How to install IMVU on different directories

Some friends asked, how to install IMVU on different directories or drive, becouse IMVU have fairly large cache and need to be placed separately with the system drive. The problem is IMVU doesn't give any option drive during the installation process. It installed directly on system drive in the profile path.

I found the way how to do it, with a symlink method similar such as Linux file system.

On Windows operating system, there is a juction tool. Junctions are virtual links in windows. they are not shortcuts. When you create a junction, the operating system will treat it just like it is any other directory, except that the contents of the directory end up in the target location that you specified when you created it

For Windows XP users need to download the tool junction here, then unzip it and move the junction.exe file into the C:\Windows\System32 directory. For Windows 7 there are already mklink command

Creating junction, follow this steps :

1. Before creating Junction for IMVU , you must to uninstall imvu you already hav and make sure all imvu files and directories are removed.
2. Make new directories for IMVU files :
   I created these directories on my other drive:
   D:\imvu\IMVU
   D:\imvu\IMVUClient   
3. For windows XP :
   Open a command prompt by clicking Start>Run> type cmd and click ok.
   C:\Documents and Settings\Ronn>  ( this prompt i have , bcoz my user name on XP is Ronn, you maybe different  )
   
   
4. For windows XP , Type this command :
   
   • junction "C:\Documents and Settings\Ronn\Application Data\IMVU" D:\imvu\IMVU ,
   • junction "C:\Documents and Settings\Ronn\Application Data\IMVUClient" D:\imvu\IMVUClient  
5. For windows 7 this command : 

• mklink /J C:\Users\Ronn\AppData\Roaming\IMVU D:\imvu\IMVU
• mklink /J C:\Users\Ronn\AppData\Roaming\IMVUClient D:\imvu\IMVUClient 

And then download IMVU Installer & reinstall, IMVU files will now be going to new directories.

Done ,  and Goodluck for you.