Windows 10: Is there a way to change installation FOLDER not drive for MS Store apps?

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  1. Is there a way to change installation FOLDER not drive for MS Store apps?


    The only setting I've found allows you to change the installation drive, but it won't let you choose a specific folder.

    :)
     
    stitch1231, Sep 11, 2023
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  3. Punkdrive Win User
    How to install apps on a user selected folder on a different drive?

    So, I just spent $70 on Forza 7 and I want to install it on my secondary HDD. I have found that it's possible to select a new drive under
    Settings>Storage>Change where new content is saved but it only allows me to select the HDD at which point the OS (annoyingly) creates folders for the MS Store to install apps on, complete with janky permissions that I now have to fix. I've
    already created the directory structure to my liking and have a "Games" folder that I'd like to install the app into, NOT the default MS Store folders. Going into "Installed Apps" and selecting "Move" also doesn't work as it won't allow me to pick my "Games"
    folder, again, only the drive can be selected. So:

    • How to I pick the *exact* folder I want to install this under?
    • If I can't, how do I get a refund for the $70 I spent on this game? Though I'll probably just let Windows just install it in its own meh way.

    Imo, this whole MS Store app installation process might be fine for casual PC users but as an IT professional, it's vastly unappealing. I hope that I'm just missing something in this whole process (to be fair I work with RHEL at work haha).
     
    Punkdrive, Sep 11, 2023
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  4. Is there a way to change installation FOLDER not drive for MS Store apps?

    App Store - Change Install Folder

    Hi all,

    I would like to change the folders of where apps install from the windows 10 App store. I have not used the store that much and only own a couple of apps, but now they are adding the Play Anyway feature
    that gives you the ability to buy Xbox games from the Windows App store im sure i will be using it a lot more.

    Currently i have tried to change the install location by going to the Settings>Storage option but that only allows me to change the drive. I use brows the root of my drives often and like to keep them organised.
    So i changed the default drive from C:\ to D:\

    But after doing this i now have 3 new folders on the root of my D:\ drive and its driving my ocd crazy. The 3 folders it crated are "WindowsApps" "WpSystem" "WUDownloadCache"

    Is it possible to change it so it all stays in a particular folder, for example D:\Program Files\Windows App Store\ then all the other folders it needs would be crated in side of that directory?

    I dont mind if i need to change some registry keys or other things to make this work.

    Really hope this is possible, my C:\ drive is a small SSD and dose not have alot of space and all those extra folds it is making on my D:\ drive is really annoying.

    Thanks for any help you can provide.
     
    JoeDin2056, Sep 11, 2023
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