August 16, 20178 yr Hi Sorry bit of a dumb question,but I want to uninstall and move my xplane11 install to a different drive. The problem I have is I cannot see either an uninstall option in the unistall options of windows or from within xplane itself Any idea how i uninstall? Do i just delete the folder !!? Pete Little
August 16, 20178 yr Yes, X-Plane is completely self-contained. So you can actually copy the entire X-Plane folder to the new drive, and then delete the original folder. It will work as before, no need to reinstall it. "Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people".
August 16, 20178 yr And in order to let the installer/updater automatically locate your new X-Plane location, you should update the path in the "x-plane_install_11.txt" file, which should be found inside the AppData\Local Folder of the Windows account which you were using for the initial installation.
August 16, 20178 yr Besides what has been stated above, I think you just have to watch out for any paid add-on (IXEG 737, for example). I think those have to be uninstalled first.
August 16, 20178 yr 1 hour ago, exodus1977 said: Besides what has been stated above, I think you just have to watch out for any paid add-on (IXEG 737, for example). I think those have to be uninstalled first. Right, it's the DRM'd addons you have to watch out for. What I've done in the past is just delete the folders with the addons (plugin directory or aircraft directory), then re-download the files from the vendor and re-install and re-activate where needed. That's easy with purchases made at the .org store, or the X-Aviation store (with their new unlimited download policy). This way you get a clean installation, and possibly an updated version if you haven't kept track of new versions. With aircraft models, remember to save whatever liveries you've added, and transfer those. There may be some DRM'd addons that do require going through an actual uninstall routine with the plugin first, before re-installing, like the way Adobe products work. But I haven't run into any of those myself. X-Plane and Microsoft Flight Simulator on Windows 10 i7 6700 4.0 GHz, 32 GB RAM, GTX 1660 ti, 1920x1200 monitor
August 16, 20178 yr And beware the Steam version doesn't like to be moved either, unless you use proper tools available in Steam client interface... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
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