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1. #How to change default program install location windows 10 windows 10#
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3. #How to change default program install location windows 10 software#

Now if when I installed some applications if they were installed by themselves in the paths specified in Regedit and others I had to change the paths to tell them that I wanted them on the Hard Drive and they were already installed well. Restart the computer for the changes to take effect. ProgramFilesDir (x86) -> D: \ PROGRAM FILES x86) And what I did here as I already mentioned was change the value of those variables by the paths of the folders that I made on the hard driveĬommonFilesDir -> D: \ PROGRAM FILES \ Common FilesĬommonFilesDir (x86) -> D: \ PROGRAM FILES x86 \ Common FilesĬommonW6432Dir -> D: \ PROGRAM FILES \ Common Files

#How to change default program install location windows 10 software#

Yes, since I did that, I entered the Regedit (Windows Registry) and went to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion which is where the variables mentioned above are.

I also made those folders where they corresponded to if it was left on the hard drive as follows I went to the hard disk and created a PROGRAM FILES folder for 64-bit programs then another folder named PROGRAM FILES x86 for 32-bit ones and following these variables Once install the heaviest programs on the SSD. ProgramFilesDir (x86) -> C: \ Program File (x86) I found out by moving to Regedit in this part I can tell you where the programs are installedĬommonFilesDir -> C: \ Program Files \ Common FilesĬommonFilesDir (x86) -> C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Common FilesĬommonW6432Dir -> C: \ Program Files \ Common Files

#How to change default program install location windows 10 android#

I want to install heavier programs on my SSD (which take up more resources like Android Studio, Unity, Visual Studio 2019 etc)Īnd on the Hard Drive install the programs that are not so important as to have them on the SSD and use the Hard Drive for this since it is 1 TB.

#How to change default program install location windows 10 windows 10#

I have a laptop with Windows 10 and with two disks, a 128 GB SSD and another 1 TB Hard Disk