Moving Rhino to another drive

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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Hello, recently I bought an nvme drive for my laptop’s extra slot since I was having problems with storage, and I wanted to see what would be the best option or form to move Rhino 8 onto the new drive. Thank you very much

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Hi Mario,

I if I understand correctly T\the best approach here is a clean reinstall to your new NVMe drive rather than trying to move/copy the existing installation. Rhino (like most Windows apps) embeds registry entries and paths during setup, so simply moving the folder won’t work reliably.

  1. Uninstall Rhino 8 from your current drive via Windows Settings > Apps (or Control Panel > Programs).
  2. Download the latest Rhino 8 installer from rhino3d.com/download.
  3. Run the installer - during setup, choose a custom install path and point it to your new NVMe drive (e.g. D:\Program Files\Rhino 8\).

A few things to keep in mind:

  • Your settings, toolbars, and templates are stored in your user profile folder (typically C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\), not in the install directory, so those will carry over automatically after reinstall.
  • Any third-party plugins you had installed may need to be reinstalled separately, pointing to the new install location.