How to change where logos stores books

Jones · 2025-03-15T09:19:47+00:00

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Jones

I only have a small main drive and wish to store Logos books on an external drive. If this possible? If so, how? Thanks

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NB.Mick

The most easy way is to do a complete install of Logos on an external SSD (make sure it is NTFS formatted). This solution is not officially supported by Logos (and the possible but more complex separation of program and resources is not supported either), but works without any issues.

Vlad

You can do this using the steps below. This was discussed on this forum - you can search for "mklink"

make sure Logos is not running
open the folder in Explorer: C:\users\<username>\AppData\Local\Logos\Data\<random.xyz>\ResourceManager
copy the full path of the ResourceManager folder to the clipboard, and paste it to a temporary file
move the Resources folder from the ResourceManager folder to the desired new location, e.g. on the external SSD
open the Resources folder in the new location, copy the path of the new location to the clipboard, and paste it to a temporary file
run "cmd" as Administrator (it is essential, because otherwise you will get an error on step 8 below)
run this command in cmd: cd path-to-resourcemanager-folder-from-step-3
run this command in cmd: mklink /d Resources path-to-new-resources-folder-from-step-5

Note that the Resources folder is not the only one which potentially takes a lot of space, e.g. the LibraryCatalog and LibraryIndex folders could also use significant space. You can move them using the same method as the Resources folder.

Vlad

If you want to do a complete install of Logos on an external SSD, you can search this forum for "InstallDirectory", or follow these steps:

1) for clean installation, uninstall previous Logos via Add/Remove Programs, and delete folders
%LocalAppData%\Logos
%LocalAppData%\Faithlife
It is possible to move the installation too, without uninstalling and reinstalling - see e.g.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/243833/is-changing-the-installdirectory-in-the-windows-registry-safe

2) run regedit (Windows+R regedit)
3) inside regedit, create folder (if it does not already exist): HKCU\Software\Logos4
4) inside the HKCU\Software\Logos4 folder, add (or change) string "InstallDirectory" with value "E:\Logos" (or whatever is your desired path for the Logos installation)
5) run Logos installer, and it will install to the new location

Jones

That's great. Thank you both for your help.

karl

Dave Hooton

2) run regedit (Windows+R regedit)
3) inside regedit, create folder (if it does not already exist): HKCU\Software\Logos4
4) inside the HKCU\Software\Logos4 folder, add (or change) string "InstallDirectory" with value "E:\Logos" (or whatever is your desired path for the Logos installation)
5) run Logos installer, and it will install to the new location

Not necessary. The Installer has a Custom option which allows you to input the desired location.
Using Regedit to change any parameter of an existing installation should be avoided.

NB.Mick

Not necessary. The Installer has a Customoption which allows you to input the desired location.

I concur. Simply say the installer to install at e.g. G.\ if that's the external drive where you want it to live.

If you are scared about completely uninstalling Logos first, you can install Verbum onto the external drive and see that it works flawlessly, then uninstall Logos on the internal drive when you feel good about it.

Jones

That's great thank you. I am happy to do a clean install as I am setting up on a new machine. thanks