Moving the application Data File

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CrusaderCol
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Moving the application Data File

Post by CrusaderCol »

I do not have much disk space on my C: drive so I need to move the AllDup Application Data Folder to another (fixed) drive.
I can see the location of this file in the Options/General panel, but cannot change it. I can change the Folder for temporary files.
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Re: Moving the application Data File

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Solution: Create a junction point to the new application data folder on the other drive.

For Example, if your Application Data Folder is "C:\user\joe\alldup":

1. Move the content of the application data folder to the new application data folder.
2. Delete the application data folder "C:\user\joe\alldup".
3. Create the junction point "C:\user\joe\alldup" linked to the new application data folder.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_links
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Re: Moving the application Data File

Post by therube »

Wouldn't the Portable Edition (further down on the download page) afford the ability of (of course) allowing the program itself to be (placed) where ever one likes, & similarly the 'Application data folder' & 'Folder for store temporary files' to be set (from within the program itself) & honored.

With that, if wanted, the /db/, /log/, & /temp/ directories can all be within the program directory itself.
(That's what I do.)
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