anyway, i know there is a way to do this cause i have done it before. There is some string somewhere that i can change in order for windows to automatically install stuff to a different drive. For instance if i put a program in it would automatically want to put it on my F instead of my C. Can you tell me how i can accomplish this? Thanks alot for any help.
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wburrough
, Apr 11 2008 09:51 AM
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Posted 11 April 2008 - 09:51 AM
anyway, i know there is a way to do this cause i have done it before. There is some string somewhere that i can change in order for windows to automatically install stuff to a different drive. For instance if i put a program in it would automatically want to put it on my F instead of my C. Can you tell me how i can accomplish this? Thanks alot for any help.
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Posted 12 April 2008 - 12:12 AM
Hi wburrough
You can change the default location to install programs by editing a key in your registry. I wouldn't suggest playing in the registry though without having a good basic understanding of it and backing up the sections you are changing first.
Open your registry editor then navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion key, then change the ProgramFilesDir value to the location you want.
You can change the default location to install programs by editing a key in your registry. I wouldn't suggest playing in the registry though without having a good basic understanding of it and backing up the sections you are changing first.
Open your registry editor then navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion key, then change the ProgramFilesDir value to the location you want.
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