Change the default installation folder C: \ Program Files

Last update on December 30, 2008 08:43 AM by deri58
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Change the default installation folder C: \ Program Files







The installation of most software programs are set by default in the C: \ Program Files. Below is a means of how to change into another partition.


Under Windows Vista, select "Run" from the Start menu.
Click Start> Run (or Windows key + R)
Type regedit and click OK.
Scroll to the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion

On the right window, double click on the key ProgramFilesDir and modify data in this key by the new path for the installation folder.
For example, enter the path D: \ Program Files, to change the partition on which the facilities are.
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