CrewCheif Stuff in AppData

[MotherDawg]

Hi,

Is there a reason to have 1.5 gig for 47 thousand files in AppData ?

When I installed, I pointed the software toward my D drive.

What Gives ?





Thank You

[Seven Smiles]

Good point. CC uses the Windows environment variable LOCALAPPDATA to store its sound files and they are much bigger than the program itself in c:\Program Files (x86)\Britton IT Ltd\CrewChiefV4 which is the path the installer lets you change.

AFAIK it's always been like that (much like it uses "MyDocuments"/CrewChiefV4 for profiles and other data files (though they're much smaller)). We could add a Property to read the files from elsewhere, it's simply that no-one has suggested it.

[MotherDawg]

Hi,


Thanks for taking the time.

I'm facing a user with a corrupt Windows profile. Bad sectors on a mechanical drive. So new install on a SSD... job's done as all the user's programs are on a second drive. Copy the shortcuts and thank you very much.

Oh no wait... new AppData... empty. Microsoft Teams' all shot off. The efffing thing entirely installs in AppData. Some coders should figure programming ain't for them. (being polite here)

CrewChief has no sound no more... Why? (rhetorical)

Best Practice : Local folder: This folder contains data that are stored on the local computer for the specific user and aren't synced with other devices. This includes your temporary files, cache, and other data that the application recreates as needed.

AppData is for Setting and user specifics. Not for storing permanent files.

Further more, when programs are installs on secondary drives, the controller can access data from both drive at the same time... roughly. I speeds things up.

Hoping that kind of permanent data can be moved to the installed folder and only use AppData for it's intended purpose.


Thanks again.

[Seven Smiles]

Aha! Property Override default Sound Pack location is already in Crew Chief. Maybe the default should be changed - but that's work.