junction points

andrew g

Newbie Joined: Mar 15, 2013 22:31 Messages: 6 Offline

Solved by

Mar 15, 2013 22:44

Has anyone had any success using Junction Point (Directory Hard Links) to steer PD11 temp and shadow files to a drive other than C

I know there is a way to set this up by doing an audited install of Windows, but at this point using a junction point link is a more attractive idea. If this possible it would be great to use a 4gig ram disk... any thoughts?

Xerox

Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Aug 09, 2009 01:36 Messages: 446 Offline

Mar 16, 2013 00:10

This is just a hint or possible clue. There is a registry key that points to the working directory. It seems that the working directory is where the shadow edit files are put. You would have to experiment and analyze what goes in the working directory. You are own your own. This has not been tested.

In Windows 8 Pro 64-bit, look for the string value "WorkDir" in the root of this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CyberLink\PowerDirector11 Gateway DX4380, AMD A8-5500 Quad Core 3.2GHz with ATI Radeon HD 7560D; 16GB RAM; 1 TB SATA 7200 RPM; Windows 8 Pro 64-bit; PDR11, PDVD12.

andrew g

Newbie Joined: Mar 15, 2013 22:31 Messages: 6 Offline

Mar 16, 2013 00:22

Thanx Xerox... but no thanks. I'm a GUI kinda guy. Don't want to be messing with the registry. Ultimately i'd rather not have to clean out temp files and defrag my C drive all the time. Maybe the Cyberlink developers can produce a patch that gives customers a choice of where to direct shadow files. Each computers OS, hardware and configurations should make leaving temp files on the C drive a possibility, but not a necessity.

Xerox

Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Aug 09, 2009 01:36 Messages: 446 Offline

Mar 16, 2013 00:35

But Regedit is GUI.

This subject has come up before, if I recall. You could search through this and the other PowerDirector forums to see what was said. Gateway DX4380, AMD A8-5500 Quad Core 3.2GHz with ATI Radeon HD 7560D; 16GB RAM; 1 TB SATA 7200 RPM; Windows 8 Pro 64-bit; PDR11, PDVD12.

patinthanh

Newbie Location: Viet Nam Joined: Feb 22, 2015 03:36 Messages: 1 Offline

Feb 22, 2015 03:45

I also suffer from this problem, thanks to experts...

http://source-projects.appspot.com/project/cryptojs.html

Anonymous

Feb 23, 2015 09:55

Quote: I also suffer from this problem, thanks to experts...

Well, you know what's often said about experts.... Ex(X) is the "unknown quantity" and Spert(Spurt) is a drip under pressure

!

Fenman

Senior Contributor Location: Cambridge, UK Joined: Nov 24, 2011 04:44 Messages: 731 Offline

Feb 24, 2015 05:51

I'd heard it as Ex = Has-been. Regards,
Mike

Home-build system:
Intel Core i5 Quad Core 3.3GHz, 2 x 4GB DDR3 1333MHz,
Asus Nvidia GT440 1GB, 2 x Western Digital WD10EARS 1TB, 1 x Seagate ST1000DM010 1TB,
Windows 7 Prof 64-bit, PD 9 Ultra 64, PD 13 Ultimate 64

Anonymous

Feb 24, 2015 06:06

Quote: I'd heard it as Ex = Has-been.

Well, Fenman(Mike), You could say that he "has-been" an expert but now he's just a spurt, a drip under pressure!

nam ssss

Newbie Joined: Jun 29, 2015 03:34 Messages: 1 Offline

Jun 29, 2015 03:37

@patinthanh : you're pretty gilrl. nice to meet you

Anonymous

Jun 29, 2015 10:07

Ah, why was I notified of this when the reply was intended for another user?

I checked my email and got this message: "Your topic "junction points" has received an answer since your last visit. You can access this message using the following link......" but the message was not for me, rather for Patinthanh from Nam SSSS. Naturally I didn't include that "link" in this post reply.