Hello!
I realized in my steam folder that Elite is over 100gb! Is there any way to reduce that size?
I realized in my steam folder that Elite is over 100gb! Is there any way to reduce that size?
File Size of game; any way to reduce it?
- Thread starter AugustBlade
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Something wrong there - my EDLaunch file tree contains only 70GB.
Maybe you still have one of the betas on your machine. Look in your .... / EDLaunch/Products folder, this is mine:
If you still have a "public test" (i.e. a Beta version) folder, just delete it.
EDIT: I just realised steam installations don't have "EDLaunch" folder, they have Elite Dangerous/Products (that is on my other machine) - sorry.
Maybe you still have one of the betas on your machine. Look in your .... / EDLaunch/Products folder, this is mine:
If you still have a "public test" (i.e. a Beta version) folder, just delete it.
EDIT: I just realised steam installations don't have "EDLaunch" folder, they have Elite Dangerous/Products (that is on my other machine) - sorry.
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This thread prompted me to check my installation folder...
Does anyone know what the highlighted folder is? Looking at the subfolders, it seems to have been created in March 2021, and updated about 2 weeks ago. I'm hesitant to delete it as the "VersionInfo.txt" within contains the following
{"Version":"2022.01.19.280105","executable":"EliteDangerous64.exe", "name" : "Elite: Dangerous", "useWatchDog64" : "true"}
I've got plenty of space, so it's not an issue (~20Gb), but I'd prefer to remove it if anyone can confirm it's not needed?
TIA
Does anyone know what the highlighted folder is? Looking at the subfolders, it seems to have been created in March 2021, and updated about 2 weeks ago. I'm hesitant to delete it as the "VersionInfo.txt" within contains the following
{"Version":"2022.01.19.280105","executable":"EliteDangerous64.exe", "name" : "Elite: Dangerous", "useWatchDog64" : "true"}
I've got plenty of space, so it's not an issue (~20Gb), but I'd prefer to remove it if anyone can confirm it's not needed?
TIA
I've never seen this folder. Maybe Odyssey Beta?
You can just move it to some other folder for a "quarantine" before removing it, if you want to be safe.
Don't even move it, just rename it and see what happens, if everything still works you are all good to move/delete it, although I would suggest move it to backup for a while. Oh, and ah, better make an accurate copy of the name first though in case you need to name it back
If someone wants to do it by changing name, best way is to simply add some character, like dash f.ex, at the end, or at the beginning of the name.Don't even move it, just rename it and see what happens, if everything still works you are all good to move/delete it, although I would suggest move it to backup for a while. Oh, and ah, better make an accurate copy of the name first though in case you need to name it back
By some quick search I've found that FORC-FDEV-D-1010 might be actually very old 32-bit game client. There's a thread from 2016 asking if it's safe to delete it.
Is sub folder FORC-FDEV-D-1010 required?
In my Elite Dangerous\Products folder (Horizons Steam version) I have 3 sub folders: COMBAT_TUTORIAL_DEMO elite-dangerous-64 (6.58 GB) FORC-FDEV-D-1010 (5.79 GB) EliteDangerous64.exe seems to be running from the elite-dangerous-64 folder. Is FORC-FDEV-D-1010 required or can it be removed to...
Right click - send to recycle bin Job done 
Yes if you go into the ED folder and delete the EDO folder you'll be golden.
Thanks guys - I'll quarantine it on another drive and see what happens - I'd never have even noticed it if I hadn't read this thread!
I only purchased Odyssey about 6 weeks ago, so unlikely, but who knows?
Possibly - I do recall having the option on the launcher to load ED 64-bit or ED 32-bit, but IIRC that was before I purchased EDH (?) and I've not seen the option for years. Seems odd that the folder creation date was 7th March 2021 though - I moved my ED client folder to a different SSD at some point last year - could have been at the same time as this folder was created I guess...
Your "cajones" are larger than mine sir! At the very least I'd expect my binds to disappear (or something) if I did this! Tha's t'be mowr curful (from one Yorkshireman to another
)That was removed when Horizons launched, not much point in having a 32bit option when no-one runs a 32 bit PC anymore and no doubt helped with the new features in Horizons.