Windows 10: Windows Automatically Moving Program Files

Discus and support Windows Automatically Moving Program Files in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I recently installed Windows 10. I did so to a small SDD that I planned on using for nothing more than Windows itself. I immediately made sure to edit... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by JosephConner121, Mar 20, 2019.

  1. JOSEPHCONNER121
    JosephConner121 Win User

    Windows Automatically Moving Program Files


    I recently installed Windows 10. I did so to a small SDD that I planned on using for nothing more than Windows itself.
    I immediately made sure to edit the registry upon install to set it so that Windows would install to the HDD.
    (The programfilesdir and program files dirx86 at Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion were both changed to their respective folders on the D: drive respectfully). Now whenever I install a program, it tries to install there, or at least it will leave a shortcut linking to that drive, though the program will actually be installed onto the C: drive. I can't find any exmaples of other people having this issue and I have no idea what to do. My C: drive only has 120 gbs, and like this, it'll be quickly full.

    :)
     
    JosephConner121, Mar 20, 2019
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  2. BIGSCALE
    bigscale Win User

    windows automatic updates

    i have some questions about the windows automatic updates in windows xp pro w sp/2. ive got about forty updates they recommend , mostly for security but i only installed two today. after installing them i found them in my add/remove programs in the control panel, if i add all these updates that is a lot of space on my hd almost 1 gig. i thought that updates just updated files and not created new programs. should i innore all these update suggestions from microsoft?
     
    bigscale, Mar 20, 2019
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  3. SMARTALI89
    smartali89 Win User
    Why did the startup window get cleared?

    I didn't missed any step, the list was gone and gone , even after using lot of programs the programs were not listed in that list.
     
    smartali89, Mar 20, 2019
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  4. _33
    _33 Win User

    Windows Automatically Moving Program Files

    I want to move "Program Files"

    OK the steps as I have performed them (note that F: was my destination drive):

    #1 Install "Windows 2003 Pro Ressource Kit".

    #2 Go to DOS prompt and perform the following: xcopy /s /e /h /r /k /o /x "c:\program files" "f:\program files". This will take a while as it copying quite a massive amount of data from one disk to the other.

    #3 Compare both "c*Stick Out Tongue Windows Automatically Moving Program Files :program Files" and "f*Stick Out Tongue Windows Automatically Moving Program Files :program Files" for bytes count and files count for a match.

    #4 Reboot in safe mode as system administrator

    #5 In dos prompt, enter rd /s "c:\Program Files". It worked, except for around 10 files (NERO and Acrobat) that I got an "Access Refused".

    #6 Perform a rename "c:\Program Files" "c:\_p" to fix temporarely the situation, before linking the newly created "F:\Program Files".

    #7 Now go to where the new tool resides by typing cd "F:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\", still in dos prompt.

    #8 linkd "C:\Program Files" "F:\Program Files" (link the newly created "Program Files" back to C: drive)

    #9 Reboot Windows

    #10 Finally, delete the last bits of the previous setup located in "C:\_p" using Windows Explorer

    Tada

    It seems to work. I will try see if when I install new programs, that it will effectively put them in F:. The way I will see that is if I install a program, will the disk space in C: reduce as much as the install files or will it be the F:.

    Anyway, for anyone else who would be tempted to do this, it seems rather simple and doesn't break the configuration.
     
    _33, Mar 20, 2019
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