How to change LaunchBox directory without changing the games and platforms directories

[Platinum]

Hello, I have my launchbox directory in "D:\Launchbox", and its about 4TB full of games, I want to change the launcher directory to my SSD at the "C:\" which will help me boot the application faster. While I can't copy all the 4tb games into the C directory cause its only 500gb.

So, is there an easy way for it without altering the games and platforms paths.

thank you.

[soqueroeu]

2 hours ago, Platinum said:

Hello, I have my launchbox directory in "D:\Launchbox", and its about 4TB full of games, I want to change the launcher directory to my SSD at the "C:\" which will help me boot the application faster. While I can't copy all the 4tb games into the C directory cause its only 500gb.

So, is there an easy way for it without altering the games and platforms paths.

Launchbox does not appear in the add and remove programs list. I think it doesn't create entries in the system registry. If your games are already in correct disk, it might work just by moving the entire Launchbox folder and creating a new shortcut for it.

If you need to change game paths,  the game location paths are in \LaunchBox\Data\Platforms. It might work if you mass-edit all paths with an advanced text editor, replacing all values that point to the current path. But it may be necessary to modify other files as well. I suggest you test with a single platform before assuming it as a definitive solution:

 

Edited October 2, 2021 by soqueroeu

[Headrush69]

It's a tiny little bit of work (just moving, not copying folders), but what I do is have all my platform rom folder in the root of my E drive, than I also mount this drive onto my Launchbox\Games folder.

I can access files through E drive or Launchbox\Games and this means i can leave platform file locations as default and use relative file paths. This should work for you as your current paths are within the Launchbox folder, so your entries in your platform.xml files should be the same.

I'm sure there are other options as well, just how I have mine and works great.

[soqueroeu]

7 minutes ago, Headrush69 said:

t's a tiny little bit of work (just moving, not copying folders), but what I do is have all my platform rom folder in the root of my E drive, than I also mount this drive onto my Launchbox\Games folder.

I can access files through E drive or Launchbox\Games and this means i can leave platform file locations as default and use relative file paths. This should work for you as your current paths are within the Launchbox folder, so your entries in your platform.xml files should be the same.

I'm sure there are other options as well, just how I have mine and works great.

Hey @Headrush69, your solution can be very good as it assumes the default path. Could you share how you configure this relative path? 🙂

[Headrush69]

12 minutes ago, soqueroeu said:

Hey @Headrush69, your solution can be very good as it assumes the default path. Could you share how you configure this relative path? 🙂

1. Make sure Launchbox\Games is an empty folder
2. Open Disk Management
3. Selection the partition you want to mount into the Launchbox directory
4. Right click and select Change Drive Letter and Paths
5. Click Add in the window that opens
6. Select Mount in the following empty NTFS folder
7. Hit browse and pick your Launchbox/Games folder

 

[LegzRwheelz]

@Headrush69 You think like a king, king. Just...wow. This seems a bit like symlinking, but on a drive level. This is cool. I have added this to my personal knowledge base and am looking for reasons to try this since I do symlink some of my emulators like cemu, rpcs3 and dolphin (cause of texture packs)