Is there a way to change where Factorio saves games to on Windows 11?

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Is there a way to change where Factorio saves games to on Windows 11?

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My C: drive is filling up, and I'd like Factorio to save somewhere on my D: drive instead.

Is there some way to do this on Windows 11?
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Re: Is there a way to change where Factorio saves games to on Windows 11?

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Give this a read:
https://wiki.factorio.com/Application_directory
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Re: Is there a way to change where Factorio saves games to on Windows 11?

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FuryoftheStars wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 2:40 am Give this a read:
https://wiki.factorio.com/Application_directory
Seems to be missing a Windows section.
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Re: Is there a way to change where Factorio saves games to on Windows 11?

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Steam version?

Edit write-data= in %appdata%\Factorio\config\config.ini

Copy everything(saves/mods/scenarios/...) to new destination (write-data=____) from ( %appdata%\Factorio )
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