Installing Oculus App on Drive OTHER THAN C: Drive

trkent26 · August 2017

Hi,

I have spent the past several hours attempting to run the initial Oculus Setup, but every time I get past the Terms and Conditions I get a screen saying that I cannot connect to the Oculus Servers (which I know is false--my Internet is working fine). After scrolling through several other forums and posts, I think if I am able to install the App onto any drive besides my C: drive (I have three drives -- C:,

, and F:), my problems will be solved. BUT, I cannot figure out how to start the installation on my F: drive. I have tried to follow the steps on this page:

https://support.oculus.com/help/oculus/1676275305961321/

numerous times. Whenever I enter "OculusSetup /drive:F" into Run, Windows replies something similar to:

"Windows cannot find 'OculusSetup'. Please check your spelling and try again."

If anyone has suggestions for installing on separate drives, any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

trkent26 · August 2017

EDIT: When I enter the location of the Setup file before "/drive:F", instead of giving me an error, Windows will ask if I want to give permission to run the executable--however when I say 'yes', the setup program does not start.

For example: I enter "F:\Oculus\OculusSetup /drive:F" into run.

ThatPersonGuy · August 2017

Idk why Oculus made it this way, but It can only download the Oculus Software into your Program Files. I had this problem too, and unfortunately, you're just gonna have to clear some space in your C: drive. I'm pretty sure Oculus requires maybe about 10-13gb of storage. Something along those lines. The problem isn't a network issue, it's just a storage issue, at least that's what it was for me. This was my solution, so I hope it helps.

trkent26 · August 2017

@ThatPersonGuy I actually got it to work with this command

F:\Oculus\OculusSetup /drive=F

My new problem is that it won't successfully install. I keep getting the "Please restart your computer" error now.

Drunk3nShaman · September 2017

To bad really I can not buy games from them i have to stick with steam, if this is not fixed by the end of the year ill be moving on to VIVE.

cybereality · September 2017

You should be able to install on any drive, provided it is supported. You will need at least 120GB free, and the drive also needs to be NTFS format, simple volume (not dynamic), and not networked.

Tasic · February 2018

Hello I figured out a solution for this. Instead of doing it from Windows + R do it from your command prompt. Also instead of OculusSetup /drive: [new system drive] Do C:\Users\[User Name]\Downloads\OculusSetup/drive:D Use the command prompt

seperatez · March 2018

Tasic said:

Hello I figured out a solution for this. Instead of doing it from Windows + R do it from your command prompt. Also instead of OculusSetup /drive: [new system drive] Do C:\Users\[User Name]\Downloads\OculusSetup/drive:D Use the command prompt

so ive tried doing this and it tells me that the system cannot find the path specified any and all help is much appreciated

LZoltowski · March 2018

Use a full path to the file, eg: C:\Users\lucas\Downloads\OculusSetup

seperatez · March 2018

LZoltowski said:

Use a full path to the file, eg: C:\Users\lucas\Downloads\OculusSetup

ive tried that and ive even tried doing everything in administrator mode

LZoltowski · March 2018

what does it say in command prompt? Can not find the file specified or nothing happens?

LZoltowski · March 2018

It should be C:\Users\lucas\Downloads\OculusSetup /drive:D or C:\Users\lucas\OculusSetup /Drive=D one of those should work, obviously replace my name with your own folder name

realdaguru · March 2018

SOLVED! So this thread is the top result when googling how to install the Oculus app on a non-C drive. I thought I should add my solution here for future googlers.

Using the Run app as instructed by Oculus didn't work for me, so I opened a cmd prompt with Administer privileges and simply entered:
C:\Downloads\OculusSetup.exe /drive=F

With "C:\Downloads\OculusSetup.exe" being the full path to the installer and "F" being the drive of choice for installing the software.

Tritonsvi · March 2018

@realdaguru ^^^This answer is the best one!^^^ This worked for me.

MAC_MAN86 · March 2018

I bet this was the latest Runtime or any after 0.7? I must use Runtime 0.7 for my CV1 on XEON DUAL-QUAD as the SSE4.1/4.2 cpu checks prevent install. It later then updates to latest anyways. My only downside is always Oculus to install to C:/ but I want that along with all APPS and OS anyways. Now at least Home2 can select which drives you want GAMES installed on plus you can even move them around also.

snotdawg · April 2018

thank you real da guru. serioiusly thank you. that works great. i wish oculus would reword there shtuff so that it could be a simple read and then solution. thanks again. i logged in just to say YOU ARE THE MAN! or woman if youre a woman. thanks!

Condorius · April 2018

For anyone using searching this thread in 2018, I used a combination of the two methods described above. Be aware downloads is not the path for most people who have users setup on their PC. It is C:\Users\[username]\Downloads\OculusSetup.exe/drive=F.

