Change The Default Location For Installing Apps

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As the size of hard drives increase, more people are using partitions to separate and store groups of files.

XP uses the C:\Program Files directory as the default base directory into which new programs are installed. However, you can change the default installation drive and/ or directory by using a Registry hack.

Go to :-

- Start > Run

- Type “regedit” (without “” NOOBS!)

- Go to this directory…
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

- Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir. by default,this value will be C:\Program Files. Edit the value to any valid drive or folder and XP will use that new location as the default installation directory for new programs.

Very old news for me; although thanks for sharing.*gigasmilies.googlepages.com/31a.gif It is a helpful trick. It also appeared at Digit First Track August 2006 issue I suppose. *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/33a.gif

Gud for newbie......
Pls dont mk a thread for a single tip

Shamelessly stolen from here:
*www.howtosetup.com/how-to-change-the-default-location-for-installing-apps/

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shady_inc said:
Shamelessly stolen from here:
*www.howtosetup.com/how-to-change-the-default-location-for-installing-apps/

#@@#$@#$!#$

In that case, #$@%#^#^# *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/18a.gif *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/18a.gif *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/30a.gif *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/30a.gif *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/08a.gif

@ ashish, please mention the source in future posts. *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/33a.gif