Deploying software to drive E:
Deploying software to drive E:
to add an XP11 extension on E: and I encounter this warning message. What's going on? Since XP11 is fully portable, I moved its entire 84GB folder to C: and was able to launch the installer. Why does Windows 10 behave this way?
I've been using Windows 10 for about 20 years and I'm quite tech-savvy. My system has Win10 installed on its own M.2 drive, and I've also got X-Plane 11 running on the same M.2. There are instances when I run an installer.exe (downloaded to C
to add an XP11 extension on E: and I encounter this warning message. What's going on? Since XP11 is fully portable, I moved its entire 84GB folder to C: and was able to launch the installer. Why does Windows 10 behave this way?
It seems the add-on requires access to files on the x-plane installation. When you attempt to run it from another drive, it can't locate them. This might be a guess. Try executing it from the x-plane directory instead.
XP is entirely in E: and the XP installer worked regardless of whether it was on Windows C or in the XP E drive. After copying the entire XP folder to the C drive, everything installed smoothly.