So search for cmd prompt, right click and run as administrator.
Type cd\ to get to the root directory C:
Then type in:
C:\Users\[your_username_remove the brackets]\Downloads\OculusSetup.exe/drive=[your_driveletter_remove the brackets].

Also, this is frigging ridiculous to have to do this. I feel like I time warped back to 1993 as a pimply faced teenager using dos to get my PC games to work lmao.

Gamertag115 · May 2018

Condorius said:

For anyone using searching this thread in 2018, I used a combination of the two methods described above. Be aware downloads is not the path for most people who have users setup on their PC. It is C:\Users\[username]\Downloads\OculusSetup.exe/drive=F.

So search for cmd prompt, right click and run as administrator.
Type cd\ to get to the root directory C:
Then type in:
C:\Users\[your_username_remove the brackets]\Downloads\OculusSetup.exe/drive=[your_driveletter_remove the brackets].

Also, this is frigging ridiculous to have to do this. I feel like I time warped back to 1993 as a pimply faced teenager using dos to get my PC games to work lmao.

i tried this but it said [The system cannot find the path specified.] what do i do?

cybereality · May 2018

See the instructions here:
https://support.oculus.com/1829158827315721/

Just make sure in the command window you are in the folder where you downloaded the Oculus setup.

golftyler · July 2018

Whenever you type in "[Drive]\Download\OculusSetup.exe /drive[=Whateverdriveyou'reusing] MAKE SURE you have a space betweeen the "OculusSetup.exe" and the "/drive" or it will not recognize the command. That's been my issue for a bit. Hope I've helped!

JohnnyMeme · July 2018

I figured it out guys! This is 100% the way to do it! You first have to uninstall the Oculus app from your pc. I can't speak for people who have a ton of games, but since I only have a few this was fine. You then need to download the oculus setup onto your c drive. Then do Windows key+R to open run command thing. Then you need to make sure that you use this path C:\Users\johnp\Downloads\OculusSetup.exe /drive=I Make sure to replace my info for your username and target drive. You also have to make sure that there is a space between OculusSetup.exe and /drive. I didn't figure this out on my own I just put together everything up above at once. You just have to make sure that the oculus app is uninstalled so it installs onto target drive correctly.

chessmaster200 · January 2019

LZoltowski's advice is the CORRECT advice. Use the command prompt and follow his instructions and VOILA!

chessmaster200 · January 2019

My bad, when the dialog box comes up and I click on it, it disappears. Now what?

Rudalpl · January 2019

all this is silly...

Installer will let you choose the location for the games and apps to install but not the main software ...

I can't get it working even with all the tips from this thread.

It keeps asking me for permission to let the program installed and then just nothing happens...

Shadowdawnz · January 2019

realdaguru said:

SOLVED! So this thread is the top result when googling how to install the Oculus app on a non-C drive. I thought I should add my solution here for future googlers.

Using the Run app as instructed by Oculus didn't work for me, so I opened a cmd prompt with Administer privileges and simply entered:
C:\Downloads\OculusSetup.exe /drive=F

With "C:\Downloads\OculusSetup.exe" being the full path to the installer and "F" being the drive of choice for installing the software.

This also worked for me. Thank you!
Also, just in case this wasn't obvious to anyone else, make sure you don't already have Oculus installed. I had to uninstall Oculus from my C: drive and then run the command in cmd prompt to reinstall it to my other drive.

AuroraKitsune · February 2019

Has anyone resolved it for those who get the command to work, a permission box pops up, you hit YES and then nothing happens after?

I have tried everything above, but after giving permission it does nothing

I would really appreciate any help if people who experienced the same got past this issue.

AuroraKitsune · February 2019

Update: I got it working so ... access command prompt as administrator and type c:\Users\test\Downloads\OculusSetup.exe /drive=W

Change your username and drive type. I found the command /drive:W didn't work, only worked once I typed in =
It didn't ask for permission it just started the setup right away. Hope these helps those who were struggling.

kole.menke · April 2019

Wow it finally started working after a couple frustrating hours after many attempts. Yikes I hope it finishes successfully and never have to do it agian

AXEL314 · May 2019

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/6024342/uploads/editor/um/l5wv09osknmr.png

Thanks! Crazy this isn't built into the installation program as of May 2019

Richooal · May 2019

AXEL314 said:

Thanks! Crazy this isn't built into the installation program as of May 2019

It's crazy alright! Crazy that ease of installation is less important than all the "eye candy".
I think that Oculus' ears are just painted on.

MAC_MAN86 · May 2019

Just as they don't tell us to DISABLE ANTIVIRUS when installing. Obviously they test nothing ever!
Get paid and go home and add-on stuff we never asked for. Get paid and go home...

Installing Oculus App on Drive OTHER THAN C: Drive

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