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Changing the My Documents Folder
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:21 pm
by Cowbot
Hello everyone,
I'm interested in playing again but I've run into a problem: NWN2 installs about 8gb of haks and mods onto my C My Documents folder, and my C drive just doesn't have that kind of space. I had to delete Google Chrome to be able to play at all, and having 300mb of space left on my Windows drive means everything else I try to do moves at a snail's space.
My current workaround is once I am done playing I cut the entire NWN2 folder from my C drive and paste it onto one of my other drives, then once I want to play I move it back. This sucks.
Can I just modify some file so that it doesn't force install everything onto my My Documents folder?
Re: Changing the My Documents Folder
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:06 pm
by Aspect of Sorrow
Code: Select all
mklink /D "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2" "G:\Neverwinter Nights 2"
Re: Changing the My Documents Folder
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:13 pm
by HauteCarl
You should also clean out your temp files. C:\temp or C:\windows\temp. Removing cookies / history from IE or Mozilla, since you don't have Chrome will free up space as well. CCleaner is a good and trusted tool for this I use on my customers. With 300 mb of free space on your HDD you will have a performance hit on everything you do with that PC.
You could buy a new larger HDD and clone your old one to it. It is pretty easy to do and the rig costs about 19.99 usd on amazon.
Re: Changing the My Documents Folder
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 3:54 am
by Cowbot
Aspect of Sorrow wrote:Code: Select all
mklink /D "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2" "G:\Neverwinter Nights 2"
This gave me enough information that I could search for it and get the answer. Thanks AoS.
I'm going to do this with a lot of games from now on.
Re: Changing the My Documents Folder
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 12:23 pm
by NegInfinity
Cowbot wrote:Aspect of Sorrow wrote:Code: Select all
mklink /D "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2" "G:\Neverwinter Nights 2"
This gave me enough information that I could search for it and get the answer. Thanks AoS.
I'm going to do this with a lot of games from now on.
It is also possible to move the My Documents folder rather than symlinking it.
On windows 7 and above, right click the folder, and go to its properties to change folder location.
See, for example:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2079571/ ... ition.html
Re: Changing the My Documents Folder
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 12:38 pm
by Aspect of Sorrow
Cowbot wrote:Aspect of Sorrow wrote:Code: Select all
mklink /D "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2" "G:\Neverwinter Nights 2"
This gave me enough information that I could search for it and get the answer. Thanks AoS.
I'm going to do this with a lot of games from now on.
You're very welcome, and welcome back, missed seeing you around.