Hi, is there a way to move all those aircraft and scenary installed inside the "documents/prepar3d v4 add-ons" folder on C:\ hard drive? I would like to move that folder on a secondary hard drive... Is it possible? Maybe with Lorby Addon Organizer?

Thanks!

Quick and easy thing is to consider Symbolic Link.

3 minutes ago, vbazillio said:

Quick and easy thing is to consider Symbolic Link.

Hi, so I just cut and copy the folder on the second hard drive and then create a "link" and put it in the old folder location?

Not exactly a link as you may already know. a Symbolic Link. This is an old example for the Orbx folder long before Orbx Central and external installation, but the principle is the same : https://20-100-video.blogspot.com/2018/01/how-to-move-orbx-folder-or-any-big-p3d.html

 

The addons are just a list a few MB of what`s installed in the sim.

3 minutes ago, G-RFRY said:

The addons are just a list a few MB of what`s installed in the sim.

A2A installs their stuff there. Mine, with only the Cessna172 and the P40, is 1.24 Go.

Mine is just a list Just flight aircraft ref that`s installed in the main sim folders and a list of all my third party addons over 100 again just MB but in the sim GB.

11 minutes ago, vbazillio said:

A2A installs their stuff there. Mine, with only the Cessna172 and the P40, is 1.24 Go.

A2A only set that as the default location, in fact you can place the product files wherever you wish to.

This is the same for most installers.

The idea was never to put the files into the Documents folder, the idea was to put the files wherever you wished to outside the P3D folder and the Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons folder is the default "Discovery Path", ie where P3D looks to see what is available to it.

The files in the Discovery path need only to be add-on.xml files that in turn point P3D to the files themselves. The typical size of a Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons sub-folder is 8 KB.

I wanted to mention that if it's the default proposed folder, certainly a lot of simmers will find gigs of data there.

I just moved the Documents folder to a large drive (J:/, for example) windows explorer (win 10) gives you that ability. I hate messing with symlinks

Windows 10

1. Click the [Windows] button > choose "File Explorer."
2. From the left side panel, right-click "Documents" > choose "Properties."
3. Under the "Location" tab > type "x:\xxxxx" <-- wherever you want to put them
4. Click [Apply] > Click [No] when prompted to automatically move all files to the new location > Click [OK].
5. If you believe you have documents saved in original location, you can go to that location and manually copy the files to your new location.

Windows 7

Note:

If you don't see a Documents folder under the Libraries folder, then click the small triangle next to "Libraries" in the left pane to expand the folder.

1. Go to Windows Start > Open "Computer."
2. Click the triangle next to "Documents."
3. Right-click the "My Documents" folder.
4. Click "Properties" > Select the "Location" tab.
5. Type "x:\xxxxx" in the bar > Click [Apply].  <your new location
6. A message box may ask you if you want to move the contents of the folder to the new folder. Click [No]. If you have files saved on your C drive, you can move those manually.
7. All files will now default save to your new location

 

Use whatever location you want - using this method will keep the system file links in order.

 

Vic

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJhk8Ud8TU

How to move your stuff!

53 minutes ago, vgbaron said:

Windows 10

1. Click the [Windows] button > choose "File Explorer."
2. From the left side panel, right-click "Documents" > choose "Properties."
3. Under the "Location" tab > type "x:\xxxxx" <-- wherever you want to put them
4. Click [Apply] > Click [No] when prompted to automatically move all files to the new location > Click [OK].
5. If you believe you have documents saved in original location, you can go to that location and manually copy the files to your new location.

Windows 7

Note:

If you don't see a Documents folder under the Libraries folder, then click the small triangle next to "Libraries" in the left pane to expand the folder.

1. Go to Windows Start > Open "Computer."
2. Click the triangle next to "Documents."
3. Right-click the "My Documents" folder.
4. Click "Properties" > Select the "Location" tab.
5. Type "x:\xxxxx" in the bar > Click [Apply].  <your new location
6. A message box may ask you if you want to move the contents of the folder to the new folder. Click [No]. If you have files saved on your C drive, you can move those manually.
7. All files will now default save to your new location

 

Use whatever location you want - using this method will keep the system file links in order.

 

Vic

 

Thanks, very useful!

25 minutes ago, reecemj said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJhk8Ud8TU

How to move your stuff!

Thanks too, same tip but in a video.

That's one of the reasons I'm so happy with AVSIM, being so many useful and collaborative people there!.

Cheers, Ed