SD v3.2.0 auto update to different drive

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SD v3.2.0 auto update to different drive

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DaveWhite	DaveWhite posted 11/17/2014 11:39:30 PM HOT Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 53, Visits: 205	The new "auto update" for v.3.2.0 is welcome, but (on a PC) it forces installation to Drive C: which is a pain as I have my previous installations on another drive. Do I now have to migrate SD to C: or is there an option somewhere to install to the existing folder or a drive of choice?
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Awful Charlie	Awful Charlie posted 11/19/2014 9:48:58 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 21, Visits: 269	Tim Dawson Are you aware that Windows offers a supported way to move your Program Files directory to another drive, or change it? I haven't used it myself, but if you want all software program files installed on a specific drive it would make sense to actually use that feature instead of having to change each piece of software during the installation process. Exactly: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/how-do-you-change-the-default-installation/73450b25-d794-4f18-9add-75253b893343 Awful Charlie (11/18/2014) I'm another one affected by this. My HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProgramFilesDir points to a directory on my E: drive and previous versions have honoured this, but 3.2.0 seems to ignore it and force itself to C:
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SD v3.2.0 auto update to different drive

DaveWhite - 11/17/2014 11:39:30 PM

SkyDemon's program files always get installed to your Program Files...

Tim Dawson - 11/18/2014 11:12:55 AM

Thanks Tim, but that's not quite the issue. I do have SD installed...

DaveWhite - 11/18/2014 2:57:07 PM

I don't understand. From what you're describing, it sounds exactly...

Tim Dawson - 11/18/2014 3:17:19 PM

I second the opinion of the original poster. I want to be in control...

ckurz7000 - 11/18/2014 4:02:55 PM

I can see your point, but we're not talking about a 4GB installation...

stevelup - 11/18/2014 4:43:36 PM

[quote][b]stevelup (11/18/2014)[/b][hr]I can see your point, but we're...

ckurz7000 - 11/18/2014 8:17:18 PM

Is anything stopping you from simply moving the files across? I...

Tim Dawson - 11/18/2014 7:06:44 PM

[quote][b]Tim Dawson (11/18/2014)[/b][hr]Is anything stopping you from...

ckurz7000 - 11/18/2014 8:22:49 PM

[quote][b]Tim Dawson (11/18/2014)[/b][hr]Is anything stopping you from...

DaveWhite - 11/18/2014 8:23:08 PM

I'm another one affected by this. My...

Awful Charlie - 11/18/2014 9:39:30 PM

[quote][b]Tim Dawson[/b][hr] Are you aware that Windows offers a...

Awful Charlie - 11/19/2014 9:48:58 PM

Are you aware that Windows offers a supported way to move your Program...

Tim Dawson - 11/19/2014 3:04:35 PM

Good to know that SD is portable. However, is it really too much to...

ckurz7000 - 11/19/2014 3:22:34 PM

It didn't make it easy for people to automatically upgrade. And yes,...

Tim Dawson - 11/19/2014 4:06:19 PM

In that case, stand by for the calls from people who are still...

DaveWhite - 11/19/2014 4:19:40 PM

Uninstalling the old version will remove the old shortcut(s). I have...

Tim Dawson - 11/19/2014 5:06:43 PM

The way install (and uninstall) paths are usually handled is that your...

ckurz7000 - 11/19/2014 8:14:27 PM

Chris, as I explained previously, the reason we've changed installer...

Tim Dawson - 11/20/2014 9:50:16 AM

Tim, I understand the problem you are trying to solve. Why not have...

ckurz7000 - 11/20/2014 11:18:32 AM

That's exactly what it will do. It just doesn't prompt to change the...

Tim Dawson - 11/20/2014 12:15:29 PM

[quote][b]Tim Dawson (11/20/2014)[/b][hr]That's exactly what it will...

ckurz7000 - 11/20/2014 12:33:52 PM

[quote][b]ckurz7000 (11/20/2014)[/b][hr]Ah, so the updates will stay...

DaveWhite - 11/20/2014 12:56:27 PM

There hasn't been an update to SkyDemon since we changed installer...

Tim Dawson - 11/20/2014 3:22:08 PM

Come on Tim, I'm trying to help with clarifications - why so prickly?...

DaveWhite - 11/20/2014 4:37:36 PM

I guess I am still not clear what the new installer does or does not...

ckurz7000 - 11/21/2014 8:17:39 AM

[quote][b]ckurz7000 (11/21/2014)[/b][hr] I think that a proper...

Sky Painter - 11/21/2014 10:27:51 AM

[quote]The Windows convention is to offer installation to a default...

ckurz7000 - 11/21/2014 3:58:19 PM

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