Can you change the default Resources folder and move it to another partition?

Could be change the default Resources folder and move it to another partition?

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It is possible move resources folder default to DATA (D:) for example? Because i have a lot of images in Joplin… and the principal disk is a ssd of 120GB.

Thanks

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I do not think this is supported.

There are a few things you can try:

  • Create a symlink for the resources folder
  • Run Joplin with --profile and point it to your D: drive.
  • Use the portable verison – it creates its profile folder right next to the executable.
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Just now, i have tested portable option, it runs perfect. Thanks so much !

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One problem is that now you’re running Joplin off a hard disk not SSD – might be a bit slower.

I have this problem (Win11, C: is a 118GB SSD, D: is a 1TB HDD)
My Joplin Cloud data is massive (more than 15GB unencrypted) and if I understand correctly using encryption means Joplin is downloading the entire unencrypted data (with encryption inflating the size by about 50%), and then decrypts and keeps a decrypted copy too.
And, again if I understand correctly, it's the entire database including attachments, since Joplin on Win11, unlike the Android/iOS app, does not give the option to download attachements only when they are necessary.
So it means that Joplin Folder will at some point reach ~40GB once Joplin has sync'd everything.

I am currently trying with a hard link from C:\Users\myusername.config\joplin-desktop to another folder on D:
(I created the hard link after moving the existing folder to the new location).
It seems to work, not 100% sure as Joplin gives me a "Some items cannot be synchronized. View them now" message.