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How to relocate Canopy user environment for a reinstallation?

I want to relocate the Canopy (windows 64-bit) user environment to a different disk, but after uninstalling Canopy and deleting the old environment directory, the re-installation insists on building the environment in the old location again. Is there a way to let the installation program know that I want to set up a new location? Thanks!

Solution

  • Quit Canopy.

    Find the directory where your preference and log files are located.

    Win7: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Enthought\Canopy\

    WinXP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Enthought\Canopy\

    Delete the file locations.cfg

    Restart Canopy. When prompted, specify your new directory of choice.