How to change your Game Directory in Minecraft
- Create an empty folder. This is where all the folders for you new installation will go.
- Open the Minecraft launcher and click Installations.
- Under Game Directory click Browse.
- In the folder Window that opens, find the folder which we created earlier and click Open.
How do you set up a Minecraft folder?
Right click the Minecraft shortcut on your desktop and select “Properties”. If you do not have a shortcut, navigate to the folder where you installed Minecraft, right click MinecraftLauncher.exe, and click “Create Shortcut”. Replace “DIR_PATH” with the directory you want the game to use.
How do I make a separate Minecraft folder?
Windows (Java Edition)
- Run Minecraft.
- Go to “Launch options” and click “Add new”
- Switch on the “Game directory” option, then specify a different file path (for example, C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Roaming\. minecraft to C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Roaming\. minecraft2)
- Click “Save”
How do I make a separate game folder?
What is the default Minecraft directory?
Locating . minecraft
| OS | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\.minecraft |
| macOS | ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft |
| Linux | ~/.minecraft |
What is the Minecraft game directory?
Game World Operating System Locations Minecraft game worlds are stored in: Windows: %appdata%\. minecraft\saves\ GNU/Linux: ~/.
Is there a way to launch Minecraft from command line?
Those are all ways to start the standard minecraft launcher with those credentials in the text boxes. There used to be a way to login to minecraft without the launcher using the command line, but it has since been patched.
How can I change the location of the.minecraft folder?
The Minecraft Launcher has a couple of Command Line parameters that you can use for changing the behavior of it. The –workDir parameter allows you to specify the location of the .minecraft folder. To use this parameter, you can create a batch file that will open the Launcher and change the folder.
Where are the settings on the Minecraft launcher?
Once logged in, the launcher has a “News” tab which shows the latest news from minecraft.net, a tab for each game, and the launcher “Settings” tab. The top left corner of the launcher contains the player’s currently active account’s name.
How do you make a custom launcher in Minecraft?
If you want to make a custom launcher using the command line then good luck, the only way to login to the minecraft jar (IE: the way the launcher does it) is to send a post request to with the username,password,launcher version, and a RSA key.
