Transferring a user folder in Reaper?

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  1. MINIGUNPUNK

    MINIGUNPUNK Kapellmeister

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    It's weird, I installed Riper, on drive D, not on drive C, but for some reason my settings are stored in APPDATA, roaming, how do I move the entire folder and set the default path to have these files on my drive D? I'm afraid that after reinstalling Windows I will have a hard time)))) I can not find the setting to change the path, help.
     
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  3. Olymoon

    Olymoon MODERATOR Staff Member

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    I'm not sure if it's possible to change this folder's place from Reaper's preferences.
    But in case it's not, you can always use a symlink.
     
  4. SineWave

    SineWave Audiosexual

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    You should have installed Reaper in portable mode. Then all the files would be in your D: location. However, it's not all over. You can easily make it portable after installation. :wink:

    Just go to user/appdata/roaming/reaper and cut/paste all the files there to your D\:Reaper or wherever you installed it. It will work the same. You can freely delete the user/appdata/roaming/reaper folder afterwards.

    Cheers!
     
  5. Myfanwy

    Myfanwy Producer

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    That is what's called "Portable install" during Reaper installation. If you check this, all preferences and data is stored within the installation folder.

    SineWave was a bit faster...
     
  6. Burninstar

    Burninstar Platinum Record

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    This might help. Try export configuration from the option\preferences\general menu.
    Install portable REAPER, Then import it from your new install.
    There is a video on the REAPER web site.
     
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  7. MINIGUNPUNK

    MINIGUNPUNK Kapellmeister

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    @SineWave No, I definitely remember that I installed the regular version, I also have associations with Reaper files.
     
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