Marik64
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| 25 Feb 2016 03:35 PM |
See title. For those unaware, Roblox is a game that works in a very straight-forward fashion. Run installer, installer installs, you play games.
It was realized thanks to Microsoft that a built-in command called MKLINK would allow the creation of a SYMBOLIC LINK from one location to redirect it to another place. In this nature, for those attempting to play it from a flash drive, the answer was simple enough.
MKLINK /J "C:\Program Files (x86)\Roblox" "X:\Roblox"
Where /d, /j, or /h were the choices for a type of symlink. The first path directs to the location that you want the link to appear at. The second path directs to where the link will send you to when you use the link (where X is the drive letter of your flash drive).
This has worked as recently as November 2015. However, it now appears that it does not work, giving a very peculiar error.
boost::filesystem::read_symlink: The request is not supported: "C:/Program Files (x86)\Roblox"
This is a new error, as far as I know, and it is a strange one. Notice the beginning of the path, claiming C:/.
Windows does not use forward-slash (C:/), it uses backward-slash. This is a strange error, simply on the basis that my symlink is functional (see MKLINK above) and yet, it is enforcing a forward-slash.
Can anyone who knows about Roblox in the programming phases explain this? |
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fossilzz
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| 25 Feb 2016 03:42 PM |
I have the exact same issue.
The difference is I have an SSD drive on my C: and an HDD on my D:
I moved my Users folder from C: to D: and created a symlink to my D:\Users .
Now the exact same error is happening when I try to play roblox. |
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fossilzz
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| 25 Feb 2016 03:43 PM |
| FYI: It's been working fine like this up until today. My Users folder has been on my D: for over a year. |
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| 26 Feb 2016 05:21 AM |
| Recently got the same error too, expect i've sent a support ticket to roblox already. |
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| 28 Apr 2016 09:52 PM |
We have the same issue and our C:\Users is mapped to D:\Users just like you.
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lordsheen
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| 06 Aug 2016 07:27 PM |
Has anyone found a solution? My Users folder is on my G:\ drive
This is my error: --------------------------- Roblox --------------------------- boost::filesystem::read_symlink: The request is not supported: "C:/Users" --------------------------- OK ---------------------------
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| 10 Apr 2017 08:25 AM |
| Not sure if this is intended, but this keeps you from using a junction link to move the roblox folder elsewhere. |
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| 15 Sep 2017 09:16 AM |
| Exact same thing here. SSD is C, HDD is where all programs and user is. |
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