Hey Guys,
I get the Arturia collection 11 from the "other side" an want move the installed plugins to the SSD. ASC is not working, maybe because it is from the other side. it is possible to move it without ASC? or is it not normal that ASC will not open with this version?

 

I thik you probably should not use ASC at all. Firewall it. All the plugins do is check that it is there.

I'm not sure why you would want the plugins themselves on the SSD, to be honest. I know an external is almost as fast as your internal but it still is not 100.00000%. So there is no benefit to running them that way. However, they come with a huge amount of data which is exactly what I would want on the external instead of my system disk. I do this with everything. You can just install the plugin normally, and then use command line or powershell, etc; to move all the content to your external drive and create a symbolic link. That way your plugins think the content for them is exactly where it expects to find it. You are just forwarding where the plugins look for their data.

 

Arturia Software Center (ASC) - Customise your resource folder location

https://support.arturia.com/hc/en-u...r-ASC-Customise-your-resource-folder-location

All the instruments and FXs resources can now be relocated to another folder of your choice via Arturia Software Center on any other volume/drive of your choice (Preferably an SSD drive).

Choosing your own custom resource path is useful if you’re working with multiple drives/devices or limited internal storage.

Notes
A folder named "Arturia" will automatically be created at the end of the path you've chosen.

• For optimal performance, the usage of an SSD is recommended.
  
  
• Do not disconnect your internet connection during the transfer.
  
  
• Do not interrupt the process during the final 10% of the transfer.
  
  
• This customisation feature isn't designed to share one single folder located on an external drive containing all your resources across multiple computers.

• Please note also that we do not support resources locations set to "External Drives mounted as Folders" on Windows which will lead to GUI issues.

 

i have a Mac with small internal storage. Kontakt 8 and a lot of library's works well with external ssd

 

like I say it, ASC is not working with this version. I need another solution

 

Guess I could store plugins for Mac that way but my next upgrade will technically be able to not need to have external storage plugged in for it, it’s all on my windows laptop so if I ever get it for Mac it’d have to be saved for my upgrade, good thing Pigments is separate from the 50 gigabytes GRRRRRRRRR

 

Most of them do. But there are a decent number of pros to going with a smaller capacity ssd for your system disk anyway, other than just cost. Cost is the biggest one, but internal vs external is almost a wash now. I symlink anything over about 2gb, if I can; just never the actual plugin. It's way easier to just keep everything on the system drive default location.

 

Steps to Move Manually

1. Close all DAWs and Arturia plugins.
   
   
2. Copy (don't just move yet) the entire Arturia folder from its default location to your SSD (e.g., create D:\Arturia or /Volumes/SSD/Arturia).
   
   
3. Verify the copy completed fully (check file sizes match).
   
   
4. Delete the original Arturia folder from the default location (e.g., C:\ProgramData\Arturia).
   
   
5. Create a symlink/junction pointing back to the new location:
   

macOS (use Terminal):

text

sudo ln -s /Volumes/YourSSD/Arturia /Library/Arturia

(Replace paths as needed; enter your password when prompted.)

 

Clone - I'm having trouble writing the command - System32>mklink /J "C:\ProgramData\Arturia\Clavinet V""D:\ProgramData\Arturia\Clavinet"

The command was acknowledged but it's not working. Do I have to drill down further with the path?

 

Small detail... I believe there should be space between the "C" end and "D" start quotation marks...
"C:\stuff goes here" "D:\stuff goes here"

Your example above does not have that. Unsure if that matters. Not a wiz at this stuff. I know enough to be dangerous.

As far as your links go, I suggest making your D link something like "D:\SymLinks\Arturia\Clavinet". Especially if you have other content on that drive. That will clarify that everything in that folder has a symlink attached.


Symlinks are a life, and hard drive space, saver! Whenever I apply them, I have the associated C drive folder open so I can see/confirm the link was created.

In addition to putting all my symlink contents in a common folder per the suggestion above, I also maintain a text doc of active symlinks on my system. I prep the commands in that file, and copy/paste them into cmd to create/apply.

Hope that is helpful

 

Last edited: Mar 24, 2026 at 10:27 PM

Thanks. I'll try the Symlink option. FYI: the command worked without a space between the two paths. I got error message with the space.

 

Hmmm... another thought...
when I run cmd, the display is "C:Users\myusername>" with a flashing cursor after that. No System32 reference.

My symlinks all use this structure...
mklink /J "C:\location info" "D:\location info"

Create in my text doc, copy/paste to cmd, hit enter. That's always worked for me.

Another thought... I'm on windows. Might be slightly different on mac. I left that world in the mid 90's and never looked back

 

Last edited: Mar 24, 2026 at 11:00 PM

I started by using the Google AI recommendation which said open cmd as administrator, which brought me to System32. But I'll try all the variations.

 

I always run cmd as administrator as well

Wish I understood/knew more about this stuff.

 

Anyone looking for an easy way to Symlink things in Windows...
This puts an item in your context menu to "Pick link source" (the actual file or folder), and "Drop as...[Symlink, Hardlink,etc]".
It also works in 'drag-n-drop' mode if desired - really "Windows-compatible" that way.
Link Shell Extension
https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/linkshellextension.html

And to keep the context menu clean, you can always go to the registry item and add a new 'String' titled "Extended" and then you don't see it unless you hold [Shift] while right-clicking.
I didn't bother to do that (but I do for many other items)

Spoiler: Relevant registry keys

I believe all the relevant registry keys are:
Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\HardLinkMenu
Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\HardLinkMenu
Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\HardLinkMenu

 

Last edited: Mar 25, 2026 at 4:29 AM

Thanks Doubletake. I installed the Link Shell app (?) but couldn’t get it to work. I probably didn’t read enough of the info. I couldn’t find an .exe file. Just a.dll

 

Okay. I found "Pick Link Source" and "Drop As ..." options. I still can't get it to work.

I don't think I'm using the correct folder path. I want the various Arturia V Collection instruments to find the content on the D drive.
Do I have to make individual Symlinks for each instrument? I did D:\ProgramData\Arturia and clicked "Pick Link Source". Then I opened C:\ProgramData\Arturia and chose Drop Link As Symlink. Then I deleted the Arturia folder in C:\ProgramData. The folder link displays C:\ProgramData. When I opened it, it populated with the Arturia data.

 

Works here. Program data arturia folder moved to external drive, pick this extrnal arturia folder as link source (rigt click) and drop it (also right click) in programdata folder as symlink.

 

Did you delete the Arturia folder "C:\ProgromData\Arturia" as the final step?