Symbolic links break booting studio

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Background My C: drive was getting full, so I decided to move large files to my D: drive (1 TB SSD), and basically make the C: drive OS only. Which worked great apart from breaking a few applications like GitHub Desktop, Fathom, and Roblox Studio.

What I tried:

  1. re-installing Roblox Studio.

I created a simple .ps1 script that:

  1. Move files from C:\Users%username%\AppData\Local to D:%username%\AppData\Local
  2. Create a symbolic link pointing to the new file location.

For non-techies, think of this as a “detour” where you are directed to a different location.

Roblox Studio starts, but yields infinite on the “Loading Studio” screen. My curiosity always gets the best of me, so I decided to explore the log files. Like I previously mentioned, there was a log file for when I reinstalled Roblox Studios.

First, I noticed it referred to a dedicated file for the installer, which provides no information, at

D:\%username%\AppData\Local\Roblox\RobloxPlayerInstaller\InstallerInfo.log.

Secondly, I found a “critical” error.

2025-10-23T15:21:56.512Z,48.512787,7444,6,Critical [FLog::DesktopInstaller] failed to start client App: 
"C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Roblox\Versions\version-30215da31a3b42e2\RobloxStudioBeta.exe" -startEvent www.roblox.com/robloxQTStudioStartedEvent -launchIntentString "{\"task\":\"None\"}"  -parentPid 29204 -parentSessionGuid <hidden>, error code: 0, wait result: 258

Which was followed by:

2025-10-23T15:21:56.525Z,48.525070,7444,6,Info [FLog::DesktopInstaller] Reporting Installer Success
2025-10-23T15:21:56.669Z,48.669449,7444,6,Info [FLog::DesktopInstaller] Installer thread completed successfully
2025-10-23T15:21:56.670Z,48.670162,76e0,6,Info [FLog::DesktopInstaller] Shut down InfluxPointsReporter with timeout 100 millisecond

But going to that critical error, do you see what I see? Yes, A FILE, not just any file, but the studio file version. So I ran the following file.

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Roblox\Versions\version-30215da31a3b42e2\RobloxStudioBeta.exe

Result: Stuck on Loading Studio screen

But, when I run it like

D:\%username%\Appdata\Local\Roblox\Versions\version-30215da31a3b42e2\RobloxStudioBeta.exe

Result: Loads without issue, I didn’t even see the “loading studio” screen.

So, what’s the difference? A symbolic link. I notice that it never crashes, just infinitely yeilds.

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I feel you, have had similar issues before.

I think the better thing to do would be not fixing this, but making an “advanced installer” that lets you pick the installation path—that way you don’t have to use a symlink you can just put it there! I hate it when software doesn’t let me do that.

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I am now suffering from the same issue, have you found a solution to this yet?

For me the studio just infinitely loads without anything else happening, I use a symbolic link as well.
It would be way better for Roblox to just let you pick the installation path for both the game and studio.