December 26, 20205 yr In this folder on my drive (C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Official\OneStore) there are 103 GBs of files. Can I create another folder on my E: drive where I have MSFS installed and move all this stuff to there. If so, does it have to be the same path structure or can it just be E:\Flight Simulator Updates? How would I let MSFS know where to look for these files? And how might I do this without cutting and pasting which would take forever. I saw another topic about changing the installation drive and moving MSFS but that is not what i want to do. I want to move all the updates that have already been downloaded and installed and then also put all future updates in the new folder. With all the huge updates that may be forthcoming my drive is going to get full pretty fast. Thanks for all responses. I Edited December 26, 20205 yr by BigT65 remove emoji i7 8700K CPU @ 4.8 GHz, 32 GB DDR4 3000 memory, Gigabyte Aorus Z370 MB, EVGA RTX 2060 Super XC Ultra GPU 8GB GDDR6 Memory, MasterAir MA610P CPU cooler, 1T PCIe NVMe SSD, 500GB SSD, 2T HDD, 3 Asus 24" monitors, Saitek X56 Rhino H.O.T.A.S., Altec Surround Sound System.
December 27, 20205 yr Author No one else has a problem with these huge files? Surely I am not the only one. If anyone knows how to deal with this please let me know. i7 8700K CPU @ 4.8 GHz, 32 GB DDR4 3000 memory, Gigabyte Aorus Z370 MB, EVGA RTX 2060 Super XC Ultra GPU 8GB GDDR6 Memory, MasterAir MA610P CPU cooler, 1T PCIe NVMe SSD, 500GB SSD, 2T HDD, 3 Asus 24" monitors, Saitek X56 Rhino H.O.T.A.S., Altec Surround Sound System.
December 27, 20205 yr Moderator No. You can adjust the size of the LocalCache within the sim but do not manually adjust the folders. If you have a very fast internet connection you can reduce the size. RIG#1 - I9 14900K MSI Pro z790 RTX 5070Ti 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
December 27, 20205 yr 5 hours ago, BigT65 said: In this folder on my drive (C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Official\OneStore) there are 103 GBs of files. Can I create another folder on my E: drive where I have MSFS installed and move all this stuff to there. If so, does it have to be the same path structure or can it just be E:\Flight Simulator Updates? How would I let MSFS know where to look for these files? And how might I do this without cutting and pasting which would take forever. I saw another topic about changing the installation drive and moving MSFS but that is not what i want to do. I want to move all the updates that have already been downloaded and installed and then also put all future updates in the new folder. With all the huge updates that may be forthcoming my drive is going to get full pretty fast. Thanks for all responses. I have less than 1-MB in my entire "....\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe" folder on my system drive. My installation is to my D-drive. If your installation is to your E-drive I don't know why you have so much data on your system drive unless maybe you are using a cache. You maybe need to check your cache settings inside MSFS. I don't use cache. A large portion of the updates consist of updated files that are already installed, and you can't change the location of updates. Edited December 27, 20205 yr by desbean
December 28, 20205 yr Author Thanks for the come backs. I will comment tomorrow. i7 8700K CPU @ 4.8 GHz, 32 GB DDR4 3000 memory, Gigabyte Aorus Z370 MB, EVGA RTX 2060 Super XC Ultra GPU 8GB GDDR6 Memory, MasterAir MA610P CPU cooler, 1T PCIe NVMe SSD, 500GB SSD, 2T HDD, 3 Asus 24" monitors, Saitek X56 Rhino H.O.T.A.S., Altec Surround Sound System.
December 28, 20205 yr BIGT65, Use MSFS Addons Linker, it's fantastic for managing your community folder. Place your Addons anywhere on your PC and create symbolic links to the addons from the Community folder. Just enable the Addons that you are going to use for your flight and easily disable everything else in a click. This really speeds up the loading of Flight Simulator. BRGDS. Charles https://flightsim.to/file/1572/msfs-addons-linker Edited December 28, 20205 yr by Charles575943 Spelling mistake
December 29, 20205 yr Author On 12/28/2020 at 5:58 AM, Charles575943 said: BIGT65, Use MSFS Addons Linker, it's fantastic for managing your community folder. Place your Addons anywhere on your PC and create symbolic links to the addons from the Community folder. Just enable the Addons that you are going to use for your flight and easily disable everything else in a click. This really speeds up the loading of Flight Simulator. BRGDS. Charles https://flightsim.to/file/1572/msfs-addons-linker This is what I am looking into. My Community folder is empty. All my updates were put in the Official\OneStore folder by Microsoft during the update download and install. To move all these files do I have to do a cut and paste or is there a better faster way? i7 8700K CPU @ 4.8 GHz, 32 GB DDR4 3000 memory, Gigabyte Aorus Z370 MB, EVGA RTX 2060 Super XC Ultra GPU 8GB GDDR6 Memory, MasterAir MA610P CPU cooler, 1T PCIe NVMe SSD, 500GB SSD, 2T HDD, 3 Asus 24" monitors, Saitek X56 Rhino H.O.T.A.S., Altec Surround Sound System.
December 29, 20205 yr The path for your official folder is listed at the bottom of your cfg file, which by default is stored in your profile - at least it is for me. so if you want to move that folder you can just edit your cfg file, so MSFS knows where to go for all the packages. Edited December 29, 20205 yr by hanhamreds New PC Ryzen 9850X3D - 32gb ddr5 6000Mhz - MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk wifi - Gigabyte wind force gaming OC 5090 - 2TB Sabrent NVMe. Old PC - Ryzen 5900x - 32gb 3600Mhz RAM - Asus Strix X570-F Motherboard - ASUS TUF OC RTX 3090 - 1TB Sabrent NVMe. AOC AGON 32" 144Hz - Honeycomb Yoke - Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog. T Flight Rudder Pedals - Trackir.
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