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MarLefebvre
Participating Frequently
May 26, 2016
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Problem with space with Adobe Captivate 9

  • May 26, 2016
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We have a project to create eLearning classes for a new Platform we will launch soon. We have Adobe Captivate 9 installed on a computer available for staff to record videos on specific topic so we can them combine all to create the classes.

The problem we have is when a user logged in, they got the message "Free diskspace is very low. Recover some hard disk space by cleaning the project cache. To do so....... >Geneal Settings)."  On that computer we have a second drive installed to save all the videos created so we do not use the space on the c:drive.

My question is how can I set up Captivate to save on that drive for all the users to avoid having this message all the time.

Thank you!

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Correct answer Captiv8r

Hi there

Perhaps try clicking Edit > Preferences > General Settings and adjusting the save locations as shown below?

Cheers... Rick

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BDuckWorks
Inspiring
May 26, 2016

Setting up your cache and default project location to an alternative drive will help avoid this message, but if you are getting it before you begin authoring, the hard drive is over filled.

Did they re-stage the computer back to the original install of the operating system before installing Cp9?

If not, I would suspect that you have other users than Rick with user profiles stored on this machine. One option, with the help of an IT admin, is to archive and remove old user profiles for users who are no longer authorized to use this computer.

Another, more time consuming, approach is to review and remove large files stored on the hard drive. Again, this will take the support of an IT Admin, as the user account you use will likely only have the option to search your files.

Captiv8r
Legend
May 26, 2016

...Users other than Rick...

LOL, that was my own screen capture in a vain attempt to try and help.

Cheers... Rick

MarLefebvre
Participating Frequently
May 26, 2016

We did clean up the c drive  and the message is now gone. However the problem will happen again if I cannot have as the default the new local drive for publish and project cache. This computer has more than 20 different profiles. Now my question is, do I have to change the default locations one by one for each different user profiles or is there a way to set up the default locations for all user going on this computer?

Captiv8r
Captiv8rCorrect answer
Legend
May 26, 2016

Hi there

Perhaps try clicking Edit > Preferences > General Settings and adjusting the save locations as shown below?

Cheers... Rick

MarLefebvre
Participating Frequently
May 26, 2016

Hi Rick,

I did that, but as soon as we close and reopen, the message still appears. Also I need to change the setting on all my user profils.

Thank you!

RodWard
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 26, 2016

What do you mean by: "...all my user profiles"?

Are you using roaming profiles?

Is Captivate actually installed on the same machine you are storing the CPTX files or are you using some kind of server-based installation?