Have I got 2 MSFS installations on one PC?

[Bert Pieke 7,585]

27 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

Once I'm truly confident there are no other issues, I'll then maybe use the Apps setting in Windows to actually move MSFS to the E Drive where I actually want it to be, but not before I have a backup in the books!

I would advise against that... I did that once and regretted it, once I realized that it all broke after a systems restore.

What you CAN do, I believe, is copy the Packages folder that contains the Official and Community folders to your E drive and edit the last line of the Usercfg.opt file to reflect the new location.

You also have to tell your AddonsLinker!

If that works, you can consider removing the Packages folder from your G drive. 😉

 

Edited November 26, 2021 by Bert Pieke

[109Sqn 1,567]

5 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

What you CAN do, I believe, is copy the Packages folder that contains the Official and Community folders to your E drive and edit the last line of the Usercfg.opt file to reflect the new location.  If that works, you can consider removing the Packages folder from your G drive. 😉

Ah, that sounds plausible. I'll keep that in my back pocket for when I'm ready.

[M-D-F 1]

This is an interesting thread. My LocalCache folder on C drive has a link property to a folder WpSystem on my D drive. I started using addon manager because I was worried my C drive would fill up with large addons which moves the community folder to a  folder on the D drive. Having read this thread however I am realizing that I am achieving nothing by this due to the existing link, all I have done is moved community from one D folder to another (in fact I think the wpsystem may be compressed in which case its worse in terms of disk usage). I could therefore stop using addon manager with no impact on the C drive at all? Have I got that right?

Edited February 10, 2022 by M-D-F

[109Sqn 1,567]

7 hours ago, M-D-F said:

I could therefore stop using addon manager with no impact on the C drive at all? Have I got that right?

Sounds like you are right there. However, you'd lose out on the ability to easily disable add-ons you didn't need for any given MSFS session.

[M-D-F 1]

That's a good point.