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I am trying to install Android Studio on an Acer Revo Build M1-601. This is a computer that has a 32GB Hard drive and an external block drive that is 1 Terra. Windows is installed on the 32GB drive and I want to use the computer to learn how to build apps in Android Studio. I managed to change the location of the SDK to D: drive, however, every time that I try to start a new project, the gradle packages are downloading on C:, not on D. Is there something that I am missing? I am a beginner, tried to follow many youtube videos explaining how to install it, even bought a book, still not managing to understand. Can someone help? can someone give simple instructions if they know how to change the download location to the external drive?

Thank you so much in advance.

Jon
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You can change the path from

File Settings > Build Execution, Deployment > Gradle > Service directory path choose directory what you want.

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  • Hi, thank you for your reply. I've now changed this, however, when I am trying to download / set-up the emulator, everything is being downloaded in Users/$User/appData/Temp. Any way to make it download on the external file? Now I have 0 space on my C: – An0412 Jun 24 '18 at 22:02
  • This answer might be helpful to change Windows .temp location. :) https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/change-location-of-temp-files-folder-to-another/19f13330-dde1-404c-aa27-a76c0b450818 – SafalFrom2050 Jun 25 '18 at 16:26
  • Thanks. Will try it and let you know if this solved the problem. – An0412 Jun 26 '18 at 10:45
  • So, that worked, however the packages still download in C:/Users/ $User/.android – An0412 Jun 30 '18 at 07:31
  • Do you mean AVD? If so then you can change ".android" folder location by "creating environment variable called ANDROID_SDK_HOME like you did before with .temp and set its value to your desirec location like "E:\Android". You can move your previous .android folder in that directory too if you want to save previous data :) – SafalFrom2050 Jun 30 '18 at 09:29
  • If I answered this right, checking this answer as accepted will help me as well. :) – SafalFrom2050 Jun 30 '18 at 09:32
  • Yes, I guess I was referring to the AVD. Thank you so much for your help and patience, I am quite new to this and you pointed me in the right directions. I must add, you also helped me understand what questions I should ask. For anyone else who has this issue, you can check the following answers as well. I would suggest to read them all and use the instructions to the letter. – An0412 Jun 30 '18 at 10:52
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3109473/moving-default-avd-configuration-folder-android – An0412 Jun 30 '18 at 10:52
  • I am happy to help :) – SafalFrom2050 Jun 30 '18 at 16:43