Is it possible to change the Mods directory location?

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Does anyone know if it is possible (registry key, config file entry, or something) to change the location of the Mods folder so that I can locate it on a drive with more space?

I'm finding that I might need to do this soon for space reasons.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Unfortunately, the Games for Windows program requires IC to use the existing path for all the user files.. I don't think it's possible to work around it, but I may be wrong.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
I've worked with Microsoft Certification requirements (for Gold Partner Certification) before and know that by default they require you to use a certain location for things, but usually aren't against allowing the user to change it (I know that the Gold partner certification is different to the Games For Windows requirements).

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Yes, please. I hate the fact that so much stuff is going into my profile. That is just bad. Profiles can get corrupted so easy in Windows and besides that my C drive is just Windows and that's it. I install everything else on another partition and thus don't have a lot of free space on the C drive.

Please allow us or show us how to move the mods directory and the save directory out of the user profile.

XP here by the way.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Have you tried looking in the .setting files in the user path?
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
This isn't something we can change.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
create a shortcut on the desktop to the folder. or two.

I don't want to get to it, I want to change the location of it.

This isn't something we can change.

Having had a quick look at the requirements, there is no reason why the saves and mods couldn't be in "My Documents" rather than hidden the way they are now. Mods and Saves would count as "files that need to be viewed or altered by users" so the best location for them would be "My Documents" rather "Local Settings\Application Data" which is actually intended for data that is not user viewable/alterable (configuration file, temporary files, and game cache files).



Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
is it possible to make a shortcut from where the mod file is now, to where you want it?

all that would be needed is so the game can open shortcuts as well as folders.

anyone get what I am saying?
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
At least you can change your My Documents folder. I have mine point to my home folder on my linix partition
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
is it possible to make a shortcut from where the mod file is now, to where you want it?

all that would be needed is so the game can open shortcuts as well as folders.

anyone get what I am saying?


Yeah, I get it. And it would work if shortcuts didn't have a ".lnk" extension that means that they can't be used in place of a folder.

It makes me wish that Windows had symbolic links. It then wouldn't matter where something was, you could move it and create a symbolic link to point to the new place... That solved so many problems on our old Unix machines.