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Change Route Storage Location on PC


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Kolossi
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Apologies if this has already been posted, I've search for as many phrases as I can think of in the forums ("Change Folder", "File Location", "Route Directory" etc), but couldn't find any mention:

Is there any way to change the default location for storing and opening Flight Plans with PC SD Plan?

Currently routes are stored in C:\Users\{MyUserName}\Documents\SkyDemon\Routes, but in order to have the routes available on all my various home/work PC/laptops/phones I'd like to be able to store them within my Google Drive so e.g. C:\Users\{MyUserName}\GoogleDrive\SkyDemon\Routes. I can store the files in that location and load them from there fine, but every time I click to open I have to navigate from C:\Users\{MyUserName}\Documents\SkyDemon\Routes to C:\Users\{MyUserName}\GoogleDrive\SkyDemon\Routes every time - even having opened a route from the new location, SD doesn't remember it for the next load let alone the next time it runs.

I've tried looking in the program preferences, for a config file on the disk and even in the registry, but no luck. I'm hoping someone can point out a way for me - perhaps there's a secret command line option that can be used when starting SD?
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Tim Dawson (2/26/2014)
If you want to store your user documents in a place other than the default on your C drive, then use the proper Windows tools to achieve it. That's what they are there for.



Sorry to be late to the party, but what are the "proper Windows tools" to locate user documents on a drive other than C Tim?  I've generally heard that Microsoft strongly recommend not relocating Users folders (especially not to put them on another drive), as this confuses some Microsoft software (e.g. the Windows 10 migration fails if user folders aren't on C, apparently).  Maybe there's something I've missed.  I just don't use \Users\anything if I can possibly help it.

Just started using SkyDemon having used it with friends; very impressed so far.  Following threads on Flyer I've been especially impressed by the speed with which you fix bugs and address user issues.  It's not a great problem that it takes me an extra 6 clicks to get to my routes folder, but I'd prefer not to have to do it, especially as something like that is error-prone.  I'll probably end up misplacing routes. 


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Kolossi - 5/9/2012 10:18:10 AM
Tim Dawson - 5/9/2012 2:38:39 PM
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adhawkins - 5/10/2012 12:09:32 PM
Tim Dawson - 5/18/2012 3:24:11 PM
PaulDean - 2/23/2014 1:29:29 PM
ckurz7000 - 2/25/2014 1:12:39 PM
adhawkins - 2/26/2014 12:35:45 PM
Kolossi - 2/26/2014 1:31:04 PM
Tim Dawson - 2/24/2014 11:14:39 AM
Tim Dawson - 2/26/2014 2:56:47 PM
InfrequentFlyer - 8/2/2015 9:16:16 AM
Tim Dawson - 8/3/2015 9:40:09 AM
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