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LN20095

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how to change folder
« on: January 09, 2025, 07:18:42 am »
i try to get downloading to folder that i set up but won't do i uninstall gsx and universal only want go C Folder i not using it E where MSFS24 is

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Re: how to change folder
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2025, 07:20:58 am »
hope to use gsx again

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Re: how to change folder
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2025, 11:00:01 am »
First of all, you definitely need to be a lot more patient since you're highly unlikely to get a response within 2 minutes 16 seconds between your two posts. If you want to move it somewhere else, you have to uninstall all FSDreamteam products. If it asks you if you want to remove the add-on manager, choose yes. Then run the installers. On the install of the first FSDreamteam product, it should ask you where you want it.
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Re: how to change folder
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2025, 02:43:17 pm »
i try to get downloading to folder that i set up but won't do i uninstall gsx and universal only want go C Folder i not using it E where MSFS24 is

As clearly explained in the FSDT Universal Installer, the FSDT installation folder is NOT related in ANY way to where the simulator is installed, so it's entirely normal all FSDT products will go there, because as the installer explains, they will be just LINKED from the "Addon manager" folder into the Community folder, placing only a Symbolic link there, not the whole stuff.

So no, having the FSDT Installer going in C:\ is NOT a problem, and I believe the installer also have a message explaining that, because you already installed it in some location, you can't change it. But there's NO reason to change it "just" because you moved your Storage folder in MSFS 2024, because our installer obviously supports that.

The ONE and ONLY reason why you might want to "move" FSDT into another folder (NOT because MSFS is there!!!), is because you don't have enough space on the drive FSDT is installed into, and the way to do that, is to Uninstall the Universal Installer itself and reinstall it, so it will again offer you a choice where to install it. But again, you should NOT do this "just" because the MSFS Storage has been moved.

Once this has been clarified, we can move to your problem, which is, you seem to have moved the Storage location into "E:\MSFS 24", at least you have a folder that looks like that in your E: drive, but the FSDT Installer is looking in the default location for the MSFS 2024 MS Store version, while the sim has been detected to be the Steam version, so this shouldn't happen, unless there's a problem with your install.

So, the first thing to know is, is your MSFS 2024 really a Steam version or not ?