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Re: Install Roblox on a different drive

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andoy05 is not online. andoy05
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20 May 2016 10:03 PM
Hi, guys. Is there any way to install roblox on a different drive than c:? I've tryed a symlink but it doesnt work. I received some kind of error regarding symlinks. Please, if anyone knows of a way to make this work, please do share. Also, if roblox devs can read this, please make this option readily available, as your game is really picking up pace, and a lot of users would really appreciate this option. Thanks in advance.
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durpflip is not online. durpflip
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20 May 2016 11:01 PM
you could probably use regedit to change the default installation folder to your secondary drive
however an option to change the install dir would be really nice indeed


mv /home/siggy /dev/null
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andoy05 is not online. andoy05
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20 May 2016 11:47 PM
^Has anyone tried this? as I am having doubts with using regedit. Some tips(link) maybe, so I can try it myself? TIA.
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DXMinecrafter is not online. DXMinecrafter
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21 May 2016 12:06 AM
go to settings go to downloads change the position the downloads go to
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andoy05 is not online. andoy05
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21 May 2016 12:58 AM
^Doesn't work. It will only change the path where the initial roblox launcher will be saved. The actual roblox package still installs in c:\program files (x86)
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andoy05 is not online. andoy05
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21 May 2016 11:20 PM
Up anyone?
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The_Skunk is not online. The_Skunk
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21 May 2016 11:25 PM
you'll have to move it manually via admin command prompt, the whole directory, and change the location the shortcuts read from and where the browser reads from

honestly, just keep it in C:
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andoy05 is not online. andoy05
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22 May 2016 12:06 AM
^I would if I could. See, I'm maintaining a diskless network system. And it takes a lot of toll on one of my disks whenever someone is making changes to the roblox installation/downloads folder. This would cause one of my clients to crash at some point. So I need it to be installed on a different drive/disc which can easily updated whenever there's some changes. I hope I am clear enough on this, that I for one really need roblox to be installed on a different drive. I'll give symlinks another go later.
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andoy05 is not online. andoy05
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22 May 2016 12:09 AM
"you'll have to move it manually via admin command prompt, the whole directory, and change the location the shortcuts read from and where the browser reads from

honestly, just keep it in C:"

Everything you've said is doable easy peasy, except for this one:
"change the location ... where the browser reads from"

How exactly do you do that? I'm using chrome.
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durpflip is not online. durpflip
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22 May 2016 12:13 PM
"change the location ... where the browser reads from"
OP's referring to the installation folder,not the launcher itself

"I'm maintaining a diskless network system."
you mean a NAS?


mv /home/siggy /dev/null
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Reset2378658 is not online. Reset2378658
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22 May 2016 12:18 PM
not possible, always goes to C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Roblox


Ha Ha Share If You Agree 😂😂😂😂
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durpflip is not online. durpflip
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22 May 2016 03:52 PM
i've thought about this,you could always try using a laptop to extract your roblox client and set the default client to [networkdrive]\Roblox\Versions\version-[ver #] through regedit


mv /home/siggy /dev/null
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andoy05 is not online. andoy05
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22 May 2016 08:43 PM
^Nope, not NAS. Search "diskless solution". It's a system where my client PCs, as the name goes, has no physical drives/disks. Instead, they use a network available disk "image" from my server's own drive/disk for booting. As the boot device is an image, no modification is allowed, that's where my cache disk comes in. Any modification made by a client is stored here. Small changes = no problem. But a lot of small changes = big problem, as it stresses out the cache disk too much. I have another disk though, called data disk. This serves as an easy to update disk. I can make any changes here if through the server. This is where I want to install roblox.


Have you tried that registry trick? I'll try it out later, if all fails, I'll symlink my whole program files folder to my data disk.

Any more suggestions? TIA
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durpflip is not online. durpflip
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22 May 2016 09:57 PM
"Have you tried that registry trick?"
i couldn't find anything in the roblox strings,but i was able to find a string for AppData\Local in ;

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]

there's a string called Local AppData that says where AppData\Local is stored. since roblox stores everything under AppData\Local and AppData\Roaming,you could change both of these items to your data disk (assuming said disk would be accessible from e.g. SMB).

i also found that program files are stored under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,all the way to CurrentVersion much in the same fashion as the string for AppData.

OT - i'm assuming you're using intel's PXE ROM to boot off of a LAN drive? i never really work with network-based nodes and thin clients since i can't really afford a good server rig with an appropriate network setup anyhow. so yeah pardon my incompetence.


mv /home/siggy /dev/null
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andoy05 is not online. andoy05
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23 May 2016 12:22 AM
"there's a string called Local AppData that says . . . ."
Looks promising, will try this ASAP. Thanks.

"OT - i'm assuming you're using intel's PXE ROM to boot off . . ."
PXE exactly
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ZomboyTheGamer69 is not online. ZomboyTheGamer69
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01 Jun 2017 11:55 PM
what if we can't do that say like me I do not have enough disk space on my c: drive so I have to download it on ## ## drive so i can't keep it on the c: drive. PS Sorry for being so triggered it's just that I've been searching for hours for a solution.
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