Why do I have two Frontier Developments folders?

DazzySt

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Hi All,

I was trying to find my binds file and noticed that for some reason I have two folders named Frontier Developments and Frontier_Developments. Can anyone tell me why?

Thanks
Daz
 

DazzySt

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I can also tell you that I can see loads of BINDS files in the Frontier_Developments folder but none of these BINDS are selectable in the in-game menu....
 

DazzySt

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There both within one day of each other. It would seem, with my little knowledge, that all the BINDS files are in the Frontier_Developments folder but the game is not reading them. In the Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Bindings folder I have only one file and it's called StartPreset.start there are no BINDS files there at all. Any ideas?
 

Popalu

Popalu
I have the game installed on my SSD drive for speed, but the game uses bindings which are stored in C:\users\<NAME>\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Bindings where <NAME> is your computers user name

This is for a NONE Steam install
 

WeComeInPeace

WeComeInPeace
Popalu said:
I have the game installed on my SSD drive for speed, but the game uses bindings which are stored in C:\users\<NAME>\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Bindings where <NAME> is your computers user name

This is for a NONE Steam install
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That avatar is awesome! :D(y)
 

WR3ND

WR3ND
Popalu said:
I have the game installed on my SSD drive for speed, but the game uses bindings which are stored in C:\users\<NAME>\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Bindings where <NAME> is your computers user name

This is for a NONE Steam install
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It uses these folders on the Steam version as well.

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I'm not sure, OP, but it might use one as an overwrite or alternative read file location for the other when loading the game if there is a corresponding file there, or do something similar to that.
 
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59thLefty

59thLefty
! DANGER you can mess up your PC with this!

If you have trouble with C:\ free space, you can easily migrate your Frontier_developments folder to another drive, using this guide. Follow it step by step, and you're done.

If you are not sure what you are doing, ask for help or find another method, this can ruin your installation or worse. For me, it worked just fine. Actually it is a pretty simple, primitive 'link' for your windows to know where to find your new Fdev folder (Elite). Use at your own risk, any typo can be a problem. I didn't migrate all my appdata folder, that for sure would have consequences at the next Windows update, so I just moved the Frontier_Developments folder. I have NON-steam version, no idea about that.

support-desktop.sharegate.com

Change the AppData Location

If you need to change the location of your ShareGate Desktop application data, you can use mklink in the Windows Command Prompt to create a symbolic link with the following steps: Close ShareGate ...
support-desktop.sharegate.com support-desktop.sharegate.com
 

robbyp

robbyp
It's just human life. One part of the software team used the underscore, the other did not. And then you find it's too late to fix it.
 

dognosh

dognosh
One was around from the early days and beta I believe , then they changed it after release, or something like that :)
 

Jpotter

Jpotter
59thLefty said:
! DANGER you can mess up your PC with this!

If you have trouble with C:\ free space, you can easily migrate your Frontier_developments folder to another drive, using this guide. Follow it step by step, and you're done.

If you are not sure what you are doing, ask for help or find another method, this can ruin your installation or worse. For me, it worked just fine. Actually it is a pretty simple, primitive 'link' for your windows to know where to find your new Fdev folder (Elite). Use at your own risk, any typo can be a problem. I didn't migrate all my appdata folder, that for sure would have consequences at the next Windows update, so I just moved the Frontier_Developments folder. I have NON-steam version, no idea about that.

support-desktop.sharegate.com

Change the AppData Location

If you need to change the location of your ShareGate Desktop application data, you can use mklink in the Windows Command Prompt to create a symbolic link with the following steps: Close ShareGate ...
support-desktop.sharegate.com support-desktop.sharegate.com
Click to expand...

You shouldn't move any Window or Microsoft folders under the AppData folder. You will have issues. I used this blunt technique to move it on my last install of Windows. Moving Windows and Microsoft folders caused issues with apps from MS like Xbox and anything from the Microsoft Store. There are files that can't be moved, without them the apps won't work correctly (some wouldn't start period, some wouldn't install with an obscure error code that MS didn't understand, some wouldn't update any longer).

This is not a well documented issue.
 
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