# Moving Ignition from C drive to D drive

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-ignition-from-c-drive-to-d-drive/74067>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 23, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-ignition-from-c-drive-to-d-drive/74067 "2023-05-23T13:51:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![rahman.tarek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@rahman.tarek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rahman.tarek)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-ignition-from-c-drive-to-d-drive/74067/1 "2023-05-23T13:51:21Z")

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Hello guys,

Currently i have Ignition installed in the C drive and i have to move it to the D drive. Apart from reinstalling and installing is there a better way?

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-ignition-from-c-drive-to-d-drive/74067/2 "2023-05-23T13:52:59Z")

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Haven't tried this myself (with Ignition) but you could perhaps consider:

> **[The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows](https://www.howtogeek.com/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/)**
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> Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, and Vista all support symbolic links — also known as symlinks — that point to a file or folder on your system. You can create them using the Command Prompt or a third-party tool called Link Shell Extension.

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**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-ignition-from-c-drive-to-d-drive/74067/3 "2023-05-23T14:17:58Z")

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You can try other ways but I feel like taking a GW backup, uninstalling from C, reinstalling to D and restoring your backup is easy, quick and not prone to error.

If you try it doing symbolic links yourself you might get it but then you might also now run into new issues completely unrelated to Ignition itself.

Any particular reason you don't want to uninstall/reinstall?

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**Author:** ![avaughn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/avaughn/32/38972_2.png) [@avaughn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/avaughn)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-ignition-from-c-drive-to-d-drive/74067/4 "2023-05-23T15:06:07Z")

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There are a couple different options discussed in this thread.

> [@Change Install Directory After Installation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-install-directory-after-installation/67086):
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> Is the best way to change the install directory for Ignition to uninstall and install? Change the install directory through the install wizard Or move the Ignition folder?