Crash on startup

[frodoringbearer]

Background

CKAN Version:
1.24.0-PRE-1

KSP Version:
1.2.2.1622

Operating System:
Windows 10 Home

Have you made any manual changes to your GameData folder (i.e., not via CKAN)?
Yes, deleted it along with whole KSP folder

Problem

What steps did you take in CKAN?
Launching the CKAN app, after a fresh install and CKAN fresh install crashed upon launch and gave an error. The reinstall was done because CKAN was being very slow and then failed to open at all.

Unhandled exception:
CKAN.NotKSPDirKraken: Could not find KSP version in buildID.txt or readme.txt
at CKAN.KSP.CkanDir()
at CKAN.Main..ctor(String[] cmdlineArgs, GUIUser user, Boolean showConsole)
at CKAN.GUI.Main_(String[] args, Boolean showConsole)
at CKAN.CmdLine.MainClass.Main(String[] args)

[HebaruSan]

Reinstall of what, CKAN or KSP?

[frodoringbearer]

Both.

[HebaruSan]

OK. CKAN is still looking for KSP where it was installed previously. If you can, try naming the new KSP directory the same as the old one.

[frodoringbearer]

How do I redirect it without moving it back to my external hard drive?

[HebaruSan]

I think you could do that by opening a command prompt where your ckan.exe file is, then running ckan ksp list to see where it thinks the game should live, and then ckan ksp forget <name> with the name of the old install to remove the old path.

[frodoringbearer]

Oh ok thanks! By the way, are you a dev or something?

Edit: when I try the command, I just get a usage help error...

[HebaruSan]

Yes, I joined the CKAN dev team in October, I believe.

[frodoringbearer]

Oh nice! Thanks to you and the team then, it makes my 100ish mods way easier to manage...
By the way, I'm moving the install location to see if I can do anything that way.

Edit: Fixed! By the way, is there a reason why CKAN regularly doesn't get download speeds higher than maybe 1000kbps? My Internet is definitely faster, I've suspected it's because I'm in Australia, but...