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Hi

I'm looking to share my save game files between two computers and wanted to do so using Dropbox.

So, is it possible to tell The Witcher I want my game saved to a specific folder?

Cheers!
No - not many games allow you to specify the save location.

You could "fool" The Witcher [and other games] by creating a symbolic link between the Witcher save folder and your Dropbox folder though.

To do it you need a free utility from Microsoft called Junction [you can get it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx]

To set up the link you would do the following:

1) Download the junction utility and extract it somewhere you will remember [or, to make it available in your system path, put it in Windows\System32 folder]
2) Create a folder for your Witcher saves in your Dropbox folder [eg: My Documents\Dropbox\Witcher Saves]
3) Move the save files from your Witcher save folder [default My Documents\The Witcher\saves]
4) Delete the original Witcher save folder [see step 2 for location]
(NOTE: Deleting the folder is necessary because the junction will create a symbolic link using the same name, it is treated as a folder and therefore cannot be created if there is already a folder of the same name)
5) Open the command prompt [start, type 'cmd' in the search box, hit enter]
5 a) If you extracted junction to a non path location [eg: C:\util] then navigate to that folder: [ex: cd C:\util]
6) use the following command line to create your junction point [change folder locations to suit your system]: junction "C:\Users\MyUserName\Documents\The Witcher\saves" "C:\Users\MyUserName\Documents\Dropbox\Witcher Saves"

To remove a junction use junction -d C:\Path\to\junction
I couldn't get this to work at all. But google's little linker worked:

https://code.google.com/p/symlinker/

Just do the same type of steps above. Copy and paste the Witcher save files to Dropbox. Delete the /saves/ folder. Then create a junction link from the dropbox folder to /The Witcher/ folder and then give the name "saves" (without quotes).

That did it for me.
Post edited March 15, 2013 by Tallima
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Tallima: I couldn't get this to work at all. But google's little linker worked:

https://code.google.com/p/symlinker/

Just do the same type of steps above. Copy and paste the Witcher save files to Dropbox. Delete the /saves/ folder. Then create a junction link from the dropbox folder to /The Witcher/ folder and then give the name "saves" (without quotes).

That did it for me.
thanks for the amazing advice
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Tallima: I couldn't get this to work at all. But google's little linker worked:

https://code.google.com/p/symlinker/

Just do the same type of steps above. Copy and paste the Witcher save files to Dropbox. Delete the /saves/ folder. Then create a junction link from the dropbox folder to /The Witcher/ folder and then give the name "saves" (without quotes).

That did it for me.
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mysticque: thanks for the amazing advice
You bet. Be sure not to fill up your dropbox with your saves. (not that I would have done that *darts eyes back and forth and then slowly walks away*)
You can do the same with the built in Windows command 'mklink'