Windows 10: Saving new store apps to a different drive

I know you can specify where apps download to. Does that mean they can be mixed up? For example I'd rather the native or basic apps don't get touched and stay where they are on C:, I think it's asking for trouble fiddling with those. But as my C: is a 500 gb SSD which is half full there is no way I'd download a major game title via store as today's games a ridiculous large install sizes. So could I download a game to say my secondary mechanical 3 TB drive and then specify back to C: for conventional smaller apps.

its not clear if it's an all or nothing scenario. Otherwise I'd just stick with gaming the normal way through things like steam and origin and those forgotten things called DVDs.

cheers,
Wayne

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how to set up preference for downloading apps in windows store in windows 10

Yes it will work for Windows Store apps. When you change the drive value of
New apps will save to: to other storage location, then the apps which you download from Windows Store will be saved to that particular location. Say for example, the drive value for
New apps will save to: is set to D: drive then what ever the apps and games you download from Windows Store will be saved to that location.

Hope this will address your query.

 

App Storage Windows 10

I have a new HP Envy with two hard drives, c: is a 128 gb ssd and d: is a 1tb hard drive. I'm running windows 10 home edition. I can go to settings/system/storage and change the drive I want to save pictures, videos ect. on, there is a box to change where
I want to save new apps but it won't let me change the drive. My dad has the exact same machine but is running windows 10 pro and he has the option of changing drives where new apps are stored. Is this just a difference between 10 and 10 pro or is there a
setting I need to change that I'm over looking?

 

Hello Wayne, *Smile

Here's some more information in the tutorial below to help for this. I suppose as a workaround, you could change the storage location for apps before installing the app(s) each time to have them installed where you like. This way you could toggle installing them between drives. I haven't tested this though.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/6...dows-10-a.html