Program Data / Codemasters folder / move to D partition


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    Program Data / Codemasters folder / move to D partition


    Is it possible to move the folder Codemasters from Program Data, to another drive ( HDD ) ?
    I did that with My Documents folder, but i can't find the "location" tab on the Codemasters folder, when i right click on it.
    Please tell me how to proceed, if possible.
    Thanks in advance
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    Codemasters folder has a lot of data so is big in size? Is that why you wnat to move it?
    Old folder name is C:\ProgramData\codemasters and you want to move EVERYTING in it to new location? Give exact name of new location please
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    Yes, that's right.
    I want to move this folder Codemasters, to D partition ( maybe to " D:/ Codemasters " ) or something like this
    Thanks
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    Quit the game.
    Move C:\programdata\codemaster to D:\codemasters . Just by cut/paste (not copy/paste) the codemasters folder itself. After that in Elevated Command Prompt

    Code:
    mklink /j  C:\programdata\codemasters   D:\codemasters
    Now open C:\programdata\codemaster in windows explorer. Works?
    Game works?
    Last edited by Kaktussoft; 11 May 2013 at 10:06.
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    Perfect. Thanks a million, it works.
    Could i do the same with some other folders ( save games, etc ) ?
    I have a few more ( smaller ) in C partition, not My Documents, and everytime i recover with Acronis, i forget to backup the games, and i have to start the game, which is very annoying.

    LE : I checked the ProgramData folder, i have again the folder Codemasters, there
    Same size. But it's strange, because i have more space on C, 2 GB more, and now after the folder Codemasters is back with 2 GB more, the space on C is still larger with 2 GB.
    How comes ?
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    stereo said:
    Perfect. Thanks a million, it works.
    Could i do the same with some other folders ( save games, etc ) ?
    I have a few more ( smaller ) in C partition, not My Documents, and everytime i recover with Acronis, i forget to backup the games, and i have to start the game, which is very annoying.

    LE : I checked the ProgramData folder, i have again the folder Codemasters, there
    Same size. But it's strange, because i have more space on C, 2 GB more, and now after the folder Codemasters is back with 2 GB more, the space on C is still larger with 2 GB.
    How comes ?
    codemasters in C:\programdata is NOT a folder!! It's a NTFS junction point to the REAL folder. It doesn't use any space on C. C:\programdata\codemasters and d:\codemasters are actually the same!! make a test file in one of them... you see it in both locations.

    So C:\programdata\codemasters is just kind of pointer.
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  7. Posts : 541
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    I got it.
    Thanks a million.
    Can i do the same, with the folder called FileRepository, from C / Windows / System32 ??
    I understand what those files are for. I only want to move them to D
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    I tried the same with the C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository, to move it to D, but in Command Prompt i got "access denied"
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    stereo said:
    I tried the same with the C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository, to move it to D, but in Command Prompt i got "access denied"
    Don't move that folder.
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       #10

    Ok, Kaktussoft, thanks a million
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