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Date/Time: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:35:07 +0000



Deleting a second Instance

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[2026-03-27 21:26:52]
cmack1011 - Posts: 189
Every time I try to delete a second instance of SC, even after deleting the entire "SCInstance_2" from the Data Folder, and even after deleting the path in "General Settings", the second instance keeps popping back up upon re-boot? It appears that my SC program is using the instance #2 as the primary file? I attached the message log from each instance here. Please advise. Thx

MY AI run stated: "Look at Image 1 very carefully:
Program path: C:\SierraChart\SierraChartInstance_2\
Data Files path: C:\SierraChart\SierraChartInstance_2\Data\
Sierra Chart IS Instance_2. That folder is not a secondary copy — it's the actual running installation. The C:\SierraChart\ folder is the secondary one. This is why Instance_2 keeps reappearing — you're deleting the folder that SC is running from, and SC recreates it on startup.
This means everything is backwards from what we assumed. The correct paths are:

ACS_Source to build from: C:\SierraChart\SierraChartInstance_2\ACS_Source\
Data folder for CSV files: C:\SierraChart\SierraChartInstance_2\Data\
Model file location: C:\SierraChart\SierraChartInstance_2\Data\FAST_Models\

When you build the DLL it goes to Instance_2, and when the Inference Engine looks for the model file it should also be looking in Instance_2\Data\FAST_Models.
The real question for SC support is: why does SC run from SierraChartInstance_2 instead of C:\SierraChart? There may be a shortcut or startup configuration pointing to the wrong executable. Once that's clarified, all the path confusion will be resolved. Sonnet 4.6Extended
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