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| Thread ID: 46844 | 2004-07-07 08:57:00 | Changing locations of folders from hd 2 hd | mister harbies (5607) | Press F1 |
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| 250443 | 2004-07-07 08:57:00 | I have two hard drives. 16gb and 80gb. Windows XP Pro is installed on the 16gb hard drive along with 'my documents' etc. I want 'my documents' to be stored on the 80gb hard drive because the 16gb hard drive is almost full... I will also want to move the 'program files' folder too. Is there some registry hack or something that will make win xp think 'my documents' has not moved, and that files will automatically be saved to the 'my documents' folder on the 80gb hd. I don't want to encounter the 'folder missing' nag screen Hope this is clear and simple :) Mister Harbies |
mister harbies (5607) | ||
| 250444 | 2004-07-07 09:06:00 | Yes, it is easy enough to do. Just create a new "Documents" folder on your other hard drive and then in the Properties box of a My Documents shortcut (eg on the Start Menu, or wherever) change the Target location to the new path. > I will also want to move the 'program files' folder too. You can't. Windows will throw a major hissy fit if you just "move" the programs folder. You can, however, install new programs to your other drive in a second "Programs" folder. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 250445 | 2004-07-07 09:42:00 | Okay thanks Susan B! My documents = sweet Program Files . . . but everytime I install software, the default installation folder is the 16gb hd . Could I tell Windows that the 80gb hd will be the default from now on? Rather than moving 'program files', I just install further programs into another drive . But need to tell windows that the new drive will be the default, soI don't need to keep changing it all the time . Mister Harbies |
mister harbies (5607) | ||
| 250446 | 2004-07-07 09:55:00 | Hi mh. When I did a similar change I had to tell Word 2000 where to look for files to open and where to store them. Through a similar query here I found that I had to go to Tools/Options/File Locations and change the File Types = Documents to read the new location - in my case to read E:\Correspondence. Scouse. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 250447 | 2004-07-07 09:57:00 | I think you will find that the default location for program installations is due to the program rather than a Windows thing. Altering the drive from "C" to "D" is done by choosing browse rather than accepting the default when you install. Programs don't seem to have any problems from there and normally recognise the "D" drive location automatically when you update them. HTH |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 250448 | 2004-07-07 10:50:00 | A search of the forum often works wonders *Sigh...* (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) 7.3.6 Change the Default Location for Installing Programs 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. Run the Registry Editor and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion. Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir. By default, the value will be C:\Program Files. Edit the value to any valid drive or folder; XP will use that new location as the default installation directory for new programs. And you can actually change the 'Program Files' folder, even the common files folder. Simply copy the whole 'Program Files' directory to the new location, then search for the registry key for the program files location. Then you have to go into the environment variables setup and change it to the new location as well. That's in the System Properties section. It works, but its a little dodgy. I say just install all newer programs to the other drive. |
kiki (762) | ||
| 250449 | 2004-07-07 10:51:00 | also "custom install" gives the option to change the install directory as well depends on the application you are installing | beama (111) | ||
| 250450 | 2004-07-07 23:27:00 | > A search of the forum often works wonders *Sigh...* > 7.3.6 Change the Default Location for Installing Programs So that is where that thread got to -I was looking everywhere for that and thought Babe Ruth had posted it. No wonder I couldn't find it. :-( It would be good if it was in the FAQ section actually. ;-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 250451 | 2004-07-07 23:47:00 | I did actually do a search for something like that. PressF1 is actually getting bigger all the time, so it getting more information and more difficult to find what I want. Thanks for the help guys. Will try this and if it does not work, will give a holla. Mister Harbies |
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