hello I did not find the option to change the installation directory of the software
Hiya, sorry for the slow reply as it's been a busy week
Just a reminder EDHM (the mod) and EDHM UI are made by different people. Blue Mystic is the software dev behind EDHM UI, and if you'd like to ask him questions directly or provide feedback then I recommend contacting him via his
GitHub or the
EDHM Discord, where he actively assists CMDRs every day
With regards to your question about the install folder, I believe BM disabled custom locations because people were installing the UI into folders that required special permissions, which stopped the UI from functioning correctly. I remember early in 2022 he was getting multiple people every day asking why the UI wasn't working, and it was usually a permissions error. So now the UI is in the
AppData\Local folder, where the permissions are consistent and more flexible
To get to that folder, press the Windows button and 'r' (shortcut for 'run'), and then copy and paste this folder shortcut into the run box:
%LOCALAPPDATA%
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A few extra notes about installing / uninstalling
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I install / uninstall the UI regularly to test the mod is working nicely with the UI, and I use the following script to remove all traces of the UI installation, so I can start from fresh
Note: I uninstall the UI first via the Control Panel, then run this .bat (batch) script. Let me know if you need any help with it
Make sure you back-up any custom themes as this will wipe everything
Code:
@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
rmdir /s /q "%LOCALAPPDATA%\EDHM_UI" >nul 2>&1
rmdir /s /q "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\EDHM_UI" >nul 2>&1
rmdir /s /q "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Elite Dangerous\EDHM_UI\" >nul 2>&1
reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Elte Dangerous" /f >nul 2>&1
EXIT 0
(BM is aware there is a spelling mistake in the registry entry, but he said it's too late to correct it now)
Note: This batch script will not remove the mod (the colour changes in-game), only the remaining traces of the UI after an uninstallation.
To uninstall the mod (not the UI) :
Make sure Elite is closed, then use the 'Uninstall Mod' option in the UI Main Menu.
In case you uninstalled the UI before uninstalling the mod, you can uninstall the mod manually by going into your game folder eg. '
elite-dangerous-odyssey-64' (again, while Elite is closed .. so many people leave Elite running and then complain the mod didn't uninstall
) and then double-click on the file '
EDHM-Uninstall.bat' .. it will uninstall in literally 2 seconds. Do the same for the Horizons version if you installed the mod in there as well
I hope that clears up everything!
o7
