datadir on software update

[TierNolan]

In windows the shortcuts to Armory are reset to the default when updating.

This means that the "--datadir=X:\armory_directory" switch is deleted and reset to the default.

This is annoying and means that armory will try to use up drive space on the C:\ drive.

Obviously the problem is that the datadir switch is needed to find the config file.  This means that it can't be set by the config file.

Would it be possible to add a redirect switch in the default location.  The behaviour when there is no datadir flag provided would be:

- check the default location for an ArmoryRedirect.txt file
- If it exists, check if it contains a datadir parameter
-- if not, then just use the config file in the default location as normal
-- Otherwise set the datadir and load the ArmorySettings.txt file in the datadir directory

This would allow the datadir to be set from the GUI.  It would copy the config file to the new location (creating the directory if required) and then create a basic redirect ArmoryRedirect.txt file in the default location.

This means virtually no drive space is used on the boot drive.

It's not a big deal, but it is annoying and an incentive not to update the software.

[btchris]

It's not a big deal, but it is annoying and an incentive not to update the software.

I have the same issue... it's really not a big deal, and I'm sure there are bigger fish to fry, but it is slightly annoying.

Another option might be to change the NSIS script so that it does a IfFileExists before a CreateShortcut, that would at least fix it for me if it didn't overwrite any custom options I've added to the shortcut in the Start menu on Windows.

(But again, it's a pretty minor thing....)

[TimS]

As a workaround-ish solution, here's what I did to solve this: create a symbolic link from your %appdata% folder to your other folder. In an administrator command prompt:

mklink /D %appdata%\Armory X:\armory_directory

You can do the same for Bitcoin if you want to.