Configure a customized Installation location

Overview

The default installation locations for the OpenFin Software os:

• Runtime Version Manager: %localappdata%\openfin
• OpenFin Runtimes: %localappdata%\openfin\runtime 

All other files, including cache data and application assets, are subfolders in %localappdata%\openfin.

If the Runtime Version manager is launched from a different location it will create a copy of itself into  %localappdata%\openfin and relaunch its self.

Customized locations can be configured in the Desktop Owners file or Local System registry.

Desktop Owners file

To configure custom directories for OpenFin components using the desktop owner's file, add the following section:

{

    "deployment": {
        "runtimeCache": "C:\\custom\\runtime\\cache\\dir",
        "runtimeDirectory": "C:\\custom\runtime\\dir",
        "rvmInstallDirectory": "C:\\custom\\dir"
    },

}

See our Desktop Owners Setting documentation for more information on how to set up the Desktop Owners File.

Local System Registry

To configure custom installation directories using the local system registry, you will need to add the path as a string value in the following Keys (they are not created by default):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenFin\RVM\Settings\Deployment\rvmInstallDirectory

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenFin\RVM\Settings\Deployment\runtimeCache

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenFin\RVM\Settings\Deployment\runtimeDirectory

See our Group Policy and Registry Settings documentation for more information.