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      07-06-2012, 08:28 AM   #333
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Originally Posted by TonyS View Post
As far as I know it needs those files in both places, which is a ridiculous waste of disk space.

From what others have said, if you are running Vista or Windows 7 you can set up a symbolic link to make Windows think that you have the files in C:\ESysData\SWE without having to make a duplicate copy.

Here's what I did (note that I haven't tested this on the car yet as I'm still waiting for it to be delivered but the program runs fine) :-

Delete the SWE folder under C:\ESysData (it should be empty).
Run a CMD prompt with administrator privileges.
Enter this at the prompt (without the quotes):
"mklink /d C:\ESysData\SWE C:\ESysData\psdzdata\swe"
You should get a message back that says:
"symbolic link created for C:\ESysData\SWE <<===>> C:\ESysData\psdzdata\swe"

Now Windows will think there's a folder C:\ESysData\SWE and it should work.

As always, try this at your own risk ;-)
Great - thanks. If I run it off of an external hard drive, space isn't an issue (I'll just leave the files in both places). I have the cable ... I have the program installed... now I just need a car!!!
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