Hi,
*** Under Windows 10 how can I install Dorico 5 SE in a custom directory?
I don’t have enough space on C:\ and despite I set the Download Assistant (v1.35.0) to use another drive (and it correctly downloads it in that location); when the application is installed, there is no way to specify another path and it is installed in C:\Program Files
Thanks in advance.
Welcome to the forum, @algoritmarte. If you run the Dorico installer manually, rather than running it from Steinberg Download Assistant, you will be able to adjust the installation path. Look in your Downloads folder for the downloaded installers. You’ll need to uninstall Dorico again before you try reinstalling.
Ok, thanks!
Sorry if I bother you again: now I’m trying to install Halion Sonic 7.1.0 - Instrument launching the Setup.exe in the WIN64 folder,
The program is correctly stored in the location I typed, but the “Content\Halion\VST sounds” does not appear in the location I typed (different from the first one) and that stuff has been put in “C:\ProgramData\Steinberg\Content\HALion\VST Sound” (it ignored the location I typed).
Is there a way to move it to another location?
And then, how can I manually install the “Halion Sonic Selection” which doesn’t have a Setup.exe? (is it enough to put the .vstsound files in the VST sounds folder?
By the way I find highly discouranging the whole process of installing a Dorico 5 Demo: no way to place it where you want, and you end up with 9 different packages (which is a worrying sign that you are messing up your computer):
- Activation Manager /
- built-in ASIO drivers
- Dorico 5
- Download Assistant
- Generic Lower Latency ASIO Driver 64 bit
- Halion Sonic 7
- Install Assistant
- Library Manager
- Media Bay
Why (in 2024) don’t you use a simpler approach of putting EVERYTHING into a single folder with a subdirectory for each package and a single installation “Steinberg software manager” entry from which you can manage those packages?
Steinberg Library Manager handles that for you.
I only use two apps: Steinberg Download Assistant (to get stuff onto your machine) and Steinberg Library Manager (to move sound content around).
Activation Manager is only useful when installing on multiple machines and shuffling licences around.
ASIO Drivers? Find one that works with your hardware. Personally I use FlexASIO (which isn’t on your list)
I think you are trying to turn a molehill into a mountain.
Thank you! It worked (though it didn’t move al .vstsound files, so I manually moved some of them, adding a symbolic link to each one in the original location)!
I came upon this thread as being the closest to the problem I have. After installing Dorico 5 on Windows 10, I found the following subfolders installed in the folder C:\Users\Public\Documents: Dorico Example Projects, Native Instruments, and NI Resources. I’d prefer not to have these files in a public folder, but rather in my own user folder, like C:\Users\My\Documents. Concluding from the thread of comments, it seems like I would be able to resolve the problem by reinstalling Dorico manually, instead of using the download manager. Is this correct, or is there another way, please? Note that my problem doesn’t relate to the location of content of Dorico Projects and Backups, nor to the Steinberg Library Manager and related content. I’ve already figured out these. The problem is that I can’t find any feature where I can specify the location of stuff that got dumped into my public folders.
The Dorico Example Projects folder is just used for those dozen or so example projects that get shipped with Dorico. There’s no way of controlling where they get installed, but you can move or delete them afterwards.
Thanks a lot for responding. In the meantime, I also found Native Instruments and Magix dumping stuff into the public document folder by default. So, this seems to be a common practice that I’ll just have to put up with, and just ensure not to share the public folders on a network.