<p>There are a few ways to do it one of which is modifying the shortcut as you've mentioned.</p>

<p>The easiest way is to create a bitcoin.conf file in <strong>%APPDATA%\Bitcoin</strong>. That's the default directory bitcoind will look for a configuration file.</p>

<p>Based on your question you can set the contents of bitcoin.conf to:</p>

<pre><code>datadir=D:\Bitcoin Core data
</code></pre>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2018-12-03T20:05:51.547Z
2018-12-03T20:05:51.547Z
sipsorcery
<p>I down loaded Bitcoin core to my D drive, because it's too big for my C drive. Bitcoind.exe keeps creating AppData/Roaming/bitcoin where the core is down loaded. However I already have the core fully down loaded to my "D:/Bitcoin Core data" What commands can I put into command line in Windows to direct bitcoind.exe to continue to write to the D Drive.  Also how would I create a short cut to replicate this with out having to always type it in the command line.</p>

<p>Is there any way to automate the process.</p>

<bitcoind><windows><daemon>
How can I have Bitcoind.exe use the core data from Bitcoin-QT on my D drive. Using Windows 10
user63819
# How can I have Bitcoind.exe use the core data from Bitcoin-QT on my D drive. Using Windows 10

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-03)

I down loaded Bitcoin core to my D drive, because it's too big for my C drive. Bitcoind.exe keeps creating AppData/Roaming/bitcoin where the core is down loaded. However I already have the core fully down loaded to my "D:/Bitcoin Core data" What commands can I put into command line in Windows to direct bitcoind.exe to continue to write to the D Drive. Also how would I create a short cut to replicate this with out having to always type it in the command line.

Is there any way to automate the process.

**Tags:** bitcoind, windows, daemon


---

## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-12-03. Score: 1

There are a few ways to do it one of which is modifying the shortcut as you've mentioned.

The easiest way is to create a bitcoin.conf file in **%APPDATA%\Bitcoin**. That's the default directory bitcoind will look for a configuration file.

Based on your question you can set the contents of bitcoin.conf to:

```
datadir=D:\Bitcoin Core data

```


---

