Problem when moving/hard linking Vortex installation folder.

[oldbastard42]

Vortex was working perfectly with Fallout4, I then tried to move the location of the Vortex folder (the app folder, NOT the data folder), to my user partition (I should have done it at install but I forgot!!) by doing the following -

 

Renamed C:\Program FIles\Blacktree Gaming Ltd to C:\Program FIles\x-Blacktree Gaming Ltd (to keep a backup if it went wrong)

Made the folder - D:\Games\Vortex

mklink /d "C:\Program FIles\Blacktree Gaming Ltd" "D:\Games\Vortex"

Copied the Vortex folder and all it's contents from C:\Program FIles\Blacktree Gaming Ltd to D:\Games\Vortex

 

So the Vortex .exe is now physically located at - D:\Games\Vortex\Vortex\

 

The Vortex Appdata\Roaming folder was already a link from day one, so that hasn't changed, ie all the Vortex stuff and all downloaded mods are already on the D: drive.

 

Checked the link, seemed OK.

 

Started Vortex - no games reported as managed, tried to add Fallout4 - game is not supported!

 

Anyone have any idea why? Are there other hidden config files I need to move/link?

 

Thanks.

[oldbastard42]

Here are the Vortex log files if that helps.

[Pickysaurus]

If you want Vortex in a different place (which is almost never required) there's a custom location installer on the download page. Try that instead.

[oldbastard42]

OK, I uninstalled the old version then downloaded and installed the "Custom Location" version and thankfully it picked up all my old settings and mods.

 

All's good, thanks for the help.

Regards.