When I installed istripper I set it to my main hard drive. Which is small compared to the gaming file hard drive. Is there a way to move the program and its stripper files? Or should I just uninstall and the reinstall the way I want?

Moving the models folder can be done using the app. Do not try to move the bin folder or the data folder manually.

• go to settings
• make sure advanced settings is checked
• scroll down to 'data'
• click 'change folder'
• here, you can remove and/or add folders

To add a little to @JonC001 's post

The models folder size will be vastly bigger than the other iStripper folders (it contains the animations) and unless you have a rather unusual system will be all that you need to move to a larger disk.

If you change the models folder location I believe that the program will move the files to the new location - it is a long time since I did it, but i seem to remember being offered the option to do that.

However, instead of moving the folder you can add a second (or more) folders and so split your collection over two (or more) disks. If you do this you can keep the bulk of your collection on a large external drive while keeping some others on your internal drive. This is particularly useful if you are using a laptop as you can then take a part of your collection with you when travelling without needing to take the external drive. I keep some favourites and my newest purchases on my internal drive.

If you do split your collection over multiple drives any download will go to the drive with the greatest free space. This will normally be the large external drive (but that depends on what you have on your system) but if you disconnect the external drive the downloads will then go to the internal drive.

You can manually copy the subfolders of the model folder from one drive to the other without materially affecting the operation of the program.

Mac user here, I'm very impressed with the app.

I have a couple of questions about moving files. I've had fun filling my main drive with dancers. So much fun I needed to add an external drive.

TheEmu
> If you change the models folder location I believe that the program will move the files to the new location -
> it is a long time since I did it, but i seem to remember being offered the option to do that.

I changed the folder to my external drive. Newly purchased dancer cards are now stored there.
Good.

TheEmu
> You can manually copy the subfolders of the model folder from one drive to the other without materially
> affecting the operation of the program.

I'd like to re-claim the space on my primary drive. I plan to copy the model folders from there to my external drive, then delete them from the primary drive. I think you're saying the app will find them on the new drive.

Also, I'd like to delete preview files for unpurchased cards. They appear to have a .demo extension. Are there issues with this ?

Sm0key

I think you're saying the app will find them on the new drive.

As long as you tell the app, via the settings page, where to find them then it will indeed find them and use them. You can move them before or after telling iStripper about the new folder.

I use two iStripper models folders, one on my laptop's C: drive and one on an external drive. I keep the bulk of the animations on the external drive and a selection of my favourites and most recent downloads on the C: drive. If I disconnect the external drive then the program still works though, of course, it can then only play those cards that are on the internal drive. If I reconnect the external drive access to the full collection is restored and all of the cards can be played.

If you have iStripper on two computers you can use the same external drive for both or you can copy the cards from one to the other if you want to keep the two installations separate. Similarly if you only have a new installation but have the files you used for an older one the you can use those files or copies of them rather than having to download them again. If you have two installations you can download on one and copy the files to the other. All of this, of course, assumes that the two installations are for the same iStrpper account.

For a long time I had no good internet connection at home so I downloaded the cards when I was elsewhere, usually when I only had the laptop with me. As the external disc was then not connected the downloads would go to the C: drive.

At any time you can move cards between folders known to iStripper, or add new folders to that list and move cards to them without affecting the programs ability to use those cards.

They appear to have a .demo extension. Are there issues with this ?

I don't know. The .demo extension is also used for various transition clips and I have no idea whether deleting those will have any adverse effects. It is, however, OK to delete all of the files for any of the cards that you have not purchased.

There is also a setting "delete peer to peer files when deleting previews" which I think should keep you disk clean of any unwanted preview files. I also believe that iStripper has a limit tothe amount of disk space it uses for previews and will automatically delete old ones when it reaches this limit. Some time ago there was talk of Totem making this a controllable via a setting but although I am pretty sure they said it would be done this feature has not yet appeared. I think there may be registry setting you can tweak if you are that desperate to save a small fraction of the disk space used by the program.

If I disconnect the external drive then the program still works though, of course, it can then only play those cards that are on the internal drive.

Yes that works most of the time.
You have to be careful, not to Insert a Playlist that has cards from the now Disconnected Drive.
The App will Not Find them, and then Automatically Re-Download the Missing cards that are in the Playlist, But not found on your Drive.
You will end up with Duplicate Downloads.
Not really an Issue for the APP, but they take up double the space then.

if you manage your Playlists well.
and Never Insert a playlist that contains cards from the Disconnect drive, you will never encounter this.

The App will Not Find them, and then Automatically Re-Download the Missing cards that are in the Playlist, But not found on your Drive.

I assume that only happens if you have enabled "Automatically download full nude shows". I don't have this enabled and I have never noticed it happening - indeed I have seen the program skipping over such shows in the Now Playing/Next area by very quickly moving them through the Now Playing area to the History area of the sidebar.

You will end up with Duplicate Downloads.
Not really an Issue for the APP, but they take up double the space then.

Duplicate downloads are indeed not a problem for the app - indeed I normally have duplicates for many of my cards.

As I said in my previous post I use a models folder on my C: disk where I keep a subset of my cards and another on an external drive which holds the cards for all of my cards, including those on my C: disk. As soon as I can after downloading or updating any cards I use a utility, Beyond Compare, to compare the two folders and either copy or move any new files to maintain the state where everything is on the external drive and everything for a subset of cards is on the C: drive. Beyond Compare makes it clear, via colouring, just which is the most recent version of a file or folder and the way I use it for this it only displays folders for which there are any differences so it only takes a few seconds to do this maintainence - not counting the time required to physically copy or move the files. I am sure that there are other utilities of a similar nature, but if you don't have one you could use the Windows file manager or command line utilities but using either of these would entail more effort.