Store defaults.dat file somewhere else using Windows shortcut

I am a registered user of Retirement Planner- Couples Edition- 2010.

Is there any way to save the data file to another location other than the default location/path?

It would be nice for security reasons to have the data file saved to and run from a removeable hard drive. This would provide both information privacy and security.

Thank you for your assistance.

John Hoffman

Hi John,

No it is hardcoded to this location:

My Documents\Torrid Technologies\Retirement Savings Planner\defaults.dat

There is no way inside the program to move it. HOWEVER, if you understand windows, you could on the hard drive create a file shortcut of the same name in the same location and point it to a file anywhere on your computer including a thumb drive... this would then fool our program into reading and saving the data thru the shortcut to another location.

1. Go to where the defaults.dat file is... The path is:     My Documents\Torrid Technologies\Retirement Savings Planner\defaults.dat
2. and CUT the file using Edit Cut or Ctrl-X
3. Then go to thumb drive and PASTE it to some location.
4. Then right click the file on the thumb drive and select "Create shortcut".
5. This will create ashortcut called  "Shortcut to defaults.dat" on the thumb drive.
6. CUT that shortcut and go back to the Retirement Planner folder under Documents...
7. PASTE the shortcut into the location where software expects it.
8. Last trick, rename the shortcut to be just "defaults.dat"... you have to remove the "shortcut to" in the name of that file.

Does that help?