Custom installation path / Drive Selection option

[ganeshkumarsw]

Custom Installation path option shall be available for Espressif-ESP8266-DevKit windows application. It normally installs in C drive but it shall be configurable.

[cherts]

You can copy the folder C:\Espressif to another drive, but then you will need to change in the python-files (gen_appbin.py and others) from the folder C:\Espressif\utils way to the gcc compiler and compile a new executable files (*. exe). To compile the python-to-exe to install Python 2.7

[cherts]

Also, you will need to change paths in project files Makefile and Eclipse

[ganeshkumarsw]

Can this drive option change be available as a part of installer?

[cherts]

Yes, I plan to do the installation in any location

[cmheia]

Maybe there is a workaround for this, ie mklink -D C:\Espressif E:\Espressif in Windows 7+.
Run a mklink do nothing but 'custom installation path', so there is no need to modify hard-code components.
What's more, WICED-SDK-3.7.0-IDE-Installer contains a script called fix_directories.pl, it can be another solution, in my opinion.