X-TouchminiGuage layered files load from another disk drive

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Hi, I found the modified layered guage files are not running in running MSFS/AAO. It kept on showing my previous version of the guage instead.

After a thorough study, I found AAO had changed its default loading directory ( from C:\Users\bc\Documents\LorbyAxisAndOhs Files\Scripts\XTouchGauge) to my recently connected SSD drive (which I use for backup purposes and assigned as X: ). Becuase I backup all my data with the same directory structure as C:, AAO somehow changed layered file loading location to X:\Users\bc\Documents\LorbyAxisAndOhs Files\Scripts\XTouchGauge. That's why my modified layered file in c : has no effect when running the AAO.

I would like to check if there is any way to change the layered file directory back to C drive 😄 .  Currently , I have to update my modified file to drive X: instead.  Cheers!

Edited February 25 by bcip

[Lorby_SI 2,072]

That gauge is not made by Lorby, sorry . Did you contact the author?

AAO by itself doesn't store the full path to the gauges,scripts etc. It asks Windows where your \Documents\ folder is, then appends the rest.

Edited February 26 by Lorby_SI

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I'd contacted the author about this issue. He has no idea also but pointed me to check the %userprofile% of Windows. I'd checked the it still points to C:\Users\bc without any change. However, this might be related to Onedrive also. As recently I disabled to use Onedrive to sync to Documents and Desktop to the cloud. Actually, onedrive moved all my files in Documents (and also My Desktop) to its local directories under C:\users\bc\OneDrive... I reset the property of My Document back to its original windows default C:\Users\bc\Documents to avoid the confusion of storing documents to C:\users\bc\OneDrive\Documents. These changes might affect the selection of AAO for the layered files retrieval. Any idea in relation to Onedrive? (under the whole process of disabling Onedrive, I've never use the drive X: as my Document directory!)

I've tried to re-install the AAO but the issue remains. Do I need to uninstall AAO and delete its related directories before the re-installation? Any issue with my AAO's license if I clear out all these directories?

Edited February 26 by bcip

[Lorby_SI 2,072]

7 minutes ago, bcip said:

I've tried to re-install the AAO but the issue remains. Do I need to uninstall AAO and delete its related directories before the re-installation? Any issue with my AAO's license if I clear out all these directories?

Nothing that you do with AAO will change this. The app is calling a system function from Windows which apparently returns the wrong path to \Documents. No amount of  deleting and reinstalling will change that.

To reset AAO to factory defaults (and thus losing all profiles, gauges and settings), delete the AAO folders:

C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\LORBY_SI\...
C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\LWR\...
C:\Users\...\Documents\LorbyAxisAndOhs Files

(see chapter "File Handling" in the AAO manual)

Edited February 26 by Lorby_SI

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This issue has been resolved after I changed the registry entries on all related items pointing to drive X:. My AAO now been restored to access the folder C:\users\...

Thanks for your support!