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Mark Morgan

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Use of MKLINK for scenery etc.
« on: Thu, 05 Dec 2013, 21:02:43 »
I know I have asked a similar question at one of the meetings, but was wondering if I can use the MKLINK method to move all my main scenery (ORBX, UK200, VFR GEN X etc), or do some of these need to stay on my main ssd C: drive?
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Re: Use of MKLINK for scenery etc.
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 06 Dec 2013, 06:50:44 »
I've only used MKLINK to move my Orbx stuff off the FSX drive to another but  I'd expect the other folders to work ok too. Use the /J command option.
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Re: Use of MKLINK for scenery etc.
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 06 Dec 2013, 07:21:51 »
Hi Mark,
I used the MkLink solution ONLY to move my FTX/ORBX scenery - as this seems to be the only software that fails to offer any relocation options on installation.
The rest of my scenery I simply "moved" on to my various other SSD-drives....with a greater degree of 'logic', so that I grouped my "UK" on one, "Europe" on anther, R o W on another and Orbix (with that link) on another.
I now have only the FSX 'base' programme on my 'C' drive.
I admit that it was painfully slow to rebuild my Scenery.cfg file and to get the library layering structure correct.
But, I do believe that it was a worthwhile move.
(Although it hasn't actually stopped my system from misbehaving ....occasionally!


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