Now, launch cmd.exe in admin mode – Administrator Comand Prompt should be the title… You will lose downloads if you had them download to, or moved them into, a different directory as trying to move them back in deletes them immediately – not sure why… This wasn’t a big deal for me, 100GB can easily be re-downloaded in a few hours. Uninstall Netflix – yes, unfortunately it needs to be uninstalled to trick windows. Name that folder 4DF9E0F8.Netflix_mcm4njqhnhss8
The correct way is similar to what the article says to do – except I did it differently…Ĭreate an empty folder at this location: E:\WpSystem\S-1-5-21-366916338-1436120976-1582387511-1001\AppData\Local\Packages\ It’ll simply create a junction of every single folder in E:\WpSystem\S-1-5-21-366916338-1436120976-1582387511-1001\AppData\Local\Packages\4DF9E0F8.Netflix_mcm4njqhnhss8\* – which means all of the downloads are still on C:\ and E:\ simply forwards it to C:\ so you won’t be saving any space. Note: If you junction the downloads folder, it won’t work… If you try to move the Netflix app to a different drive using Windows 10 Apps > Move > Drive X – it will not move it…. You can use this method to save Netflix to external drives as well. Change Netflix’s default download locationĪlthough Netflix app for Windows 10 doesn’t offer an option to change the default download location, you can use the workaround in our how to change the Netflix download location in Windows 10 guide to quickly move Netflix app and downloaded movies to a different drive. So, don’t try to rename downloaded Netflix content. Please bear in mind that the Netflix app will not recognize or play contents if you rename or change the files. The biggest catch is that these contents cannot be opened with media players like VLC or GOM Player. However, the size of the file might give you some clue. Netflix doesn’t use descriptive names for downloaded content, so you cannot identify them. Once you navigate to the above directory, you will see all downloaded movies and TV shows. UserName is the actual user account name.
In the above path, “C” is the drive where Windows 10 is installed.
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