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Friday, September 11, 2009

ChangE ThE DefaulT LocatioN 4 InstallinG ApplicationS

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

XP uses the C:\Program Files directory as the default base directory into which new programs are installed.

However, you can change the default installation drive and/ or directory by using a Registry hack.

Run the Registry Editor (regedit)and Go To
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir.

By default,this value will be C:\Program Files.

Edit the value to any valid drive or folder and XP will use that new location as the default installation directory for new programs.

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