I recently cleaned up my multiple instances of WoW using a nice tool called Winbolic Link by PearlMagik. This tool aids in creating Junction Links within Windows XP, which act similar to Symlinks in Unix.
Why would you want to use this tool?
What do you need?
- Want to conserve that precious disk space while keeping your configuration, key bindings, and macros separate?
- Want to have to only patch one instance of WoW?
- Want to only have to update and install addons in one directory?
Steps:
- Windows XP (If you are running Vista, Chorizotarian created a nice script listed in this thread.
- Winbolic Link
- One copy of WoW installed somewhere
Now you should have an original WoW folder (~8 gigs) and additional WoW folders (~35 megs each) instead of a bunch of ~8 gig WoW folders. This saved me a LOT of space and my installation is much cleaner. My small 74 gig raptor couldn't be happier! Each copy has its own configuration and uses a common set of addons/data that is located in the original WoW directory.
- Install Winbolic Link
- Create a blank directory for the second copy of WoW (example: C:\Games\WoWB)
- In your original WoW installation (example: C:\Games\WoWA), copy all of the files and folders within it besides Data, Interface, and Patches
- Paste those files and folders in your new copy of WoW.
- Open up Winbolic Link
- On the left side, browse to your new copy of WoW (C:\Games\WoWB) and select that folder so that it states "Create the link in folder: C:\Games\WoWB\" in the top left
- On the right side, browse to your original copy of WoW (C:\Games\WoWA) and select the Data folder so that it states "The link points to: C:\Games\WoWA\Data"
- Name the link Data
- Click "Create NTFS Junction" and it will now create a link in C:\Games\WoWB\Data that points to C:\Games\WoWA\Data
- Repeat steps 6-9 for the Interface and Patches folders, naming them accordingly
- Repeat all steps for additional directories of WoW that you want pointed to the original
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