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A question
Hi there! I have a question. I was wondering... if I move the ".minecraft" folder from C: Roaming to D:, does it affect the game files? I kinda have low memory on C: and that's why I'm asking.
Thanks!
- vcredist
Thanks!
- vcredist
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You should firstly change the game direction on your Minecraft Launcher, go to settings
And then turn on the game, wait until the game loads and then close it
Then go to C: and take the files(saves, mods are the most needed) and move them to the second place
And if you delete f.e. libraries or assets from the .minecraft folder:
Don't worry, when you turn on the game again, it will download the files that you deleted
But SAVES AND MODS AREN'T DOWNLOADABLE
And then turn on the game, wait until the game loads and then close it
Then go to C: and take the files(saves, mods are the most needed) and move them to the second place
And if you delete f.e. libraries or assets from the .minecraft folder:
Don't worry, when you turn on the game again, it will download the files that you deleted
But SAVES AND MODS AREN'T DOWNLOADABLE
Alright, thanks buddy! Bertiecrafter
Uhhh yeah...... It kinda breaks and stuff XD
However, within the minecraft launcher you can modify a profile to save game files in a custom location. It will then save things like worlds, resource packs, etc. in that location, while keeping the required core files in the .minecraft folder. Note that you can clean up the versions folder in .minecraft by deleting any folders containing the versions you don't play anymore. You can also safely delete the logs folder.
After changing the directory within the profile of the minecraft launcher, you'll notice all your data missing. This is because the new location doesn't contain your old date yet (duh). Head over to the new folder and see what kind of files it's generating/saving, those are the files you can move from the old location (.minecraft) to the new location. The "saves" folder within .minecraft is one of the folders you most-definitely want to move over, together with the options.txt and optionsof.txt files.
However, within the minecraft launcher you can modify a profile to save game files in a custom location. It will then save things like worlds, resource packs, etc. in that location, while keeping the required core files in the .minecraft folder. Note that you can clean up the versions folder in .minecraft by deleting any folders containing the versions you don't play anymore. You can also safely delete the logs folder.
After changing the directory within the profile of the minecraft launcher, you'll notice all your data missing. This is because the new location doesn't contain your old date yet (duh). Head over to the new folder and see what kind of files it's generating/saving, those are the files you can move from the old location (.minecraft) to the new location. The "saves" folder within .minecraft is one of the folders you most-definitely want to move over, together with the options.txt and optionsof.txt files.
I guess you could try moving the entire .minecraft folder and then creating a Symbolic Link from .minecraft in AppData, to .minecraft on the D: drive. A symbolic link is kinda like a shortcut, but the main difference is that a shortcut is just a file that opens up another explorer window, while a symbolic link behaves like the destination folder is actually at the source location to most programs.
The command would look something like this (enter in command prompt):
Note that although the .minecraft folder will now appear in two locations, the actual location is D:/minecraft (in the case of the command above). Deleting that folder results in data loss, while deleting .minecraft in C: preserves the actual folder in D. Also note that the command above does not actually copy data, if you want to use the command as is, you'll have to copy the .minecraft folder to D:/minecraft first.
Also, is the D partition not on the same drive as the C: partition by any chance? I've seen some wonky configurations where one drive was split up into multiple partitions for whatever reason. Maybe a partition editor like Partition Wizard can help decreasing the size of D and moving free space over to C.
The command would look something like this (enter in command prompt):
mklink /D "%APPDATA%/.minecraft" "D:/minecraft"Note that although the .minecraft folder will now appear in two locations, the actual location is D:/minecraft (in the case of the command above). Deleting that folder results in data loss, while deleting .minecraft in C: preserves the actual folder in D. Also note that the command above does not actually copy data, if you want to use the command as is, you'll have to copy the .minecraft folder to D:/minecraft first.
Also, is the D partition not on the same drive as the C: partition by any chance? I've seen some wonky configurations where one drive was split up into multiple partitions for whatever reason. Maybe a partition editor like Partition Wizard can help decreasing the size of D and moving free space over to C.
