Hi everyone,
I would like to run the OpenRocket installer so that it loads OpenRocket in an external drive, and not in the C:-drive on my computer.
Is that possible to do?
Thank you.
Stanley
Okay, here we go...
The packaged installer creates 2 sets of folders.
1) Executable (Program) files are placed in
%localAppData%\OpenRocket
2) The support folders (Components, Plugins & Thrustcurves) are placed in
%AppData%\OpenRocket
To install OpenRocket to an external or network drive, one prerequisite must be met. Said drive
must be associated with the OS as a local drive. In other words it needs to appear in Windows Explorer as a drive with a "Drive Letter", like your "C" drive.
Note: If you have already installed the packaged version of OpenRocket, it must be uninstalled prior to using these instructions.
The following instructions will assume the drive letter for your external drive is "P". When copying the commands, just change the drive letter "P" to whatever letter your external drive is assigned.
Part-1: Creating folders on external drive
1) Open a command window (If unsure how, see
This Tutorial)
2) In the command window, type
P <Enter> (<Enter> = "Enter key")
3) next, type the following commands in order
mkdir OpenRocket <Enter>
cd \OpenRocket <Enter>
mkdir Program <Enter>
mkdir Folders <Enter>
Part-2: Creating links to external drive
Note: If the folder "OpenRocket" already exists at either %LocalAppData% or %AppData%, they must be moved or deleted prior to executing the following commands
1) In the command window, type the following commands in order
mklink /J "%LocalAppData%\OpenRocket" "P:\OpenRocket\Program" <Enter>
mklink /J "%AppData%\OpenRocket" "P:\OpenRocket\Folders"<Enter>
Now run the OpenRocket packaged installer.
That should do it...