Deployment Strategy using Mapped Network Drive

This article instructs users on the basics of changing application installation locations using the Little Arms Launcher, as well as using a mapped network drive as a deployment strategy.

📘Basic Instructions for Changing Application Installation Location

By default, the Little Arms Launcher and Zephyr are installed in the following locations:

C:\Program Files\Little Arms Launcher

C:\Little Arms Studios\Apps\Zephyr

In order to change the installation location of Zephyr, please follow the following steps:

1. Inside the Little Arms Launcher, change the target application installation location by:

   1. Selecting “Settings”

   2. Selecting "Change"

   3. Choosing the new desired drive location

1. Any files in the old location will be copied over to the new location

1. As an example, we have chosen to change the target location to the computer's "D" drive and to place the contents into a folder named "TestLocation".

1. Pressing the "Launch" button in the Little Arms Launcher will run the chosen app from the location set in the Settings tab

📘Changing Installation Location to a Mapped Network Drive

We can leverage the Zephyr application’s known folder structure to deploy the app via shared network location. If this solution works best for your situation, please follow these steps:

Disable the Auto Update Feature

The first step is disabling the auto update feature for the shared application. To do this:

1. Select the grey circle with the ... symbol top open up the menu

2. Select "App Settings"

1. Verify “Automatically apply available updates.” is toggled off

Configure Application Location

The next step is to configure the Application location. To do this:

1. In Windows, select Start and then "This PC"

2. Select "Computer" and then "Add a network location"

3. Choose the desired folder from the network map

1. If your map was accepted and successful, you will see your mapped location in the "This PC"

   window as a new folder under "Network locations"

Choose Mapped Location Within Little Arms Launcher

Finally, you need to set the mapped location as the installation location within the Little Arms Launcher so the Launcher knows where to find the Zephyr application files. To do this:

1. In the Little Arms Launcher, select “Settings”

2. Select "Change" to choose a different drive location

1. Select "This PC" and you will see a drive list as well as our new network location.

2. Select the new network location

1. When the operation completes, you will see the Little Arms Launcher is now using the Zephyr application folders located on the remote server at the "RemoteZephyr" folder location.

1. Pressing the "Launch" button in the Little Arms Launcher will run Zephyr from the remote location