SVSDriveSwitch Juice ReMix

If you've ever found you need to move SVS's Redirect path to a new location then this is the tool for you.

Shortly after I made the first version of SVSDriveSwitch I decided I wanted to make it a GUI based app for several reasons including ease of use and progress reporting. I had originally not intended to make a command line too but decided that this program would be something that System Admins would like and having a GUI program wouldn't work for them easily so I wrote SVSDriveSwitch v2 as the main program was in development. SVSDriveSwitch Juice ReMix isn't intended to replace v2, thus the separate articles, but provide a different experience for a different group of users.

SVSDriveSwitch Juice ReMix works differently than the other versions. It doesn't use Export and Import to move the file locations. It does this via the Windows file system so it's quicker and takes up less space (no VSAs being stored somewhere), but there are some disadvantages to this method that I'll list below.

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Requirements

1. Windows XP or Vista
2. .Net 3.5 (including WPF)
3. SVS
4. Admin Rights (will request)

Usage

1. Enter in the desired new FSLRDR path.
2. Decided if you want SVSDriveSwitch Juice ReMix to delete your old FSLRDR location.
3. Click start.
4. Once the tool is done it will prompt you to reset your PC, but won't do one itself, you won't be able to use SVS until you do.

Features

• Will check to see if the entered path is a valid location.
• Will check the new drive to see if there's enough free space to move your FSLRDR.
• Will deactivate any active layers.
• Will report the progress of copying the files.
• Is cancelable.

Notes and Issues

• There are times on Vista where some files or directories cannot be accessed even with elevated rights. Most of these will be caught while SVSDriveSwitch is counting the FSRLDR drive size prior to copying files but sometimes you'll have read but not write access and error out. In either case, SVSDriveSwitch will stop running and pop-up an error window informing you of the problematic file or directory so you can fix any problems.
  1. Most of the time these problematic files or folders appear in Adobe directories caused by patches. There are numerous issues with Adobe patches and SVS and this appears to be another one.
  2. You can reset the layer to overcome this problem or use SVSDriveSwitch v2 (the command line based tool) because it uses WMI, which in turn uses the SVS driver. It can get around this issue but is slower and uses more space.
• This can take quite some time, I moved about 4 gigs in about 20 minutes on average, on a farily decent system. So it's not nearly as slow as v2.
• Please remember to reset afterwards.