How do I tell ESO where my my addons/settings are?

haploeb14_ESO

Sidney wrote: »

robert.jernbergnrb19_ESO wrote: »

Open a command window (cmd) with administrator rights. (Right click and select run as Administrator)
Type the following.

mklink /d "S:\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live" "E:\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live"

This will make it look like the files are still located at S:\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live even thou they are actually read from E:\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live. Since the game seems to be hard coded to read your files from "My Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\" this seems to be the only solution.

This trick can also be used if you want to install the PTS client but don't have the space on the drive where you have the EU/NA client installed.

Awesome!! Thank you! This will do perfectly

@Korozenn‌ Thanks for helping explain and sort things out, people don't like to read what I say ^_^

@Patros‌ No, nobody posted a solution until robert.jernbergnrb19_ESO showed up =p. I have had like 5 different people post different things because they aren't reading what I'm saying before they post.

Hopefully in the future ZOS will add this ^_^

And that is a JUNCTION POINT. That is the second option I suggested to you and you blew it off from my post.

ZOS_AlanG

We can certainly pass this along - we also recommend using the in-game /feedback command for sending us ideas like this.

robert.jernbergnrb19_ESO

Adrah wrote: »

Hmm. mklink sounds interesting, but if I understand correctly from here:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/278262-mklink-create-use-links-windows.html

it would still require me to put all files on a different drive?
What I would like to do is keep my current install on my fast ssd, put the pts install on a different drive. I'm not sure that can be done even with mklink, unless I am missing something.

The OP would be able to use this however and at least I learned something today.

The whole point with mklink is that you can redirect an file or directory to another place.
So in you case if you have ESO installed on a small SSD and want to install the PTS client also you would make a directory link on the SSD drive for the PTS installation that points to a physical directory on another drive.

Example F: is your SSD drive and you have installed ESO into it in the directory F:\WinGames\Zenimax Online\ and E: is the drive you would like the PTS client to be installed in.
Create the directory where you would like the PTS client to be installed to on E:. For example E:\WinGames\Eso PTS
Then create the directory link

mklink /d "F:\WinGames\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online PTS" "E:\WinGames\Eso PTS"

The launcher will now think it is installing the PTS client to F:\WinGames\\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online PTS but in fact it is stored in E:\WinGames\Eso PTS

AlyennahsCrafting

Awesome, I think I'll try that. Thanks!

AlyennahsCrafting

Ok, I tried this, ended up reshuffling the entire install to my other drive anyway and that works just fine. In fact, I think I understand how this works a little better now, so I could just put the normal install back where it was.

So, thanks again Robert for taking the time and effort in not just pointing this out, but also providing the necessary instructiond and command line. I'm reasonably good with this kind of thing, but this was completely new for me, so I would not have known to search for information about this otherwise.

SteveCampsOut

FYI, I just bought a new laptop and moved all my files to it. When I started up the game it couldn't find my addons in my moved directory so I moved my documents directory back to the default location. The game still didn't see my addons. The culprit? Microsoft OneDrive! That's where the game now created my Elder Scrolls Online\live\ directory!

pewbis

Whoever the first few respondents are... thank you. That was hilarious.
Sorry about that Sidney, I bet it wasn't nearly as fun for you...

ZOS_DaryaK

We've closed this two-year-old thread in our continuing battle against necromancy.