Sardines_Fun Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 My laptop has 2 drives, the C: (smaller SSD) for the Operating system and other critical programs and a D: (Large spinning) drive is for everything else. I've installed the Suite to the D: drive but whenever I install calibz Catalogs files they default to the C: drive. I see in preferences they're set up to install in "C:\ProgramData\Home Designer Suite 2021\Manufacturer Libraries" but there doesn't appear to be away to change that. Is there a registry key, or something else, I can change to move the install location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 You should really have all of your library items installed on your faster C: Drive, these files are accessed while you are working in CA. If you are running short of C: Drive space it would be better to find something you don't use very often and move that to your D: Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownTiger Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 You really should be posting there https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/forum/5-qa/ CA has System Library Database folder setting that allows you to specify this location. Home Designer Suite 2021 I do not know.. In windows you can set this setting additionally by modifying C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Chief Architect Inc\Chief Architect Premier X12.ini Shared%20System%20Library%20Database%20Folder=... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardines_Fun Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 Thanks BrownTiger, That's the type of setting I was looking for. I'll play around with that file and see if that lets me get the Manufact. Lib. on the D drive. And thanks for the heads up on the other Forum. When I created my account today this is where it took me, didn't realize I missed. Sardine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, Sardines_Fun said: That's the type of setting I was looking for. I'll play around with that file and see if that lets me get the Manufact. Lib. on the D drive. Don't play with the file too much with out making a copy of the original first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardines_Fun Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 BrownTiger, Just wanted to follow-up that your fix worked. Changed the below line and it's writing the libraries to the D: now. Thanks again! Manufacturer%20Data%20Path=D:/Program Files/Home Design/Home Designer Suite 2021/Manufacturer Data/ And Chopsaw, thanks for the advice. Yes, been there and done that, ALWAYS make backups now. Lesson learned the hard way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtldesigns Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Hey Sardine.. love them in mustard sauce BTW, don't forget to clean out your archive folder too. I found that's where most of my "C" space was being wasted. You can move over to D or delete. And the end of the day I usually upload to Dropbox (with a new name-date), "THEN" delete the archives. But good to have when you have a crash or power outage, until then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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