Author Info Last Updated: June 3, Go to the Settings panel. Open the Start menu by clicking on the Windows icon and hit the Settings gear icon from the left side. Click on the System settings. It's the first option with a laptop icon. Select the Storage option from the left panel. It will be the sixth option in there. Click on the Change where new content is saved option, under the More storage settings title. Select a drive from the New apps will save to box.
Click on the This PC C: box and choose a drive from the list. Make sure that your drive has the essential storage to install new apps in the future. Click on the Apply button to save your changes. Now you can install Windows Store apps on your desired hard drive.
Something about my graphics card, I was told. And I suspect my Tyan server board is just a little too old, and seems to cause a machine exception each time I enable Windows to update itself. And this, therefor, is what I put to the community: Is there an official, Microsoft approved method of changing the default installation path for all user installed programs?
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To change the default installation path, just follow below steps: 1. At the right panel, look for ProgramFilesDir. Registry disclaimer To do so: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. Let us know the status of the issue. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. If not, would it indeed be safe to change all relevant keys etc.
Only if you want to trash your install. In reply to A. User's post on August 29, Hi there Thank you for your input, all parts of which are fair enough. Hi Anil Thank you for responding. I boldly changed all and stuffed it up big time as I said in my post. Can anyone help. Thank you. Ruth Goj Microsoft Agent. In reply to VincentKent's post on December 18, You will see some options on the right panel. You can change it to any location you want to save the installed programs.
Expand the list for New apps will save to and then select the location you want to use to save the newly installed apps. Those are the two methods to change the default installation location on your Windows 10 computer.
You can just select your preferred way to do the job. Sometimes, you may delete your important data from the installation location. You can use free data recovery software to get your data back. Hi guys! I would greatly appreciate a solution, thank you! This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
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