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The reason I ask this is that when I switched everything from my local (C drive to my External Hard Drive (F, everything is there but the icon for the Editor and Tools. I am clueless as to how to get it without bringing the program back to my local drive. ThanksMarkb
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Access editor via Start/programs/msgames/train sim/editor tools.Have a sparkling day
Bob
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I am no Windows expert, so I can only tell you what I did. First, I do not have the sim installed on an external HD. I felt that the connection speed would be too slow. I did install a second internal HD, and simply dragged the entire Microsoft Games folder from the C drive to the D drive. The sim itself does not make use of the Windows Registry, but the Editor does. So I ran the Registry Editor, and navigated to the Train Simulator location: (Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\1.0). There are three entries that point to the C drive, if you installed to the default location. Right click on each of those three (in the right pane), select Modify, and change the C to an F, or whatever the drive letter is for your external drive.Of course, back up everything first. Make a Restore Point, if you have that option. Face East, whistle Dixie, hold your breath, pray to your favorite deity; Murphy's Law is in full force at this point.
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Bob, HAAA, I completely forgot that I could do that. The EXHD claims it runs at 7200 rpm, promising to run applications smooth on the laptop, and IT does. ThanksChuck, thanks for your post too. Mark
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LAST EDITED ON Mar-07-05 AT 05:00 AM (EST)
There is an easier way to get it back, and safer than editing the registry. (Something you shouldn't do, unless you really know what your doing, as a mistake there, can make your sysytem unbootable)In your MSTS folder on the external drive you will see a program called launcher.exe. Right Click on it. A menu will pop up. Under "Send to" select Desktop (Create Shortcut). You should now see a Launcher.exe shortcut on the desktop. Right click on it and select "Properties". At the end of the line "Target" add " -runeditor" (Include a space between the Double Quote and the '-') This will allow you to run the editor from the specified drive. If you also have MSTS on your C Drive or other drive, you can create a shortcut for it also the same way that will only affect MSTS on that drive.
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