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Is there a way to specify where the EN database/datastore lives in Windows 10?


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I have been an Evernote user for many years. 
The number of notes stored increases every way.
The size of the Evernote sore on the harddisk has become a problem for me. 

it is by default stored in a hive on the C drive.
On my laptop the C drive is quite tiny and the D drive has a much larger capacity. 

When the C drive fills up enough, I can't install any new applications, 
and space for updates, swap, etc 

Is there a way to tell EN to keep the data hive on the D drive?

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You need to do some footwork, and can move the database to another location. Search for „symbolic link“ or „symlink“, either here in the forum or in a search engine. One example:

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/

General remark: I hope „harddisk“ means an SSD, not one of these older drives with a spinning magnetic disk. EN (both legacy and v10) don’t perform well when running from a real spinning drive.

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On 12/7/2022 at 11:16 AM, NotableHippo said:

I have been an Evernote user for many years. 
The number of notes stored increases every way.
The size of the Evernote sore on the harddisk has become a problem for me. 

it is by default stored in a hive on the C drive.
On my laptop the C drive is quite tiny and the D drive has a much larger capacity. 

When the C drive fills up enough, I can't install any new applications, 
and space for updates, swap, etc 

Is there a way to tell EN to keep the data hive on the D drive?

Same issue. Using 512 GB SSD. Becoming difficult to manage database in C drive. 

Everynote need to work on this. 

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