How To Change The Default Location For Installing Applications

As the size of hardrives increase, more people are using separate partitions and store groups of files.

XP uses the file C: \ Program Files directory, the default base directory where you installed the new software. However, you can change the default installation drive and / or directories using the Registry hack.

Run Registry Editor (regedit) and go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion

Find the value called ProgramFilesDir. By default, this value will be C: \ Program Files. Change the value to any valid drive or folder and XP will use the new location as the default installation directory for new programs.

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