install this way. With FSX, certain files can be moved and accessed from different locations. such as plans. They don't even need to be in a My Documents named folder.
July 2, 201312 yr Moved it manually, then relink the the "Library" to them. I wanted all these storage type folders and documents to be on a larger HDDSo un-link them and create a new Documents folder on the C:\ drive or buy a new E:\ drive. regards, Joe The best gift you can give your children is your time.
July 2, 201312 yr So un-link them and create a new Documents folder on the C:\ drive or buy a new E:\ drive. regards, Joe My E:\ drive is getting exchanged but yes will have to try that. Regarding unlink them, I can do it for the "Library" but not anything else. I tried to find a config file of some sort for FSX to see if I can manually change where FSX looks for its "Flight Simulator Files" and can't seemed to find it. At the moment FSX autoregenerated a new folder that is similar, but somehow when I put custom saved files into that folder, FSX doesn't recognise it; as in those flights could not be loaded. Brendan Chen Learning to use and getting use to FSX!
July 2, 201312 yr But sometimes trial and error may get us good results, these results can be shared. Only in this instance, it failed Brendan Chen Learning to use and getting use to FSX!
July 2, 201312 yr At the moment FSX autoregenerated a new folder that is similar, but somehow when I put custom saved files into that folder, FSX doesn't recognise it; as in those flights could not be loaded Sounds like a problem with the files, not their location. What kind of files (extensions) are you talking about and where did you get them? To the OP, sorry if this seems to have wandered away from your initial question, I think it does show the possible pitfalls of doing what you want to do though. I am still curious why you, Airbus, want to move those files. As you can see, Brenchen has done it, with a not-so-great outcome. regards, Joe Brenchen, on 02 Jul 2013 - 3:36 PM, said: I tried to find a config file of some sort for FSX to see if I can manually change where FSX looks for its "Flight Simulator Files" and can't seemed to find it. Because it doesn't exist. This is a hard coded behavior. regards, Joe The best gift you can give your children is your time.
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