Install in different folder or drive

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NOTE: These instructions are for Windows only.

*NOTE: These instructions are for Windows only.*

 

By default Logos installs in a sub-folder of your User folder. Many people ask how they can install Logos somewhere else, either a different folder or even a different drive because their C: drive doesn't have room for all the resources. Here are two methods.

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!!! If you have already installed and want to *move* your Logos installation to a different drive (and don't feel like uninstalling and reinstalling it):

 

*This only works on NTFS formatted /local/ drives  e.g. Windows 7/8 & some versions of XP.*

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#. Download junction.exe from [[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768]] and save it to C:\Windows or similar.

#. Close Logos.

#. Open two instances of Windows Explorer side-by-side

#. In the first, navigate to your User Application Data folder (in XP, that's *C:\Documents and Settings\{{_/username/_}}\Local Settings\Application Data*; in Vista and Windows 7/8 it is *C:\Users\{{_/username/_}}\AppData\Local*)

#. In the second, navigate to the drive/location where you want to move Logos e.g. D:

#. In the second, navigate to the drive/location where you want to move Logos e.g. *D:*(ifremovable,ensureitisformattedasNTFS).

#. *Move* the entire Logos5 folder (yours could be Logos4) to the new drive location by dragging and dropping it in Windows Explorer.

#. Open a Command prompt e.g. Start > Run > cmd.exe or type *cmd* in the /Search programs/ box.

#. Change directory to the place where the Logos5 folder used to be(seeabove)using the *cd* command (you must use quotes if there are spaces in the path),e.g.*cd"C:\Users\JohnDoe\AppData\Local"*

#. Change directory to the place where the Logos5 folder used to be using the *cd* commande.g.*cd"C:\Users\JohnDoe\AppData\Local"* (you must use quotes if there are spaces in the path).

#. Using the junction command, create a link to the new location, e.g. *junction Logos5 D:\Logos5* where Logos5 is the folder you just moved (you may have to provide the full path to junction.exe).

#. Exit the command prompt (type *exit* and press Enter)