HowTo: Use an alternate location for the settings and temp directories

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These instructions are to be used to change the location of the configuration files used by NewsLeecher. Normally they are stored in the user's profile which is on the C drive (see this FAQ post for details). You can also use these steps to save the files in a unique location so that you can have different versions of NewsLeecher installed and they will not interfere with each other.

These steps are for NewsLeecher v3.8 Beta 9 to v3.95 beta 3 releases. See the post below for the v4.x releases

1. Close down NewsLeecher.
   
   
2. Create a file in the NewsLeecher executable folder (usually C:\Program Files\NewsLeecher\), called "newsleecher.ini".
   
   
3. Add a single line with the location you wish to use for the configuration files. For example, to put the configuration files in a NewsLeecher folder on the D drive, enter
   settingsFile=D:\NewsLeecher\setup.dat
   
   Save and close the newsleecher.ini file.
   
   
4. You will now need to COPY, not MOVE, your current configuration files from the old location (see this FAQ for details of the default location) to the new location.
   
   
5. Restart NewsLeecher
   
   
6. The above has only told NewsLeecher where the main configuration file, setup.dat, is located. Now we need to tell NewsLeecher where to look for all the other configuration files/queues/caches, etc.
   
   In the Options>Advanced>Folders screen, set the location of the Data and Temp folders to the same location (i.e. D:\NewsLeecher\)
   
   
7. Close down NewsLeecher to save the configuration
   

Now NewsLeecher should be using the files in the new location. You should be able to remove the old configuration files/caches/etc.

If you launch NewsLeecher and all the settings are gone and everything is back to defaults, there you misconfigured something above. Please go thru the steps again.
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These steps are for NewsLeecher v4.0 releases and later. See the post above for the v3.8-v3.9 releases

1. If you wish to have both the 3.9x and 4.0x versions installed, you will need to install NewsLeecher into a different directory, i.e. D:\NewsLeecherV4.
   
   
2. Close down NewsLeecher if it is running.
   
   
3. In the directory where you installed NewsLeecher 4.x, create a file named "newsleecher.ini". Note: the format is not the same as the 3.9x ini file.
   
   
4. Add a line with the location you wish to use for the configuration files. For example, to put the configuration files in a NewsLeecher folder on the D drive, enter
   dataFolder=D:\NewsLeecherV4\data\
   
   Add a line to the newsleecher.ini file with
   tempFolder=D:\NewsLeecherV4\temp\
   or if you want the temp on a different drive, enter something like
   tempFolder=C:\temp\
   
   In the 4.0 Final version, the tempFolder setting now is the location to hold the temporary files created when using the Open/Read command. It is NOT the location of the temporary segments of downloaded files. Those are kept in a "!! Newsleecher Temporary !!" folder within the Download Directory. At this time, it is not possible to change the location of this folder.
   
   If you do not enter a temp location, it will still use the default location of the user's profile space on the C drive.
   
   Save and close the newsleecher.ini file.
   
   
5. You will now need to COPY, not MOVE, your current configuration files from the old location (see this FAQ for details of the default location) to the new location.
   
   
6. Restart NewsLeecher
   

Now NewsLeecher should be using the files in the new location. You should be able to remove the old configuration files/caches/etc.

If you launch NewsLeecher and all the settings are gone and everything is back to defaults, there you misconfigured something above. Please go thru the steps again.
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