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Post by Richard on Jan 11, 2020 23:55:18 GMT
FYM registers its location with Windows when you install it the first time. Once that happens, the installer will automatically know where your FYM is and it will update or repair FYM safely and painlessly when you install again (upgrade/repair).
Recently we have had many cases of people running afoul of this system and creating multiple installations of FYM.
Do not create multiple installations of FYM. Ever. No matter what you are tying to do, there are better solutions than doing this.
Avoid creating multiple installations by:
(a) never trying to move FYM around manually by moving files
(b) when moving your installation to a new machine, install it there and then move your data files (in server1; contact FYM development team for help if you need it)
(c) always accepting the default location of the installation when you install again (upgrade/repair)
If you accidentally create multiple installations, you must
(1) uninstall the second/new one that has none of the local data you must have to run FYM; then
(2) running the installer again, pointing it to the original location.
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Post by drgw on Jan 12, 2020 4:25:39 GMT
When I built my latest pc I used an SSD for the operating system and certain games which are dependent on speed. Flight Simulators for one. But I also have a 1 TB hard drive for bulk storage and programs not dependent on access speed. FYM being one such. The SSD is denoted as drive C: and the HD as drive E:. I installed FYM to drive E: and the installer has always shown that as destination for all updates. Its default target if I may use the term. I verify that each time of course but I've never needed to change anything and each update has been smooth and error free.
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Post by iutower on Feb 8, 2020 2:12:38 GMT
Someone has stated that they use OneDrive and run FYM on that, how could this work?
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Post by Richard on Feb 8, 2020 3:23:23 GMT
It would work as long as your system knows that location as a drive letter and the is drive letter is stable. If not, you will have trouble updating.
If you want to make a portable installation, the best bet is probably to install on a portable drive and ensure it is mapped with the same drive letter always. But most importantly, you need to move the data. Never make a copy or a second installation.
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Post by iutower on Feb 8, 2020 4:17:15 GMT
It would work as long as your system knows that location as a drive letter and the is drive letter is stable. If not, you will have trouble updating. If you want to make a portable installation, the best bet is probably to install on a portable drive and ensure it is mapped with the same drive letter always. But most importantly, you need to move the data. Never make a copy or a second installation.So how could I make it a drive letter? |
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Post by samwain on Feb 10, 2020 9:24:54 GMT
Someone has stated that they use OneDrive and run FYM on that, how could this work? I run FYM from a OneDrive location. The default OneDrive location on most machine is C:\Users\<username>\OneDrive, so just point the installer at a folder in your OneDrive location, and it'll install there quite happily. It's primarily helpful for making sure you have a backup in case of a system failure, but you can also use it to play FYM on more than one machine; in that case, install FYM to the same OneDrive location on each machine. Not sure how clear that was... Feel free to ask questions! |
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Post by Richard on May 16, 2020 15:52:22 GMT
One more point about running from external drives, concerning using them to run FYM from multiple different computers.
If you do this, which is fine, you have to realize that FYM upgrades can get tricky. FYM needs to be registered with Windows on the machine you use to upgrade FYM on the external drive.
If you find yourself caught out and need to use a different computer to upgrade an installation on an external HD, you can still do it. You just need to point that installer to the correct location on the external drive. That will register the location of FYM with windows on the secondary machine.
If you are using external drives and the path changes (e.g., different drive letter assignment) and you need to install FYM upgrades, you do the same thing: point the installer to the correct location on the external drive to register the correct new location.
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Post by robertverheus on May 16, 2020 17:58:59 GMT
If you are using external drives and the path changes (e.g., different drive letter assignment) and you need to install FYM upgrades, you do the same thing: point the installer to the correct location on the external drive to register the correct new location. I had this issue some time back, and the installer did let me choose the correct new drive letter, but after hitting continue in the installer it crashed with some error. I don't know the exact error any more though. I fixed my situation by going into the windows disk manager and reassign the old drive letter to my usb drive that I'm using. After that the installer worked again for me. |
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