Location of Main.Dat

coldturkey1 · 21st October 2010, 01:18

On my work computer I have limited profile space.

The main.dat file in application data takes up a significant portion of this space.

Is it possible to move the location of this file (and adjust path settings accordingly)?

DJ Egg · 21st October 2010, 01:49

Hi

Yes.

You can manually edit the paths.ini file (in %ProgramFiles\Winamp folder)
and point inidir= to any folder of your choice

The default location is:

inidir={26}\Winamp

where {26} is equivalent to %AppData%

Make sure winamp is closed before editing paths.ini

Then just move all the files from %AppData%\Winamp to the new folder.....

coldturkey1 · 21st October 2010, 01:58

Awesome. Thanks, didn't think it would be so easy. I search for a solution but must have been using the wrong terms.

Glaucus · 1st August 2013, 17:32

This (old) thread (that I'm about to resurrect) answered my question as to how to find the main.dat file. However, I'm not quite sure how to translate {26} to %AppData%. Is this some kind of Windows standard or is it just a magic token used by Winamp? I'd like a good understanding of this because there's always a chance {26} might one day change to {42} or whatever and I'd like to handle that properly. Any ideas?

DJ Egg · 1st August 2013, 17:48

26 is the universally recognized CSIDL for AppData

I doubt that will ever change

The full SpecialFolderPath list can be found here:
http://wiki.tcl.tk/17492

Note that you can specify a direct path, eg.
inidir=X:\Winamp\Settings
or whatever

You can also type %appdata%\winamp into the Explorer address bar or Start->Run and hit Enter.
Or to go to the default folder where main.dat is stored = %appdata%\winamp\plugins\ml

Glaucus · 1st August 2013, 20:12

Ok, cool. So I should interpret anything between the curly braces as a CSIDL value. Got it. Thanks!

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coldturkey1 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2	Location of Main.Dat On my work computer I have limited profile space. The main.dat file in application data takes up a significant portion of this space. Is it possible to move the location of this file (and adjust path settings accordingly)?

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DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 36,136	Hi Yes. You can manually edit the paths.ini file (in %ProgramFiles\Winamp folder) and point inidir= to any folder of your choice The default location is: inidir={26}\Winamp where {26} is equivalent to %AppData% Make sure winamp is closed before editing paths.ini Then just move all the files from %AppData%\Winamp to the new folder..... Playlist \| Twitter \| Albums

1st August 2013, 17:48	#5
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 36,136	26 is the universally recognized CSIDL for AppData I doubt that will ever change The full SpecialFolderPath list can be found here: http://wiki.tcl.tk/17492 Note that you can specify a direct path, eg. inidir=X:\Winamp\Settings or whatever You can also type %appdata%\winamp into the Explorer address bar or Start->Run and hit Enter. Or to go to the default folder where main.dat is stored = %appdata%\winamp\plugins\ml Playlist \| Twitter \| Albums

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21st October 2010, 01:58	#3
coldturkey1 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2	Awesome. Thanks, didn't think it would be so easy. I search for a solution but must have been using the wrong terms.

1st August 2013, 17:32	#4
Glaucus Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 4	This (old) thread (that I'm about to resurrect) answered my question as to how to find the main.dat file. However, I'm not quite sure how to translate {26} to %AppData%. Is this some kind of Windows standard or is it just a magic token used by Winamp? I'd like a good understanding of this because there's always a chance {26} might one day change to {42} or whatever and I'd like to handle that properly. Any ideas?

1st August 2013, 20:12	#6
Glaucus Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 4	Ok, cool. So I should interpret anything between the curly braces as a CSIDL value. Got it. Thanks!