Moving GW2 to new SSD drive.

[LoverNoFighter.9413]

I'm getting a SSD drive and was wondering if I can just copy the GW2 game folder from my old drive to my new?
Hopefully I don't have to reinstall the game cause that will reset all my options?

Any advice much appreciated.
Thank you.

[Blude.6812]

 

[Danikat.8537]

I did this when I got my new computer, I installed the hard drive from my old PC as an additional drive, then just cut and pasted GW2 to where I wanted it.

But if you do need to reinstall you won't lose all your settings. I think some things revert to the defaults, like whether it's running in full screen or windowed mode, but a lot of things stay the same. I've had to do that a few times as well, but not recently enough that I remember for sure.

[SoftFootpaws.9134]

This game doesn't actually have a traditional installation. It'll just run from wherever you put it as long as Gw2-64.exe and Gw2.dat are intact, with the second file being the 50+GB datafile where everything is stored. It downloads some other stuff every time you run it, but those files are easily replaced.

 

Note that it does need to be in a folder thats writable by your user (i.e not in Program Files or similar).

Edited October 2, 2022 by Mariyuuna.6508

[Randin.5701]

Just did the same thing a couple weeks ago, and yes, copy and paste works just fine. Just remember to make a new desktop shortcut once you've moved it over.

[sadatoni.6524]

I procured a new computer, installed GW2, started it up, and everything I had was still there.  Sure, it took some time to download, but in the end it didn't make any difference.

[Defias.1892]

You can just copy and paste the entire folder over and then run the exe, you will have to retype your credentials and adjust your settings though