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insanity
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 Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject: Moving the TomTom 5 folders |
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Like most people, I want to copy the TT5 stuff onto my larger SD card which also contains all of my other programs in order to remove the need to keep swapping cards.
However, I don't want to just put all of the TomTom folders into the root of the SD card - I want them to go into a sub-folder called TomTom or something (just like all the other programs are in their own sub-folders).
When I do this, TomTom refuses point-blank to load the map up... is there any way of doing this? |
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psneddon
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Afraid not. I notice that if you install the maps via the installation utility it adds a registry key with the location of each map into the registry. However I dont know if the software currently looks at this.
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dunos
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| When using the TTN5 upgrade and installing to the SD card I have noticed that it does like to scatter empty directories around the place. I myself am wondering if I can tidy these up at all. |
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lbendlin
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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The program folder can be pretty much anywhere and have any name. However, the map folders need to be in the root of the SD, and TomTom will also create ITN and SCHEMES folders there.
This behaviour is completely inconsistent with Microsoft guidelines, but so is the whole TomTom Navigator application. TomTom (wrongly) assume that they own the SD card and that a PPC user will only ever have TomTom content on the card. We keep telling them to adhere to guidelines and they keep ignoring that. Unfortunately their large success doesn't really make them rethink their position 8O
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insanity
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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| lbendlin wrote: | | The program folder can be pretty much anywhere and have any name. However, the map folders need to be in the root of the SD, and TomTom will also create ITN and SCHEMES folders there. |
Which is the program folder? Isn't that installed into RAM when you insert the SD card? What folders can I delete or move into a subfolder (do I need the Licences one?) - I've already deleted the one with the cab files in (not from the original SD card, obviously!) and the Palm folder, but are there others that aren't needed?
| lbendlin wrote: | | This behaviour is completely inconsistent with Microsoft guidelines |
If the Microsoft guidelines for things were also consistent within themselves... or if Microsoft always followed their own guidelines... :D
But yes, it is annoying, although to be honest it's the most annoying thing so far that I've come across with TT5, so I don't think I'm doing too badly! |
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lbendlin
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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The program folder is installed to RAM when you insert the SD card unless you use CabInstl.
After installation you can move that folder back to SD card (where it belongs IMHO) and free up RAM. You can then also remove the 2577 folder since after a crash the system will be ready to run from SD card.
You can delete the dataxx.chk files for voices you'll never use. Don't touch the data.chk though.
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