Cakewalk File location(s)

[NOLAGuy]

Trying to cleanup Cakewalk-related files which are located in several places on my C:\ drive.

My Cakewalk system files appear in two locations, maybe one of the locations is a remnant of Sonar days.

c:\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Core\xxx

c:\Users\Chuck\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk Core\xxx

There are different subfolders in each of these locations, so I'd like to sync them and change my Cakewalk "Preferences" menu locations to point to just one location.

Which of these locations is the preferred one to consolidate my Cakewalk files?

[scook]

6 hours ago, NOLAGuy said:

My Cakewalk system files appear in two locations, maybe one of the locations is a remnant of Sonar days.

c:\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Core\xxx

c:\Users\Chuck\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk Core\xxx

Those folder locations are no accident. There are a couple of others too,

They are all there by design. 

Installers expect them.

The main difference between "Cakewalk Content" and the "User Directory" is the the scope of the files.

"Cakewalk Content" files are used by all CbB users setup on the PC.

"User Directory" files are specific to each user login.

 

If you want to use custom folder locations, do so, and update preferences but leave the default folder locations alone or, at a minimum, use directory junctions if they must be moved to a new location. That way, the default locations may still be found by the installers.