Changing save location for video tracks

[Japsai]

UPDATED

 

I have my game installed on my C drive (SSD) for speed,  but I want to save my video tracks to my larger D drive (HDD) which has more space.  I am sure I had this working in the past by changing the save target of the Tracks folder in the C drive, so the game tries saving to this folder but it actually saves/redirects to a folder of the same name on my D drive.  I did it outside the game in Windows10 (Home Edition) somehow, but have completely forgotten how.  Having uninstalled the game and reinstalled it, I have now lost this ability.  Does anyone know how this is possible?  Possibly using mklink function in CMD prompt?

 

Solution seems to be

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/

 

in my case 

 

mklink /D “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\Tracks” “D:\IL2 Tracks”

 

but this wont let me.  is says the file already exists, even if I try a new file name for the target??

"Cannot create a file when that file already exists"

 

SOLVED

I copied all my track files over and then deleted the game folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\Tracks

 

Then I ran the mklink command above and it recreated the folder but linked to my D drive “D:\IL2 Tracks”

Edited October 23, 2022 by Biffa66

[JG4_Deciman]

Works for me by using a different way...

 

Link Shell Extension - Installation
a) vcredist_x64
b) vcredist_x86
c) Link Shell Extension

 

Sym Link Creation

a) Open game folder in windows explorer

b) Open new destination folder in a new explorer window
c) Move wanted folder to new location (by holding right mouse key and selecting 'move to')

d) Move folder from new position back to original position (by holding right mouse key and selecting 'insert as sym link'

or whatever similar it offers you in your system (my settings are in german)

 

Deci