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Moving MSFS to a different drive

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11 hours ago, Echoes said:

I've just tried this with the MS Store version without any luck

I moved the Official and the Community folders to a new location with a shorter folder name (D:\Games\MSFS).  Changed the folder location in UserCfg.opt to reflect the new folder I created however when I run the sim I get "you are missing packages that are essential to run Microsoft flight simulator please update the application and try again" during loading.  There are no options apart from exiting at that point.

Any suggestions ?

 

Yes....your folder name where your community and official folders live has to include the "packages" folder

So in your example it should be...

D:\Games\MSFS\Packages\Community 

D:\Games\MSFS\Packages\Official

Obviously you just have ONE packages folder which should contain both Community and Official.

 

 

Edited by sidfadc

Thomas Derbyshire

1 hour ago, sidfadc said:

Obviously you just have ONE packages folder which should contain both Community and Official.

No Packages folder for me:

InstalledPackagesPath "D:\MSFS"
and then I have:

D:\MSFS\Community
D:\MSFS\Official

Has been like that since August 2020.

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4 hours ago, SierraDelta said:

No Packages folder for me:

InstalledPackagesPath "D:\MSFS"
and then I have:

D:\MSFS\Community
D:\MSFS\Official

Has been like that since August 2020.

I have the exact same folder structure. No need for a "packages" folder here.

Edited by orchestra_nl

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CPU: AMD 5900x  | Mobo: MSI X570 MEG Unify | RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo | GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3090 | Storage: M.2 (2 & 4 TB) | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Case: Fractal Define 7 XL
Display: Acer Predator x34 3440x1440 | Speakers: Logitech Z906 
Controllers: Fulcrum One Yoke | MFG Crosswind v2 pedals | Honeycomb Bravo Quadrant |Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant | Stream Deck XL & Plus | TrackIR 5 Tobii eye tracking

The easiest way to transfer MSFS (Store) to a new bigger SSD for me is clone disk with program like EasyUS Partition Master. Then change disk letter and that's it.

2 hours ago, Vitold69 said:

The easiest way to transfer MSFS (Store) to a new bigger SSD for me is clone disk with program like EasyUS Partition Master. Then change disk letter and that's it.

Cloning is not only easiest but also the safest. If you use symbolic links for your addons, with moving or copying they can be transformed into actual files. And it is not only MSFS Addon Linker that use these symbolic links. Aerosoft One, Orbx Central and a few others also can use this method to install addons.

So before you start moving or copying it might be a good idea to first disable the symbolic links.

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CPU: AMD 5900x  | Mobo: MSI X570 MEG Unify | RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo | GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3090 | Storage: M.2 (2 & 4 TB) | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Case: Fractal Define 7 XL
Display: Acer Predator x34 3440x1440 | Speakers: Logitech Z906 
Controllers: Fulcrum One Yoke | MFG Crosswind v2 pedals | Honeycomb Bravo Quadrant |Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant | Stream Deck XL & Plus | TrackIR 5 Tobii eye tracking

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