January 1, 20188 yr First of all, Happy New Year to you all! I have posted this thread in the general P3D forum as it doesn't relate to a specific add-on but the general way I manage my files. My P3D v4.1 is generally running pretty smoothly. I have windows 7 on a 256GB SSD, P3D on a 500GB SSD and an external 2TB for various files and back-ups. The three issues are that my addon scenery is all over the place. I have some installed on the external drive such as Taxi to Gate Airports, my FSDT products seem to be in my C/Program Files (x86) folder whilst FlyTampa, Orbx and Aerosoft prodcuts are in the main P3Dv4 folder. The second issue is that my 500GB drive dedicated to P3Dv4 is getting full, Orbx alone takes up 196GB, and I appreciate that it needs to remain in the root folder. The third issue is that I simply don't understand this .xml business. So I just wanted to share my plans and canvass any advice or better suggestions - - clean up the 256GB drive, which should then comfortably accommodate both windows 7 and a vanilla re-install of P3Dv4.1 - format the 500Gb SSD. Then use this purely for addons. I've read Poppets tips for installing outside the root folder and it seems straightforward. - for items such as Orbx that will remain in the root folder, I shall use something I've found called Junction Link Magic which seems to allow me to keep the folders where required in the main folder, but actually store the files on the addon drive. Maintain the external drive for backups and storage of big files such the 118Gb Freemesh X. I also have a number of AI aircraft in the SimObjects/Airplanes folder. Any advice as to how I could store them outside the root folder would be appreciated. cheers Ian Ian S
January 1, 20188 yr You can make those links from the command line. https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/ Experiment and see before you flatten your system. N99WB
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