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    Reef Shark iL.L0gIc.aL's Avatar
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    Important Windows XP question

    How do i set the default path for programs to install themselves to the D:\Program Files\.... instead of C:\Program Files\?? i want to do this because my C: drive is used only for my operating system. I tried TweakUI for windows xp, but couldn't find it in there like i did with Win2kpro. Thanks for the help.
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    anybody?
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    It's controlled in your registry. You'll need to use REGEDIT to edit the following registry value:

    Code:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
      SOFTWARE
        Microsoft
          Windows
            CurrentVersion
    
              ProgramFilesDirectory
    In that key, change C:\Program Files to D:\Program Files or whatever you want.

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    thank you very much.
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    That won't change where other things are installed, though. Like .dll files and such that must be installed where windows is.
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