Windows 10: Is there a way to change the location of installed programs?

So... I'll try to keep it short.

I put a caddy on my laptop (for who doesn't know what that means, I sacrificed my dvd-rom for more disk space), and I put in a 250gb (not the precise number) SSD in my main slot. I was planning on cloning the older 700gb (same) HD onto my SSD, so that I wouldn't have to reinstall every program from scratch.

However, the technician told me that it wasn't possible to do it. I'm not knowledgeable in these things, but basically he told me that it wasn't possible because of how UEFI partitions work. I don't know if I got it right. What he told me was "buy a bigger SSD and I can clone it for you, but with the one you bought you'll have to reinstall all the apps one by one."

As you can imagine, that's quite tiresome.Is he right? Or is there a way to change the position that he may not be aware of?

He kept the older windows installation intact with all the software on the HD, and he installed windows again on the SSD.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT---------------------

COMMENT: Doing the clone is very easy, assuming there is enough space on the SSD, as long as you don't have 250GB of stuff on the HDD, it is easy to clone. Tools like Macrium Reflect Free can take care of that. You would need to boot to the HDD again, then inside that have Macrium make the copy.

REPLY: That's another issue. I tried to do this thing by myself. But for some reason Macrium kept telling me that there wasn't enough space for all the data on the SSD, despite the fact that I backed up and deleted most documents from the HD precisely for that reason so that I could put it back on the HD (as it would become the secondary drive) later once the cloning process ended. Ther wasn't much to do, for some reason Macrium kept telling me that there wasn't enough space on the ssd.

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Change location

Hi,

Changing the location of your Windows 10 device is possible. Follow these steps to change the location information on Windows 10:

• Go to Control Panel.
• Click on Clock, Language, and Region and then select Region.
• Click on Location tab.
• Under the Home location, click the drop-down button and then choose your location.
• Click on Apply button and then click OK.

Note: Changing the location in Windows 10 is limited to changing which country or region you are in.

Feel free to reach out to us if further assistance is needed.

 

Can’t change the location.

Hi George,

I am sorry to hear that you had to encounter an internet connection issue in Windows 10 before. You can always come to us for any issues on Windows 10, we will be glad to help you.

Let us see what to do to resolve this issue on location settings. TO assist you better, please answer the questions below.

• 
  Where did you see your location as Vermont USA? How did you tried to change the location?
  
• 
  Are you getting any error messages while changing the location?
  
• 
  What is the build version of the Windows? Follow the below steps to check the build version.
  

• 
  Open up the run command with the
  Win key + R key combo.
  
• 
  Type winver into the run command text box and hit
  OK.
  
• 
  You should now see a dialog screen revealing the OS build and registration information.
  

I suggest you to ON the location service and check if the location is changed to your current location. If the location service is ON, the Windows will automatically find your location once the system in connected to internet and update
the location on the Apps, which has the permission to access to the location. Refer to the below link to ON the location service and more.

Windows 10 location service and privacy

You may also change your Country or region manually by the following steps;

• 
  In the search box on task bar, enter Change region, then select
  Change your country or region.
  
• 
  Under Country or region, select your new region.
  

Hope you can change your location.

Get back to us for further assistance, we will be glad to help you.

 

Windows 10 Start Menu Programs Incorrect Location

Hi Kat,



As you are unable to open the program from Start screen. I would suggest you to right click on it and click on
Unpin from Start. Browse to the file location, right click on it and select Pin to Start to set it properly.



To change the Start settings, follow these steps:

• Click on Search and type “Start settings” without quotes.
• Click on the Start settings (System settings).
• It will open the Personalization window with Start settings.
• From here you can make the necessary changes.

Let us know the results.