Let’s say that you have a USB drive with a file E:\Roblox Studio\RobloxStudioBeta.exe
.
Any references to E:\Roblox Studio
are changed when you move the Studio binary elsewhere.
Launch
Do not launch RobloxStudioLauncherBeta.exe
. Only ever use RobloxStudioBeta.exe
.
Main Directory Structure
Check that E:\Roblox Studio\
has a top-level structure like this:
total 223989
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Dec 27 08:30 ApplicationConfig
-rw-r--r-- 1 USERNAME None 108 Jan 13 14:54 AppSettings.xml
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Dec 27 08:30 BuiltInPlugins
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Dec 27 08:30 BuiltInStandalonePlugins
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Dec 27 08:30 content
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 4916728 Dec 17 10:59 d3dcompiler_47.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 1922528 Dec 17 10:59 d3dcsx_47.dll
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Dec 27 08:30 downloads
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Dec 27 08:30 ExtraContent
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 29680 Dec 17 10:59 libEGL.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 10200960 Dec 17 10:59 libfbxsdk.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 3381232 Dec 17 10:59 libGLESv2.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 1589080 Jan 1 2021 MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Dec 27 08:30 PlatformContent
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Dec 27 08:30 Plugins
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Dec 27 08:30 Qml
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 37360 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5Concurrent.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 6131184 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5Core.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 6806000 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5Gui.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 1078768 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5Network.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 326640 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5OpenGL.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 322032 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5PrintSupport.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 3624944 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5Qml.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 445424 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5QmlModels.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 61424 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5QmlWorkerScript.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 4189680 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5Quick.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 215024 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5Sql.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 5550064 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5Widgets.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 220656 Dec 17 10:59 Qt5Xml.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 1169808 Dec 17 17:37 QtitanBase.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 629136 Dec 17 17:37 QtitanDocking.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 3276688 Dec 17 17:37 QtitanRibbon.dll
-rw-r--r-- 1 USERNAME None 357709 Dec 17 10:59 ReflectionMetadata.xml
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Jan 7 18:13 RibbonConfig
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 8011664 Dec 17 17:37 RobloxCrashHandler.exe
-rw-r--r-- 1 USERNAME None 31082 Dec 17 11:00 RobloxStudio_license.html
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 164498832 Dec 17 17:37 RobloxStudioBeta.exe
-rw-r--r-- 1 USERNAME None 93681 Dec 17 17:37 RobloxStudioRibbon.xml
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Jan 7 18:13 shaders
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Jan 7 18:13 ssl
-rw-r--r-- 1 USERNAME None 2249 Dec 17 11:00 StartPageSystemMenu.xml
drwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 0 Dec 27 08:30 StudioFonts
-rw-r--r-- 1 USERNAME None 18188 Dec 17 17:37 SystemMenu.xml
-rwxr-xr-x 1 USERNAME None 158648 Dec 17 11:00 WebView2Loader.dll
This structure is current as of 0.655.
Other Directories
Studio will read from and write to E:\Roblox Studio\
. Obviously.
Along with:
-
%LocalAppData%\Temp\Roblox\
-
%AppData%\Roblox\
In this notation, %AppData%
is another way to write your Windows user environment variable APPDATA
.
Error logs are in:
%AppData%\Roblox\logs\
Asset cache is in:
%LocalAppData%\Temp\Roblox\http\
Registry Keys
Look for new keys in:
-
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Roblox
.
Your ROBLOSECURITY cookie will be leaked in plaintext. If you’re concerned about leakage, remove the key:
-
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Roblox\RobloxStudioBrowser\roblox.com
.
Installing; Updating
You’ll need to provision installs or updates manually.
Navigate to rdd and follow the instructions below:
Copy the version hash (the area with “version-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx” in double-quotes) from the page in the link below (we can’t because of CORS), and paste it in the field named “Version Hash” in the form above
https://clientsettings.roblox.com/v2/client-version/WindowsStudio64/channel/LIVE