Reconfiguring An Existing LightWave Installation

By default, LightWave installs into the "Program Files" directory. A fresh LightWave 8 install, for example, is located at C:\Program Files\LightWave [8] and we'll use this as the basis for this example.

Let's assume we want to reconfigure the LightWave to D:\LightWave_80.

1. We start by creating the D:\LightWave_80 folder:
   Open an explorer (My Computer) window
2. Double-click on the D: drive
3. In the menu, choose File > New > Folder
4. Enter the name for our folder: LightWave_80
5. Open the folder and move the window off to the right



6. Open another explorer (My Computer) window
7. Click through to C:\Program Files\LightWave [8]
8. Select just the core LightWave folders, don't bother with Content, PSFonts or the Sentinel folder.
9. Your screen should look something like this:

11. Drag-and-drop the folders to the D:\LightWave_80 window to copy them there.

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In the next part, I'll show you how to setup your config files.