- Apr 20, 2013
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It's quite a simple question:
How do I make a programme ignore the all other folders, and only write data to a specified directory?
The reason:
I play a game called 'RuneScape'. I wish to run it strictly off my USB stick. I do not want it to interact with any files, or folders on my system. Is this possible?
The game is not exactly 'installed' like most normal games are. It is a simple 'library' of compressed cache files that are decompressed and recompressed during gameplay. There's no registry entries, no permissions; nothing. It is a simple library of files and folders.
This is it:
As you can see in that image, I moved all the files to the USB stick (Zip_Drive). It launches normally, but then immediately re-creates all those files into my User folder and ignores the USB from that point on, only using my HDD.
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So once again, to be clear:
How do I make a programme ignore the all other folders, and only write data to a specified directory? The directory that I wish for it to write to in this case, would be "E:\RuneScape". All of the files are in their proper place. I do not need to relocate, move, or change anything.
The location that it loads from via the Desktop link, is "E:\RuneScape\jagexcache\jagexlauncher\bin\JagexLauncher.exe runescape"; this works properly... It just currently writes to "C:\Users\Flannery". I wish for this to stop. I don't want any of the RuneScape related files on my system.
How do I make a programme ignore the all other folders, and only write data to a specified directory?
The reason:
I play a game called 'RuneScape'. I wish to run it strictly off my USB stick. I do not want it to interact with any files, or folders on my system. Is this possible?
The game is not exactly 'installed' like most normal games are. It is a simple 'library' of compressed cache files that are decompressed and recompressed during gameplay. There's no registry entries, no permissions; nothing. It is a simple library of files and folders.
This is it:
As you can see in that image, I moved all the files to the USB stick (Zip_Drive). It launches normally, but then immediately re-creates all those files into my User folder and ignores the USB from that point on, only using my HDD.
______
So once again, to be clear:
How do I make a programme ignore the all other folders, and only write data to a specified directory? The directory that I wish for it to write to in this case, would be "E:\RuneScape". All of the files are in their proper place. I do not need to relocate, move, or change anything.
The location that it loads from via the Desktop link, is "E:\RuneScape\jagexcache\jagexlauncher\bin\JagexLauncher.exe runescape"; this works properly... It just currently writes to "C:\Users\Flannery". I wish for this to stop. I don't want any of the RuneScape related files on my system.
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