Sunday, January 29, 2012

Change the Default Location for Installing Programs

Basically windows uses the C:\Program Files directory as the default directory to install new programme. However, we can change the default installation drive and/or directory by
using a Registry hack.To do this
  • Run the Registry Editor(regedit in run command)
  • Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion 
  • Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir 
  • By default, the value will be C:\Program Files
  • Edit the value to any valid drive or folder
Windows will use that new location as the default installation directory for new programs.

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