I have a dilemma. I really, really would love to have both the old Minecraft launcher AND the new one working in harmony. I'm trying to run a modded map from 1.5.2, but the modding situation is impossible with the new launcher's setup. I have saves that only work on the new launcher, and it would be extremely convenient to just open one Minecraft.exe and use the old launcher, then open the new one and use my current stuff (as opposed to changing the folder name each time so they don't conflict with one another). So, what I'm asking is:
Is it possible to either...
a.) Change the new launcher's directory to something else entirely?
or
b.) Change the old launcher's directory to something else entirely?
create a bat file that invokes the launcher after changing the variable APPDATA.
put the launcher and the bat file in some directory where you want minecraft to live.
set APPDATA=%cd%
minecraft.exe
Thank you so much!
So, what would I have to name the bat file, and would placing the launcher and the bat file in Documents while changing the variable to DOCUMENTS be applicable? If not, what would I write in order to make the .minecraft folder generate in C:\Users\Student\Documents?
You can't delete the bat file. You have to set APPDATA to the location you want each and every time you run minecraft.
you can name the bat file anything you like. I usually use the bat file as I wrote it, and place it where I want the .minecraft to go.
No matter what I try, .minecraft is still generating in %appdata%. I tried just leaving it as you wrote it and placing it in the Documents folder, I tried changing APPDATA itself to say DOCUMENTS, I tried changing %cd% to DOCUMENTS, and still nothing. Everywhere I launch it, though, minecraft.exe is in the same directory (if it wasn't, Minecraft wouldn't launch at all), so I don't know what's wrong. I'm running the .bat file; Am I supposed to just run minecraft.exe?
You can't delete the bat file. You have to set APPDATA to the location you want each and every time you run minecraft.
you can name the bat file anything you like. I usually use the bat file as I wrote it, and place it where I want the .minecraft to go.
Oh! It worked! I added in the blank line that your example showed (I had excluded it first thinking it was an error), and .minecraft generated in my Documents folder! Thanks!
Also, I used the program Batch to Exe by f2ko so that I could apply the Minecraft.exe icon and create a shortcut on my desktop. It still uses the .minecraft folder that's in my documents perfectly fine and you can't tell the difference between it and actual Minecraft! ;D
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Is it possible to either...
a.) Change the new launcher's directory to something else entirely?
or
b.) Change the old launcher's directory to something else entirely?
Thanks in advance.
put the launcher and the bat file in some directory where you want minecraft to live.
Thank you so much!
So, what would I have to name the bat file, and would placing the launcher and the bat file in Documents while changing the variable to DOCUMENTS be applicable? If not, what would I write in order to make the .minecraft folder generate in C:\Users\Student\Documents?
you can name the bat file anything you like. I usually use the bat file as I wrote it, and place it where I want the .minecraft to go.
No matter what I try, .minecraft is still generating in %appdata%. I tried just leaving it as you wrote it and placing it in the Documents folder, I tried changing APPDATA itself to say DOCUMENTS, I tried changing %cd% to DOCUMENTS, and still nothing. Everywhere I launch it, though, minecraft.exe is in the same directory (if it wasn't, Minecraft wouldn't launch at all), so I don't know what's wrong. I'm running the .bat file; Am I supposed to just run minecraft.exe?
Oh! It worked! I added in the blank line that your example showed (I had excluded it first thinking it was an error), and .minecraft generated in my Documents folder! Thanks!