Moving iTunes PlayCache from C:/ to D:/ drive

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Moving iTunes PlayCache from C:/ to D:/ drive

Hi,

I am using Windows 8.1 and iTunes 11.2.2.3. I am also iTunes Match subscriber. In my PC I have two internal drives: C and D. C is SSD, and is mainly for apps/Windows.

Since my initial installation of iTunes I made D as my iTunes folder:

If I add music to iTunes (or download from iTunes Match), it is being added to the D drive.

However, when I am just listening to music from iTunes Match, the cache is storing on C drive:

Is there any way to make iTunes store cache on D drive?

Thanks!

Roman.

Windows 8

Posted on Jun 4, 2014 1:00 AM

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Jun 6, 2014 2:28 AM in response to romanserazhiev

Just posting my solution here for others who might be experienceing this.

1. Go to C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\iTunes\PlayCache

and delete this "PlayCache" folder.

2. Navigate to a place on another drive where you want iTunes cache to be stored (in my case it is "D:\Music\PlayCache"

3. Create a folder there (for example, "PlayCache")

3. Launch CMD with Administrator permissions (right-click -> Run as Administrator)

4. In CMD type:

mklink /J "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\iTunes\PlayCache" "D:\Music\PlayCache"

5. In CMD you should see something like this:

Junction created for C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\iTunes\PlayCache <<==>> D:\Music\PlayCache

6. Launch iTunes and play something from the cloud. Navigate to a PlayCache folder on another drive and check if some new folder are created. If they are, that means that the junction is working correctly.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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