Help with routing

CURATOR
CURATOR Member Posts: 2 Newcomer
edited April 30 in Native Access

I'm fairly illiterate when it comes to this so bare with me

I just built a new PC recently and finally got around to Reinstalling Native access. when I'm downloading files i can get the instruments to open, but they are all saving to my C drive. I want everything to save and read off of a different drive, but no matter how i move around and set up Native access to read file paths, it only works where its downloaded to by default.

The default path that works is C Drive - users - public- public documents

I'm trying to move things to H drive - Plug ins -

but no matter how i try this is just isn't adding up. I'm sure im missing something simple here but would love some help so i can call this build a wrap.

If it helps, im in the most recent version of FL, windows 11 , and my c drive is an m.2 and my h is a ssd

Thanks in advance and let me know if i worded anything off and need to help out!

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  • mykejb
    mykejb Moderator Posts: 2,498 mod
    Answer ✓

    In general the recommendation is that you change only the content location in Native Access. The applications and VST plugins will usually work if you relocate them but you end up having to configure your DAW to look in different places which can be a pain.

    If you change the content location in Native Access it only affects future downloads, so the libraries you've already downloaded won't be moved.

    If you've already downloaded a bunch of libraries you can move them into a folder on your hard disk then tell Native Access where you've moved them to by clicking Preferences at the bottom left then Maintenance, followed by Repair Products. That will let you enter a new path for your libraries.

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  • mykejb
    mykejb Moderator Posts: 2,498 mod
    Answer ✓

    In general the recommendation is that you change only the content location in Native Access. The applications and VST plugins will usually work if you relocate them but you end up having to configure your DAW to look in different places which can be a pain.

    If you change the content location in Native Access it only affects future downloads, so the libraries you've already downloaded won't be moved.

    If you've already downloaded a bunch of libraries you can move them into a folder on your hard disk then tell Native Access where you've moved them to by clicking Preferences at the bottom left then Maintenance, followed by Repair Products. That will let you enter a new path for your libraries.

  • CURATOR
    CURATOR Member Posts: 2 Newcomer

    gotcha so basically only focus on the content location and if i already have some installed, just move them to the correct folder, than have daw search that folder?

  • mykejb
    mykejb Moderator Posts: 2,498 mod

    Yep that's correct. Just focussing on and moving the content is the right thing to do, then update the content paths in Native Access. You don't need to tell the DAW to search the moved content, that's handled by Native Access when you do the product repair.

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